Editorial
Prison Insider's editorial
The members of Prison Insider periodically put forth their critical points of view -- different opinions from different people are the assets of the Prison Insider team.
Netherlands: walling up madness
Both in its European and overseas territories, care in prisons is administered by the Ministry of Justice. Around 60% of prisoners present with at least one mental disorder. Prisoners suffering from severe disorders have to be placed in Extra Care Facilities (Extra Zorgvoorziening, EZV) present in…
France: could do better
The French National Union for Families and Friends of People Suffering Mental Illness and/or Psychological Disability (Unafam) offers several approaches that could improve the treatment of people with mental illness who have committed offences. The European Court of Human Rights and the European Co…
Germany: walling up madness
Germany is a federal republic divided into 16 Länder. The Ministry of Justice oversees prison health care. Federal law does not provide for any mental health care in prison. The Länder implement treatment measures. Significant variations have been observed from one territory and facility to another…
Kenya: un "marais artificiel" purifie les eaux usées fétides d'une prison
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Sunny Jacobs: Life Outside
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.
New Zealand: Public-private partnership prison to experience same problems when taken over by government
PARLIAMENTARIANS heard that the two public-private partnerships (PPP) prisons would be subjected to the same condition experienced at other prisons when the Department of Correctional Services takes them over in a few years.
Chile: Corte Suprema ratifica exigencia de médico/a las 24 horas en la Cárcel de Mujeres de San Miguel
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Bolivia: Buses médicos parquearán en cárceles y hogares
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Argentina: Una red para encontrar empleo tras pasar por la cárcel
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España: La realidad de la reinserción social llega al Teatro Principal de Vitoria
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Russie : Alexeï Navalny condamné à neuf ans de prison supplémentaires
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Niger : Les autorités doivent garantir les droits des détenus
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