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Malta: when it comes to prison, the statistics are very telling
We have too many prisoners: 154 prisoners per 100,000 of the population. The European average is 117. In Norway it’s 63 prisoners per 100,000. We are inching closer to the countries with the largest prison populations: Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey… all countries with rubbish democratic credentials. There…Source — Time of Malta
Malta: Prime minister has full faith In prison director after inmate’s death
Speaking in a press conference earlier today, Abela said that he also backed the magisterial inquiry into the incident – and would wait for its conclusion before taking a position on the fatal incident. A magisterial inquiry was opened soon after the inmate’s suicide attempt on 16th June. She had last…Source — Lovinmalta
Malta: Faculty for Social Wellbeing dean calls for end to solitary confinement in Malta’s prison
The Office of the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta has issued a position paper calling for the end to solitary confinement in the country. “The practice of Solitary Confinement has been shown, through multiple empirical research publications, to be detrimental to prisoners’…Source — Maltatoday
Malta: inmate claims solitary confinement retribution after speaking out on ‘campaign of terror’ in prison
A prisoner who initiated judicial proceedings over what he describes as systematic terror inside the Corradino Correctional Facility, now claims to have been placed in solitary confinement in a fresh court application. Brian Vella, 41, said in a court application filed on Monday that he has been banned…Source — Malta today
Malta: the Corradino correctional facility is “diabolical” and the prison system should be completely revised
The Dean questioned the mechanisms that judges can utilise when handing down sentences to those convicted. “We need to ask: ‘Why are there more people in jail?’ Is it because we are being more efficient in the way we are investigating, or are there other difficulties, such as judges not having other…Source — Independent
Malta: Corradino prison staff start week-long shifts to reduce Covid-19 risks
Corradino Correctional Facility staff have begun working in week-long shifts as increasingly tight anti-coronavirus measures are adopted to avoid an outbreak of the disease in the prison. Over 60 correctional officers moved in at the facility this morning, residing in specially-constructed dormitories. Prison…Source — Malta Today
Malta: PN suggests temporary prisons to ease overcrowding and virus risk at Corradino
The government should consider setting up temporary prisons to ease overcrowding at Corradino prison and the related risk of the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, the shadow minister for home affairs said on Thursday. Beppe Fenech Adami said the prison authorities should segregate elderly prisoners and…Source — Times Malta
Malta: changes to prison reform are slow to happen
Over the past weeks we’ve seen major changes done to Corradino Correctional Facility with regards to visitation rights and conjugal visits, but how much do we really know about the basic functions of a prison? Jeremy Micallef speaks with Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology Dr Sandra Scicluna…Source — The Malta Independent
Malta: prisoners serving life should be eligible for parole, court rules in landmark judgment
Prisoners serving life have a ‘right to hope’ and should be allowed the possibility to apply for parole after 25 years of jail, the constitutional court has said.Source — Malta today
