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Prison Insider invites witnesses to shout out, to describe their sadness and share their joys. We invite stories of resistance and want to provide a space where the silent voices of prisoners can be heard

August 23, 2019

Guinea: intimidation by imprisonment

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Africa Guinea

Barry was a member of the main opposition party to President Alpha Condé. He was incarcerated for over four years.

August 22, 2019

“I am a woman, do not lock me up with men!”

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Women LGBTQI Morocco

Sama was incarcerated in Boulmharez, Morocco. She tells her story.

August 19, 2019

Argentina: neglected prisons

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America South America Argentina

Inmates in the Marco Paz and Los Olmos prisons live in deplorable conditions. Photographs testify to the gravity of the situation.

June 20, 2019

Australia: "I just need it to end"

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Oceania Australia

Ralph is a British citizen detained in a prison farm, in Kernet. He has been incarcerated for more than six years and is about to be released. He tells Prison Insider how a regular day goes by in prison.

June 6, 2019

Japan: time is money

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Asia Japan

Geoffrey is incarcerated in Osaka prison. He describes, for Prison Insider, one working day.

April 24, 2019

Japan: "ridiculously crazy, but true!"

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Asia Japan

“We are only allowed five letters per month.” Geoffrey is incarcerated in Osaka. He wrote to Prison Insider. Abstracts.

April 18, 2019

Swaziland: “a day in prison feels like many”

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Africa Eswatini

As a 27-years-old political activist fighting for democracy, B. was arrested, beaten, tortured and imprisoned. He tells his story.

March 14, 2019

Mauritania: sentenced to death then pardoned

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

Fatimata was sentenced to death. Pardoned in 2016, she tells her story.

March 12, 2019

United States of America: hopeless insomnia

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America North America United States

Robert Lee Allen is currently serving his fifth year of a 17 years-sentence. He tells Prison Insider how doing time is a daily battle.

January 31, 2019

France: a scenario written in advance

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Europe Long-term prisoners Rehabilitation France

Roland spent 15 years in prison. He looks back on his journey for Prison Insider

January 31, 2019

France: on parole, but still in prison

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Europe Rehabilitation France

Mickaël is serving his sentence as a parolee in Douai. He and six fellow inmates discuss their impressions and feelings.

January 23, 2019

Lebanon: and so, the days go on

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Middle East Lebanon

Hussein is incarcerated in the Roumieh central prison. His trial is still going on and he does not know how much longer it will be until it is over. He tells Prison Insider what a typical day in prison is like.

December 26, 2018

Japan: deprivation of liberty, deprivation of humanity

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Asia Japan

Geoffrey is currently incarcerated in Osaka prison. He tells, for Prison Insider, what any day in a Japanese prison looks like.

December 20, 2018

Ukraine: little has changed

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Europe Ukraine

Sergiy was incarcerated during four years between 2001 and 2005 in the prison of Cherkasy.For Prison Insider, he describes how a day used to be like for him.

December 4, 2018

Guinea: total darkness

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Africa Guinea

Isiaka was held in a police station for one week. Lack of privacy, light, food, and information. Here is his story.

November 13, 2018

Ahmad // 2 // Along the way...

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Afghanistan

Walls and borders. Ahmad left Afghanistan on the 7th of November, 2015. His journey brought him to prison. This is his story.

November 7, 2018

Italy: imagine a colourful prison...

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Europe Italy

Marco has been imprisoned for 16 years. He tells Prison Insider about a typical day as an inmate in Rebibbia prison, close to Rome.

October 23, 2018

Italy : occupying time, occupying one’s mind

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Europe Italy

Frederico is serving a ten-year sentence in Italy. He recounts for Prison Insider, what his days are like in Rome’s Rebibbia prison.

October 9, 2018

Japan: frozen time, frozen days

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Asia Japan

Geoffrey is currently incarcerated in Osaka prison. He tells, for Prison Insider, what a day looks like. But not any day: weekends and holidays, when time seems to stop.

August 30, 2018

United States of America: going around in circles

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United States

Nate is sentenced to life in prison and is incarcerated in a maximum security facility. He describes, for Prison Insider, his daily life.

August 30, 2018

Brazil: pressed against the bars, waiting for tomorrow

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America South America Brazil

The night has fallen, everyone is asleep. Almost everyone. Samuel, imprisoned in Brazil, describes a day.

July 31, 2018

France: intimacy inside four walls

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Women Europe Social ties France

Celine’s partner is serving a sentence of ten years. After months of visits in the regular visitation rooms, permission for a nine-hour stay is granted. Céline tells the story.

June 13, 2018

Nepal: release from prison (V)

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Asia Nepal

Renaud learned about his imminent release. Still prisoner, but almost free : This is the story of his final days in prison Last part of his series of testimonials.

May 25, 2018

Mauritania: prisons are changing, but problems remain

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Africa Mauritania

Abass is incarcerated in Nouakchott. He is then transferred to Dar Naïm prison. This is his story.