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December 14, 2017

Salvador : 30 ans de prison pour une fausse couche

News

Central America and the Caribbean Justice El Salvador

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December 14, 2017

The impossible prison: a history of the uruguayan penitentiary reform

Investigations

South America

— Published 1st December 2018.¶ After the candidate of the Frente Amplio party José Mujica’s presidential victory in March 2010, Uruguay started an important reform process to its penitentiary system. Seven years later, this small and peaceful country has one of the highest incarceration rates in S…

December 14, 2017

France : incendie et tentative d'évasion au centre de rétention de Vincennes

News

Europe Protest France

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December 14, 2017

Kenyian supreme court declares mandatory death penalty unconstitutional

News

Justice Kenya

The mandatory death penalty violates fundamental human rights, rules the Supreme Court of Kenya today in a historic judgment that will affect thousands of prisoners.

December 13, 2017

France : la prison de la Santé sera surpeuplée dès sa réouverture en juin

News

Europe Health Overcrowding France

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December 13, 2017

The "Impossible Prison" Rolando Arbesún

Analysis

South America Health Torture Violence Uruguay

Prologue by Alvaro Garcé, first Parliamentary Commissioner for the Prison System

December 13, 2017

France : inciter à lire en prison - surveiller sans censurer

News

Europe France

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December 13, 2017

República Dominicana: gobierno construirá cuatro cárceles con la multa impuesta a Odebrecht

News

Dominican Republic

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December 12, 2017

España: antidisturbios en las cárceles

News

Spain

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December 12, 2017

In Russia, the prisoners are dragged around

Analysis Report

Asia Europe Overcrowding Torture Violence Russia

6,000 km, silenced journey, utmost opacity.

December 12, 2017

France : 11 choses que vous devriez savoir sur les discriminations que subissent les femmes en prison

News

Women Europe France

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December 12, 2017

Las cárceles de Corea del Norte son peores que las nazis, dicen jueces internacionales

News

Asia North Korea

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December 12, 2017

República Dominicana: hacinamiento y fugas en cárceles

News

Dominican Republic

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December 11, 2017

España: una cárcel de 25 millones de personas

News

Spain

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December 11, 2017

France : pourquoi BuzzFeed fait une semaine de la prison

News

Europe France

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December 9, 2017

The end of American prison visits: jails end face-to-face contact – and families suffer

News

Justice Social ties United States

It’s been described as ‘Skype for the jailed’ and is being sold as safer and more convenient. But it begs the question: are in-person visits a human right?

December 8, 2017

France : la Parisienne Libérée: "Prison dedans, prison dehors"

News

Europe France

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December 6, 2017

South Africa: why we should care about inhumane prison conditions?

News

Material conditions South Africa

On the anniversary this week of Sonke Gender Justice and Lawyers for Human Rights’ Pollsmoor overcrowding court victory, we should remember why the state of our prisons matter – and consider what we should be doing to improve conditions.

December 6, 2017

Australia: why it’s so hard to start a new life after prison

News

Oceania Australia

For many former prisoners, getting out of jail is the first step in a long and difficult journey of ‘starting afresh’.

December 6, 2017

UK: teaching in a prison, education has the best chance of turning lives around

News

United Kingdom

Emily Dewar-Langridge teaches young offenders at Feltham prison, and has won an award for the difference she’s made to students. Here, she explains her role.

December 6, 2017

France : Antonin Bernanos jeté brutalement en prison

News

Europe Justice France

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December 1, 2017

Brazil: video shows prison torture

News

South America Torture Violence Brazil

Shocking footage of Brazil prison guards torturing inmates has sparked an investigation, and serves as a stark reminder of the poor prison conditions that strengthen the country’s powerful prison gangs.

December 1, 2017

UK : Edmund Clark’s immersive study of prison life goes on show at the Ikon Gallery

News

United Kingdom

“We are a faceless, forgotten part of society,” says one of the inmates at HMP Grendon, where Edmund Clark has been artist-in-residence for the last three years; his work at the prison is now going on show in Birmingham.

December 1, 2017

Turkey: elderly prisoner gets 11 days in solitary for expressing hope for release

News

Europe Middle East Discipline Justice United States

Ali Osman Karahan, an 87-year-old Turkish man who has been in an Isparta prison for almost 15 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, was given 11 days of solitary confinement.