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USA : for Obama, a shift in clemency strategy
For 126 federal inmates who received presidential clemency last month, the good news might have come with a dose of disappointment. President Obama had granted their requests for commutations, using his constitutional pardon power to shorten their sentences for drug offenses. But instead of releasi…
India : 1,700 died in overcrowded prisons in 2014 ; 89 % of natural causes
As many as 1,702 prisoners died in jails nationwide in 2014, according to this reply by the ministry of home affairs to the Lok Sabha (Parliament’s lower house) in August 2016. While 1,507 (89 percent) died of natural causes, 195 (11 percent) died of unnatural causes, such as “suicide, execution, m…
Italy : the "torture room" in Poggioreale prison
“Room Zero” is known as one of the worst places to be sent if you are an inmate of the jail in Poggioreale, Naples. Officially this room is an isolation room; unofficially, “Room Zero” is a torture chamber. An investigation has been launched into the crimes allegedly committed by 23 people (22 pris…England and Wales : rise in prisoners moved to mental health hospitals
More prisoners are being diagnosed with mental health problems requiring hospital treatment, official figures obtained by the Guardian show. The number of male prisoners being transferred to hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act grew by more than 20% between 2011 and 2014 in England and Wales,…France : mutinerie à la prison de Vivonne dans la Vienne, un bâtiment incendié
La mutinerie en cours depuis lundi 17h à la prison de Vivonne, près de Poitiers (Vienne), a pris fin vers 22h15 après une intervention des forces spécialisées. La situation est sous “contrôle” au deuxième étage du bâtiment, foyer de l’incident, a indiqué le ministère de la Justice. “Aucun personnel…
What it looks like to be behind bars in four different countries
After photographing civil servants in eight countries across five continents for his book, Bureaucratics, Jan Banning thought looking at criminal justice systems around the world seemed like a logical next step. In his new book, Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice, which will be released…
Malawi prisoners go for days without food
As Malawi faces El Nino-induced hunger which has affected 6.5 million people, inmates in the country’s prisons are going for days without food. A survey by Medicins San Frontiers (MSF) revealed that as a food crisis unfolded in the southern Africa nation, prisons were failing to purchase simple foo…USA : the true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion
In recent years, the bipartisan push for criminal justice reform has been fueled in large part by the astronomical price tag that comes with mass incarceration. Locking people up in federal, state, and local correctional facilities costs the government a whopping $80 billion, and taxpayers end up f…
États-Unis : harcelée en prison, Chelsea Manning en grève de la faim pour défendre se transsexualité
Afin d’obtenir les soins hormonaux nécessaires à son changement de sexe comme obtenu en justice, Chelsea Manning, incarcérée pour son rôle dans la révélation du scandale WikiLeaks, a annoncé ce samedi qu’elle arrêtait de se nourrir. “Je ne demande rien d’autre que la dignité et le respect”. Tels so…USA : Incarceration in the U.S. costs more than $1 trillion a year, Washington University study claims
The economic toll of incarceration in the U.S. tops $1 trillion, and more than half of that falls on the families and communities of the people incarcerated, according to a recent study by Washington University researchers. “For every dollar in corrections spending, there’s another 10 dollars of ot…USA : treating young offenders like adults is bad parenting
Part of the philosophy for creating a separate juvenile-justice system in the United States is the idea that the state can act as a parent, or parens patriae—protector, caretaker, disciplinarian—when a young person fails to respect the rights of others, commits petty or serious crimes, or shirks ag…
Uruguay : en ocho meses se alcanzó récord de presos muertos
Treinta y un presos fueron asesinados en lo que va de 2016 en las cárceles uruguayas, y más de 70 resultaron con heridas de entidad por armas blancas y quemaduras de colchones de polifón. En los últimos cuatro días, fueron ultimadas tres personas, dos resultaron con heridas y quemaduras graves y ot…Etats-Unis: un camp de détention de Guantanamo fermé
Le ministère de la Défense américain a annoncé ce jeudi 8 septembre la fermeture d’un des camps de détention de Guantanamo. Le camp 5, qui comprenait 100 cellules, sera reconverti en hôpital. 8 millions et demi de dollars seront investis pour cette transformation dans l’année à venir. A quatre mois…
Prisons surpeuplées au Niger: vers un transfèrement des membres de Boko Haram
Au Niger les maisons d’arrêt riment avec la surpopulation carcérale. Il y a davantage de prévenus que de condamnés alors que cela devrait être l’inverse. Et avec l’arrivée massive de plus d’un millier de membres présumés de Boko Haram dans les prisons nigériennes, la situation est préoccupante : il…India : 41 prisoners from Nashik Jail alone jumped parole in 3 yrs
Mumbai: Parole rules in the state were amended last month following the uproar over convict Sajjad Mughal, sentenced to life for murdering lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, who jumped parole in April. But data shows in the last three years, 41 people convicted for serious crimes jumped parole from Nashik…USA : This Week May See the Largest Prison Strike in US History
Across 24 states, inmates are sick of poisoned water, solitary confinement, and forced labor. This September 9, we may witness the largest prison strike in US history. Potentially thousands of inmates across both state and federal prisons in as many as 24 states plan to engage in a coordinated stri…Israël : de nombreux innocents sont probablement détenus dans les prisons du pays
Dans son rapport annuel publié dimanche, le Bureau du Défenseur des droits a dénoncé des problèmes systémiques qui empêchent d’exposer officiellement des condamnations injustifiées. Le rapport a noté le refus régulier de l’État de procéder à de nouveaux tests scientifiques pour apporter des preuves…Estados Unidos : Reos ‘trafican’ comida en cárceles, por carencias
Cosas tan simples como un cigarrillo, un chicle o una sopa instantánea son la “moneda” de los reos ante las limitantes de artículos personales y el rechazo a la comida de los penales. Esto es lo que afirman algunos presos paseños y el reciente estudio de un sociólogo de la Universidad de Arizona qu…