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September 20, 2016

France : dans une prison normande, sept détenus se partagent 21 mètres carrés

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Europe Overcrowding France

À la maison d’arrêt de Coutances, pas de cellule individuelle, mais des dortoirs surpeuplés qui entraînent régulièrement la condamnation de l’État. Alors que le ministre de la Justice préconise une fois de plus l’encellulement individuel en prison, la petite maison d’arrêt de Coutances (Manche) res…

September 20, 2016

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September 20, 2016

Vietnam : 20 mois de prison pour une manif pacifique

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Asia Justice Vietnam

La justice vietnamienne a condamné aujourd’hui une militante à 20 mois de prison pour trouble à l’ordre public après une manifestation en juin visant à protester contre la confiscation de terres par l’Etat, a indiqué son avocat.

September 20, 2016

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September 20, 2016

France : quelles sont les prisons françaises les plus surpeuplées ? [CARTE]

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Europe Overcrowding France

Le surpeuplement touche 82,5% des 120 maisons d’arrêt de France métropolitaine. Pour saisir l’ampleur du phénomène, franceinfo a comparé leur capacité d’accueil avec la densité carcérale qu’on y trouve au 1er août 2016. La France compte 120 maisons d’arrêt (ou quartiers de maisons d’arrêt au sein d…

September 20, 2016

France : le grand blues des surveillants de prison face aux détenus radicalisés

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Europe Discipline Violence France

Il est un peu plus de 20h30, mercredi 14 septembre, dans le bâtiment D3 de la prison de Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne). Une équipe du personnel pénitentiaire débarque à l’improviste dans plusieurs cellules de l’une des deux unités dédiées de la maison d’arrêt, qui accueille une quinzaine de détenus radic…

September 20, 2016

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Europe Justice Health Violence Belgium

Being deprived of freedom causes extreme distress. The images by Sebastien van Malleghem denounce the archaic and opaque walls which enclose these men and women and their broken lives.

September 19, 2016

Switzerland : prisoners enjoy more cell space

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Switzerland

Overcrowding in Swiss prisons and detention centres eased slightly last year, but a shortage remains for convicts with mental health problems, according to a report. “Compared with 2013, the occupancy situation in Swiss penal institutions is less dramatic than the previous year,” said the Conferenc…

September 19, 2016

USA : how one inmate discovered his private prison was ripping him off—and took his warden to court

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United States

Thousands of inmates file lawsuits against their prison every year. Most who sue without a lawyer are unceremoniously dismissed without much legal back-and-forth. Michael Leatherwood, an inmate in a private prison in Oklahoma, is an exception. He’s gotten notably further with his lawsuit, which all…

September 17, 2016

Costa Rica ordena cerrar sus peores calabozos

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Central America and the Caribbean Costa Rica

Casi 15 años después de la crítica del Comité contra la Tortura de Naciones Unidas, Costa Rica ha decidido clausurar de manera definitiva los 44 espacios carcelarios conocidos como Las Tumbas, en mitad de la mayor cárcel de Costa Rica, llamada La Reforma. La medida es el más reciente de los pasos d…

September 17, 2016

Uganda: education in Luzira Women’s Prison

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Africa Women Uganda

When you walk through the administration block of Luzira Women’s Prison, the first thing you notice is the neat lawn. Then, you see students studying under three trees. In their yellow uniforms, these are not your average students, though. Four women sit on benches under the first tree, facing a bl…

September 16, 2016

UK : prisoner died after jail staff "failed to treat his severe asthma"

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Health Violence United Kingdom

A prison inmate who suffered from severe asthma died due to “serious failings” in the way jail staff managed his medical condition, a coroner has ruled. Senior Coroner Andre Rebello has warned that unless lessons are learned from the death of Ashley Gil, the prison service may experience future fat…

September 15, 2016

USA : for Obama, a shift in clemency strategy

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Justice United States

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…

September 15, 2016

India : 1,700 died in overcrowded prisons in 2014 ; 89 % of natural causes

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Asia Overcrowding India

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…

September 14, 2016

Italy : the "torture room" in Poggioreale prison

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Torture Violence Italy

“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…

September 14, 2016

England and Wales : rise in prisoners moved to mental health hospitals

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Health Mental health United Kingdom

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,…

September 12, 2016

France : mutinerie à la prison de Vivonne dans la Vienne, un bâtiment incendié

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Europe Protest Violence France

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…

September 12, 2016

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September 12, 2016

What it looks like to be behind bars in four different countries

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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…

September 12, 2016

Romania : thousands of prisoners could get out of jail earlier due to overcrowding

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Overcrowding Romania

Romanian minister of justice Raluca Pruna wants to simplify the way prisoners can be released on parole, to solve the problem of prison overcrowding. Thus, thousands of prisoners could get out of jail earlier. However, they will still have to meet some criteria, the minister said at local TV statio…

September 12, 2016

Malawi prisoners go for days without food

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Africa Material conditions Malawi

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…

September 12, 2016

USA : the true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion

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United States

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…

September 12, 2016

USA : the true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion

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United States

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…

September 11, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : la Cour suprême autorise l'alimentation de force des prisonniers grévistes de la faim

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Middle East Israel

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