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March 28, 2019

Under Development

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We have information on approximately 90 countries available on our website. It was collected, translated into three languages, and made available in the form of country profiles and comparison data. We dedicated 2018 to optimizing our methodology. The redesign of our information gathering tools was… Read more

April 24, 2018

An overlooked tragedy

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Europe Suicide Overcrowding Violence France

After Slovenia, our country has the highest rate of prison suicide in Europe. How can this be? There are numerous causes, but they can be examined by asking two questions: who is being punished? How are they being punished? The first one is a penal policy question; the second a prison policy one. Read more

January 22, 2018

Blockade

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Violence France

In 2017, nearly 4,000 physical assaults against prison guards in France were reported, just short of eleven per day. It was the last straw. Frustrated, angry, or simply ill at ease, prison guards in France are blockading the prisons… Read more

September 19, 2017

Move along, please. Nothing to see here

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Justice Violence

Excessive wealth, poverty, corruption, impunity: these terms, so often repeated, become trivial and the ingredients which feed the most horrendous violence are still with us. Prison is the ultimate in marking one’s territory Read more

June 15, 2017

Seeing red.

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Violence France

Riots, mutinies, and hostage-takings follow each other without any explanation being provided for the motivations that led to their commission. A soft litany serves to quietly introduce a basic idea: prisoners should keep quiet and stay right where they are; preferably longer than expected. They ha… Read more

May 17, 2017

Do you dare? - Open letter to Mr. Macron

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Justice Overcrowding France

Pragmatically speaking, Mr. Macron, let’s together create the conditions that will allow pluralism and democratic vitality to be expressed. Prison, it works (very) badly, but prevention works. Do you really want to be pragmatic? Do you dare? Read more

March 23, 2017

Prison Insider's editorial — March 2017

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South America Health Drugs

— By Eliane Martinez. The history of prisons in the Americas is one of traffic from South to North and North to South: trade of goods, humans and knowledge. Trade of goods: for 30 years, the drug trade has been ravaging the most vulnerable communities on the American continent. The “war on drugs”… Read more

January 2, 2017

Free access to the Prison Insider web site

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Happy New Year 2017! This was the wish for many of you: access to the Prison Insider web site is now free, for everyone, for every country! We will take you on an unusual journey to one of the most disregarded parts of the planet: the land of confinement and its over ten million inhabitants. Given… Read more

November 20, 2016

Children in prison - not a minor problem.

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Minors Activities

At least one million children are in prison around the world, according to UNICEF. The conditions of their detention are, for the most part, deplorable. Read more

September 20, 2016

Prison Insider's launching

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France

We are incredibly proud to announce the launch of Prison Insider, the site for information and discussion about the world’s prisons. From this point, you will all have access to the site at www.prison-insider.com. Prison Insider is the result of a large team effort, from conception through to the p… Read more