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France : "c'est une prison sans barreaux"
Source — France Culture
USA: One of America's harshest isolation units was exposed by a desperate, handwritten account from the inside
A Georgia solitary confinement unit was filled with the “cacophony of prisoner screams and cries for help,” a prisons expert said after visiting.
Source — NBC
USA: Gangs, lack of guards spark teen riot at understaffed Texas juvenile prison
Spurred by boredom, gang conflicts and anger over a lack of guards, teens at a North Texas juvenile prison rioted for six days, assaulting officers and each other during a mass disturbance that boiled…
Source — Houston Chronicle
Turkey: les peines de prison de journalistes du quotidien d’opposition Cumhuriyet confirmées en appel
Source — Le Monde
France : les “mardis noirs” des gardiens de prison
Source — France 3
Penitentiary system
‘Mexico’s Alcatraz’ prison to be turned into a cultural centre
Hundreds of inmates will be transferred to make way for Walls of Water arts venue. Mexico is to close one of the world’s last remaining prison islands and turn it into a cultural centre named for a communist…
Source — The Guardian
UK: ‘Prison isn’t working’
Justice secretary says ‘robust community order regime’ would be better alternative.
Source — The guardian
Mexique : cárceles no reintegran
Source — El Sol del Centro
Guatemala: en 10 años creció en 300% la prisión preventiva
Source — La República
Un avocat égyptien jeté en prison pour un gilet jaune
Source — Le Monde
