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France: assesseurs extérieurs en prison
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USA: reading comes at a cost
At the age of seventeen, Chris Wilson is sentenced to life without parole. In prison, he formulates what he calls a “master plan”. The document sets his project for self-improvement and draws the way to changing his life. He serves 16 years before being freed. And reading books was a great deal.
USA: construction, welding, GED: the impact of prison education
On a typical school day, the carpentry workshop at Ingram State Technical College is buzzing with activity. Men in white prison uniforms chisel, saw and paint, transforming raw wood into decorative tables, chairs and art. Instructor Eddie Lucas watches from the front of the room.
China: prison virus loopholes sound alarm to society
On Friday, a prison in Rencheng, Shandong Province, reported 200 new cases of novel coronavirus infection. Another 27 were reported in Shilifeng prison in Zhejiang Province. These new cases added to a sudden uptick in the nation’s overall number of infected cases, which shouldn’t have happened at a…UK: women released from prison nearly three times less likely to be in employment on release than men
A new briefing, Working It Out, published today by the Prison Reform Trust and Working Chance, reveals that fewer than one in 20 women (4%) were in employment six weeks after release from prison, compared with over one in 10 men (11%).
USA: new BJS report reveals staggering number of preventable deaths in local jails
A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report reveals that over 1,000 people died in local jails in 2016, underscoring the dangers of jail incarceration. Most troublingly, the report finds at least half of these deaths are preventable, with suicide remaining the leading cause of death.USA: proposals to ease post-prison transitions en route to lawmakers this session
Members of a task force studying how people’s criminal records negatively impact their lives after prison have produced dozens of recommendations for mitigating this harm, including remedies for housing and employment discrimination.
Ecuador: tensión por ahorcamiento de seis presos en la cárcel de Turi en Cuenca
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Guatemala: el presidente Giammattei realizará cambios en las cárceles
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Mexico: el 80 por ciento de cárceles yucatecas carece de médicos
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Bolivia: resolución prohíbe el ingreso de niños a cárceles que no tengan espacios seguros
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Venezuela: ONG denuncia violaciones de DD.HH. en cárceles
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Uruguay: Denisse Legrand y la violencia entre reclusos: “A ningún gobierno le sirve que las cárceles revienten”
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France: Arras: une nouvelle prison basée sur la réinsertion par le travail
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France: Lille, une prison dans la prison pour les détenus radicalisés
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Morocco: deux ans et demi de prison pour avoir publié des vidéos "offensantes" sur YouTube
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