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November 30, 2016

Syria: the unspeakable prisons

Investigations

Middle East Syria

November 30, 2016

Raed Al Nakshbandi, Syria

Testimonial

Middle East Torture Violence Syria

“I spent 45 days in an individual underground cell under drastic conditions and was subjected to other violent and humiliating interrogations.”

November 30, 2016

Hend Alkahwaji, Syria

Testimonial

Women Middle East Syria

“Sometimes, I sang in my cell to break the silence, not to go mad.”

November 30, 2016

Hungarian court sentences migrant to 10 years in jail

News

Hungary

A Hungarian court has sentenced a migrant to ten years in jail for participating in rioting at the country’s southern border with Serbia last year.

November 29, 2016

UK : regime at HMP Hindley one of worst ever seen, say prison inspectors

News

United Kingdom

Damning report criticises category C jail’s treatment of inmates with some locked in their cells for more than 24 hours at a time. The regime at the category C Hindley jail near Wigan is “one of the worst and possibly one of the very worst that inspectors had ever seen in this type of prison”, an o…

November 29, 2016

Colombia : Report Slams Colombia's Failure to Control Prison Overcrowding

News

South America Overcrowding Colombia

A report by Colombia’s Comptroller General details the state’s failure to control runaway overcrowding in prisons despite major investments, highlighting the deep-rooted issues that Latin American states consistently fail to address in reforming their crumbling penitentiary systems. The report desc…

November 28, 2016

Japan : Asahikawa prison revamped for elderly inmates

News

Asia Japan

Should prison facilities be friendly to aging inmates or remain punitively hard for criminals? It is a question that was faced by Asahikawa Prison in Hokkaido, which was remodeled and reopened earlier this year. The three-story, reinforced concrete building has about 500 private cells, each equippe…

November 28, 2016

UK : one prison suicide every three days in England and Wales

News

Suicide United States

Penal reform groups warn of mental health epidemic, with prison suicide rate 10 times higher than among general population. More than 100 people have killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales so far this year, according to penal reform groups, prompting warnings of a mental health epidemic…

November 27, 2016

États-Unis : l'industrie des prisons dopée par Trump

News

United States

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November 27, 2016

France : nouvelle mutinerie à la prison de Valence

News

Europe Protest Violence France

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November 27, 2016

France : Valence, fin de la mutinerie à la prison

News

Europe Protest Violence France

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November 25, 2016

Burkina Faso : Les bakoroman de Ouagadougou et le cycle infernal de la délinquance

News

Africa Burkina Faso

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November 25, 2016

Espagne : Mor Marcos Ana, el pres del franquisme que més anys va passar a la presó

News

Europe Spain

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November 25, 2016

Francia : le dôme de la prison de Loos en cours de destruction

News

Europe Laos

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November 25, 2016

USA : mothers in prison

News

United States

The women’s wing of the jail here exhales sadness. The inmates, wearing identical orange uniforms, ache as they undergo withdrawal from drugs, as they eye one another suspiciously, and as they while away the days stripped of freedom, dignity, privacy and, most painful of all, their children.

November 25, 2016

Turquie : la romancière Asli Erdogan reste finalement en détention

News

Europe Turkey

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November 25, 2016

Cambodge : Deux ex-dirigeants khmers rouges condamnés définitivement à la prison à vie

News

Asia Cambodia

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November 25, 2016

Ethiopia : 38 inmates over deadly September prison inferno

News

Africa Ethiopia

An Ethiopian High Court has charged 38 inmates for a prison inferno that led to the death of some over 20 prisoners at the Kilinto prisons located on the outskirts of the capital, Addis Ababa.

November 24, 2016

Brazil: report of the Subcommittee on prevention of torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

News

Torture Brazil

Visit to Brazil undertaken from 19 to 30 October: observations and recommendations addressed to the State party.

November 23, 2016

Philippines : Ici, les détenus ne sont pas derrière les barreaux

News

Asia Philippines

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November 22, 2016

Etats-Unis : Chicago veut durcir les peines de prison

News

United States

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November 22, 2016

Nigeria : l’Etat punit et l’Eglise sauve

News

Africa Nigeria

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November 22, 2016

Cameroun : A la prison centrale de Yaoundé, être gardien d’un « volcan qui dort »

News

Africa Cameroon

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November 22, 2016

France : Les visiteurs de prison sensibilisent l'opinion publique à la vie carcérale

News

Europe Social ties France

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