Testimonial

January 17, 2022

Comoros: “The walls are crumbling by themselves”

Chamoun was incarcerated at Moroni Prison in Comoros. He tells us about the dilapidation, the starvation, the debauchery, and the violence.

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News

January 17, 2022

J'ai survécu à la prison au Burundi

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Interview

January 12, 2022

Mexico: Torture feeds corruption

The use of torture is very common in Mexican prisons and few procedures exist for repairing the damage caused to the victims. The Mexican League for the Defense of Human Rights is taking steps to resolve this situation. Interview.

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News

January 11, 2022

United Kingdom: seen in the press / 2022

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

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News

January 10, 2022

France: seen in the press / 2022

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

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News

January 10, 2022

Belgium: seen in the press / 2022

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

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News

January 10, 2022

Spain: 2021, a year of high-profile crimes and convictions

Judges handed down prison sentences against the perpetrators of murders that shocked the nation, such as the killing of the schoolteacher Laura Luelmo.

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News

January 10, 2022

Cuba: Cuban mothers denounce government for holding minors in prison for protesting

“They took away my son — and my fear,” a mother said. While prosecutors are asking for up to 23 years in prison, the mothers say their children were detained and interrogated without the presence of adults.

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News

January 10, 2022

United States: seen in the press / 2022

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

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News

January 10, 2022

Turkey: seen in the press / 2022

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

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News

January 10, 2022

Canada: seen in the press / 2022

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

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News

January 10, 2022

Argentina: El Gobierno lanza un plan para tener Internet en las cárceles y la oposición salió a cuestionarlo

Es un gasto de $ 1.000 millones para que los presos puedan participar de audiencias con la Justicia y tener contacto con familiares y allegados“. Para dirigentes anti K, debería invertirse en escuelas.

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News

January 10, 2022

Colombia: Familiares de presos políticos encarcelados en La Modelo y otras cárceles denuncian torturas

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Analysis Opinion

January 10, 2022

United States: inadequate mental health treatment

How the prison system respond to the needs of mentally ill prisoners?

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News

January 6, 2022

Ukraine : Un ancien détenu d’une prison secrète du Donbass raconte

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News

January 6, 2022

Italie : En prison, “la génération de mafiosi la plus cultivée de tous les temps”

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News

January 6, 2022

Syrie : le “piano” de la mort de la prison de Palmyre

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Investigations

January 6, 2022

Austria: Final destination, Göllersdorf

In a tiny village in Lower Austria lies one of the country’s “special institutions for mentally abnormal, unsound offenders”. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into the everyday life of those imprisoned in the Göllersdorfer castle.

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Interview

January 6, 2022

“Hearing the sounds of the city”

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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News

January 4, 2022

Chile: Derecho a voto en las cárceles

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News

January 3, 2022

Au Sénégal, des députés veulent durcir les sanctions contre l’homosexualité

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News

January 3, 2022

España: La realidad invisible de los presos con trastornos mentales: "Prisión y salud mental son antagónicos"

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News

December 23, 2021

Burundi : l’incendie d’une prison fait 38 morts et 69 blessés parmi les détenus

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News

December 23, 2021

Netherlands: Why the Dutch are closing prisons – and what they’re doing with empty ones

The Netherlands has reduced its prison population to such a degree that it’s now turning old prisons into socially useful buildings, such as schools and refugee centres. What went right?

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