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October 31, 2017

Ukraine: monitoring visit in Lviv prison

News

Europe Ukraine

On October 4th, 2017. Prison Insider’s correspondent, Ukraine Without Torture, together with employees from the Secretariat of the Ombudsman undertook a monitoring visit of the Lychakiv correctional center (No. 30). The center is located in the Lviv Oblast (West Ukraine) and holds about 600 prisone…

October 30, 2017

"Surviving hell" in Eastern Ukraine

Analysis Report

Europe Justice Torture Violence Ukraine

A wide network of places of illegal detention in Donbass.

October 30, 2017

Hungarian Helsinki Committee, out of prison!

October 29, 2017

Uruguay : una cárcel, mil incógnitas

News

South America Uruguay

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October 27, 2017

VIDEO - Honduras: the supermax prison of Morocelí

Testimonial

Central America and the Caribbean Facilities Violence Honduras

An inmate delivers a testimony on his transfer to the supermax prison of Morocelí.

October 27, 2017

France : un stage de citoyenneté comme alternative à la prison

News

Europe France

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October 27, 2017

Uruguay : ONU - menores presos están como los de Libia

News

South America Uruguay

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October 25, 2017

France : Louis Perego, un homme de paroles

News

Europe France

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October 25, 2017

États-Unis : le gouvernement Trump veut empêcher une mineure sans-papier d'avorter en détention

News

United States

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October 25, 2017

Argentina : más de 900 presos de distintas cárceles bonaerenses participaron de un torneo de ajedrez

News

South America Argentina

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October 24, 2017

Urugay : qué es la libertad condicional y por qué ya no se concederá

News

Uruguay

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October 24, 2017

Estados Unidos : video revela abusos en cárceles de inmigración

News

United States

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October 22, 2017

Elecciones 2017 : las madres de la cárcel de Ezeiza que votaron junto a sus hijos

News

Argentina

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October 22, 2017

Bolivia : jueza decide no enviar a la cárcel a los 14 cocaleros detenidos en La Asunta

News

Bolivia

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October 22, 2017

UK: prison officers to get body-worn cameras in £3m jail safety boost

News

United Kingdom

Officers welcome MoJ’s new measures for England and Wales, including trial of incapacitant spray, but say nothing can replace correct staffing levels.

October 22, 2017

USA: "You're Still in Jail"

News

United States

How Electronic Monitoring Is a Shackle on the Movement for Decarceration.

October 20, 2017

Mosquée occupée à Poitiers : un an de prison avec sursis requis contre des identitaires

News

France

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October 19, 2017

UK: HMP Winchester inmate who died had asked staff about suicide methods

News

Suicide United Kingdom

Sean Plumstead’s remarks to staff member – who had not had compulsory self-harm training – were not reported, inquest hears.

October 18, 2017

France : un surveillant accusé de viol par un détenu mis en examen pour violences aggravées

News

Europe Violence France

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October 18, 2017

South Africa: economy of visiting

Testimonial

Social ties South Africa

Derrick Thulani Ndlovu was sentenced to 18 years in prison in South Africa. He tells us, through his memories of visits, how prisoners and loved ones, on each side of the bars, see confinement.

October 18, 2017

Cinema in prison

Portfolio

Africa Culture Tunisia

Four Tunisian prisons host screenings at a film festival. Augustin Le Gall, a photojournalist, brings back a sample of the wind of freedom that blew into Borj Erroumi prison.

October 18, 2017

USA: a long decline in executions takes a detour

News

Death penalty United States

Recent court rulings and start-stop access to lethal drugs push numbers up this year.

October 18, 2017

France : un détenu se suicide le soir de son incarcération

News

Europe Suicide France

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October 17, 2017

USA: federal prisons don’t even try to rehabilitate the undocumented

News

United States

The Bureau of Prisons fails to provide basic resources to undocumented prisoners.