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April 13, 2017

Turkey: le journaliste allemand Deniz Yücel se marie en prison

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Europe Middle East Turkey

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April 13, 2017

Kenya: president signs new anti-torture law

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Africa Justice Torture Kenya

Mistreatment of Kenya’s Muslim Somali community detailed in report last year by human rights commission

April 13, 2017

United Kingdom: prisons no longer place for punishment, ministers say

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Justice United Kingdom

Prisons are no longer places for punishment, ministers have said after the phrase was excluded from the first legal definition of the purpose of jails.

April 12, 2017

First penitentiary forum takes place in Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyzstan

Penal Reform International (PRI), Kyrgyzstan’s State Service of Execution of Punishments and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) last month jointly organised the country’s first international Penitentiary Forum.

April 12, 2017

5 inmates die in prison riot in Brazil; 17 wounded

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Brazil

Five inmates have died in a prison riot Tuesday in the central-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, authorities said.

April 12, 2017

Some Arab governments are rethinking harsh cannabis laws

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“When we think about our future, our dreams, we have nothing,” says a young man in Sidi Bouzid.

April 12, 2017

Russia: more than 100 gay men 'sent to prison camps' in Chechnya

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Asia Europe Russia

Abuses allegedly included mean being taken outside and beaten several times a day, having their hands electrocuted and being forced to sit on bottles

April 12, 2017

France : le quinquennat Hollande vu des prisons

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Europe France

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April 12, 2017

Cyprus: over 50 inmates pardoned and released for Easter

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Cyprus

Fifty-three prison inmates were released on Wednesday after receiving presidential pardons.

April 12, 2017

Colombia: la alarmante situación de las cárceles colombianas

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South America Colombia

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April 12, 2017

Tchad : le massacre prémédité des prisonniers tués hier ?

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Africa Violence Chad

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April 11, 2017

Pakistan: 'Depoliticisation of police is a must for effective criminal justice system'

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Asia Pakistan

Depoliticisation of the police is a must for effective working of the criminal justice system in Pakistan.

April 11, 2017

Egypt: a physician, committed to helping prisoners, imprisoned himself

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Africa Middle East Egypt

“I was lucky, but many are beaten, raped, hung up by their hands…”

April 11, 2017

United States: official says hunger strike over at South Mississippi prison

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North America United States

The Mississippi Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that a hunger strike at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution at Leakesville has ended, as the prison system continues to push a crackdown on contraband there and elsewhere.

April 11, 2017

La peine de mort recule de 37 % depuis 2015

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Death penalty Violence

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April 11, 2017

France: furious prison guards clash with police outside infamous jail

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Europe Protest France

France 24 Police firing tear gas have clashed with prison guards protesting working conditions in a notorious prison south of Paris. The incidents Monday night at the sprawling Fleury-Merogis prison come after a few hundred workers blocked the entrance and set tires on fire to call attention to con…

April 11, 2017

Indonesia: prison population jumped by 12,000 in two months

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Asia Overcrowding Indonesia

The number of prisoners being held in Indonesia increased by 12,000 within two months this year, raising concerns about unresolved prison overcrowding problems.

April 11, 2017

France : surpopulation en prison, les derniers chiffres

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Europe Overcrowding France

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April 11, 2017

Indonesia: House to deliberate alternative forms of punishment in Criminal Code

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Asia Justice Indonesia

The House of Representatives’ working committee for the amendment of the Criminal Code (KUHP) is looking into alternative forms of punishment in addition to imprisonment.

April 11, 2017

France : prisons, la réclusion à la peine

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Europe France

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April 10, 2017

United States: New York raises age of criminal responsibility in 'lightning rod' reform

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North America United States

Polarizing bill approved in state budget to stop charging 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, sparing teens of criminal records: ‘I lost some years of my life back there’

April 10, 2017

Bénin: mouvements d’humeur de prisonnier à la prison civile de Natitingou

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Africa Benin

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April 10, 2017

France : "au feu, la pénit’ brûle" : à Fleury-Mérogis, les surveillants en colère bloquent la prison

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Europe France

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April 10, 2017

Marcello dell'Anna (IV)

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Long-term prisoners Italy

“I am trapped in my memories, stuck on images from the end of the 80s…”