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Luxembourg: Third prison inaugurated
The inauguration of the Sanem prison took place on Wednesday, in the presence of the Grand Duke. The facility
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Europe
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
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Europe
Drugs
détectés et utilisés en prison sont des cannabinoïdes. Autrement dit, des produits contenant du THC, de la CBD ou encore du THCV.
Luxemburger Wort
Luxembourg
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Coronavirus
Europe
Health
Luxembourg: Schrassig detention centre reduces visits to minimum
The prison has not yet recorded a case of coronavirus. The management hopes to keep
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Women
Europe
Mental health
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Work
Luxembourg: prison standards for women “lower than that of men”
A report of Luxembourg’s detention facilities shows that prison conditions “have
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Europe
Minors
Facilities
Overcrowding
Luxembourg: justice minister confirms growing prison population
Over the last two years, the Grand Duchy’s prison population has steadily grown
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Pre-trial detention
Women
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Suicide
Luxembourg: half of incarcerated people have still not been sentenced
There are 260 people, including 11 women, currently in pre-trial detention
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Europe
Alternatives
Luxembourg: how country uses ankle monitors as alternative to prison
15 people in Luxembourg are currently wearing an ankle monitor. Far from being
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Europe
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Europe
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Luxembourg
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Coronavirus
Europe
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Luxembourg : quelle stratégie de vaccination pour les personnes en prison?
“Eran, eraus … an elo?” est un groupement de personnes s’intéressant à la
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‘I deplore the recent execution of Siarhei Vostrykau and send my condolences to his family,’ said Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALDE), PACE rapporteur on the situation in Belarus. ‘This happens at a very delicate time. The Belarusian regime is trying to build good relations with our Assembly, the Council o…
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of Justice in Luxembourg at 9.30AM on Thursday (26 March).One senior jurist, called an advocate general, will also read out non-binding legal opinions on other
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The number of prisoners in Switzerland rose 50% from 1988 to 2017.
Much of this is due to population growth. Switzerland’s population grew 28% over the same period. However, population growth doesn’t account for all of the increase in prison numbers. In 1988, there were 70 prisoners per 100,000. By…
Map with a view
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Culture
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at the Mudam in Luxembourg, at the Beirut Art Center in Lebanon, at Musée d’Art Contemporain de Rochechouart.Polaris Galerie in Paris represents her work.
Rescaled: prisons in the city
Interview
Interview
HC. The concept of detention houses came from what is already being done in other countries like Canada and Luxembourg. Rescaled is the name
Europe: the long road to human dignity
Analysis Opinion
Analysis
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Justice
Opinion
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Here, Maïté de Rue discusses the overuse of pre-trial detention in Europe and its consequences.
Badinter, "a beacon of light in the mist"
Insights Interview
Insights
Europe
Interview
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Death penalty
Robert Badinter, a leading figure in the abolition of the death penalty in France, passed away on 9 February. Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, director of Together Against the Death Penalty, became close with the former minister over time through their mutual cause. Here’s the story.
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North America
Dans Capitalisme carcéral, paru le 22 novembre aux Éditions Divergences, l’autrice américaine Jackie Wang montre comment les logiques carcérale et capitaliste se recoupent. Et créeront peut-être, demain, une société où les individus n’auront même plus besoin d’être entourés de murs pour être enferm…