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USA: disaster in prison
Interview
North America
Facilities
Work
United States
J. Carlee Purdum is the director of the Prisons and Disasters Risk Network, which aims to inform the public about the growing impact of disasters on prisoners. She discusses with us how prison labour is embedded in emergency disaster response. Interview.
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France: "It's a topsy-turvy world"
Testimonial
Perù : La moda social teje reinserción en las cárceles
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South America
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Rehabilitation
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Peru
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Sunny Jacobs: Life Outside
Testimonial
North America
Death penalty
Social ties
Rehabilitation
Work
United States
How is life after release? Sunny Jacobs was sentenced to death and spent seventeen years in detention for a crime she did not commit. She tells Prison Insider about the many challenges one faces upon release. She now works actively towards the abolition of the death penalty.
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Austria: through the lens of the incarcerated
Investigations
Coronavirus
Europe
Foreign prisoners
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Rehabilitation
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Austria
Prisons might be one of the most severely underreported spheres in our otherwise heavily investigated world. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into Austrian prison issues.
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“Hearing the sounds of the city”
Interview
Facilities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
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France
Detention villages, open prisons, small prisons: what is there to say? We asked geographer Olivier Milhaud three questions. For him, large prisons built outside of cities are “a disaster”.
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France
Does having a prison in a region represent a money-making venture? Does it generate jobs? Does it increase the total amount of funds granted to a municipality? The point of view of Isabelle Leroux.
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Austria: “Nobody knew how to deal with the virus”
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Coronavirus
Europe
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Rehabilitation
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Austria
Two years of Coronavirus, two incarcerated men: Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into the everyday life of two Austrian prisons.
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Europe
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Rehabilitation
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Ireland
The Mountjoy and Maynooth University (MJMU) project aims to become a template across the prison service to “disrupt the inevitability” of a life in and out of the prison system for many offenders.
Dr Rose Ryan, director of the access programme in MU, said while the university was already involved i…
Source — Irish Times
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Asia
Violence
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North Korea
Satellite imagery shows an expansion of some prison camps near mines that has coincided with global sanctions being ratcheted up on Kim Jong Un’s regime to punish it for its nuclear weapons programs, according to a report released Friday by the Citizens Alliance for North Korea Human Rights, a Seou…
Source — BNN Bloomberg
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Chile : Managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
South America
Health
Material conditions
Protest
Activities
Social ties
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Chile
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Chilean authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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New Zealand: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
Oceania
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Work
New Zealand
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the New Zealand authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Thailand: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
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Thailand
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Thai authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Europe
Material conditions
Work
Switzerland
Georges was incarcerated for 12 months in the prison of Fribourg while awaiting sentencing. He recounts how a day in prison unfolds.
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Singapore: recidivism rate at all-time low, more inmates serving part of jail term in community
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Asia
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Singapore
According to the latest annual statistics released by SPS, the overall recidivism rate for the 2018 release cohort was 22.1 per cent, down from 24 per cent in 2017 and 23.7 per cent in 2016. This is the lowest it has been since the 1990 release cohort, SPS said. Before this, the lowest rate was 23.…
Source — Channel news Asia
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Women
Asia
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India
Caste-based labour, in fact, is sanctioned in the prison manuals of many states. The colonial texts of the late 19th century have barely seen any amendments, and caste-based labour remains an untouched part of these manuals. While every state has its own unique prison manual, they are mostly based…
Source — The Wire
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Europe
Overcrowding
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United Kingdom
With the dismaying announcement that the government plans to fund 18,000 more prison places by 2026, we are forced to ask, once again, why crime prevention fails to get the same emphasis as punishment. Last Wednesday, the chancellor announced more than £4bn in capital funding – spread over four yea…
Source — The Guardian
Read more France : pas de congés payés pour les détenus qui travaillent, tranche le Conseil d'État
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Europe
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France
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Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos
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Women
South America
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Rehabilitation
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Argentina
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France : la prison, quel rôle ?
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Europe
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Rehabilitation
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France
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Coronavirus
North America
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Work
United States
California’s prison system has taken drastic measures to combat the coronavirus, halting rehab programs, religious services and educational classes. But correctional authorities kept one type of operation running through much of the last six months: prison factories.
Source — Los Angeles Times
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Coronavirus
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United States
As record-shattering wildfires rage throughout California, the state’s incarcerated population is doing the backbreaking work at the front lines. They plow fire lines and battle blazes, for $1 an hour, plus reduced prison time—a program that saves the state tens of millions of dollars annually. Whi…
Source — The Appeal
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