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February 28, 2018

France : des "conditions indignes" au CHU de Saint-Étienne

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Europe Health France

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February 27, 2018

Portugal, censurada por sus prisiones "inhumanas" y su policía violenta y xenófoba

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Torture Violence Portugal

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February 27, 2018

Belgique : le Keelbeek contre la prison

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Europe Protest Belgium

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February 27, 2018

Portugal: anti-torture committee urges to tackle police ill-treatment and the poor treatment of prisoners

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Torture Portugal

In a report on Portugal published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee urges the Portuguese authorities to take determined action to prevent police ill-treatment and to provide prisoners with safe and decent living conditions.

February 26, 2018

USA: inmates and students brought together by poetry

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United States

Michigan State University students make a weekly visit to the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia to learn, write and perform poetry with prisoners.

February 25, 2018

UK: why we should teach philosophy to prisoners (Kirstine Szifris)

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United Kingdom

“I taught philosophy to prisoners, and I know it can help end the damaging macho prison culture” As with other forms of educational experience, in the classroom they could be – for a short time – philosophers as opposed to offenders or prisoners.

February 23, 2018

France : prévention de la radicalisation, un virage à 180 degrés de la doctrine pénitentiaire

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Europe Discipline Justice France

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February 23, 2018

Décès du prisonnier politique sahraoui Mohamed El Ayoubi

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Violence Western Sahara

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February 22, 2018

La ballade des dangereuses

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Belgium

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February 22, 2018

Improving Italian prisons

Analysis Report

Overview of the different spheres of action and militant activities of the association.

February 21, 2018

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Romania

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Europe Torture

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Romania from 7 to 19 February 2018. It was the Committee’s eleventh visit to the country.

February 21, 2018

Covert cooking: how to bake a pie in prison

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Romania

When May Eaton was a writer in residence at a men’s jail, she found the inmates’ real creativity lay in the cakes and curries they made in their cells.

February 21, 2018

The haunting reality of prison

Unveiling the deepest roots of the so-called prison crisis: discover Injustice.

February 20, 2018

France : des associations dénoncent les comparutions immédiates

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Europe Overcrowding France

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February 20, 2018

Germany: use of Taser by the Dutch police unacceptable

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Violence Germany

Since 1 February 2017, the Dutch police have been experimenting with the use of the Taser X2 in day-to-day policing. The way they use these electro-shock weapons poses unacceptable health risks. This is evident from the report “A Failed Experiment: The Taser-Pilot of the Dutch Police” published by…

February 19, 2018

En Gambie, le président Adama Barrow annonce un moratoire sur la peine de mort

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Africa Justice Death penalty Violence Gambia

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February 19, 2018

Prise d'otages dans une prison brésilienne

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South America Protest Brazil

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February 19, 2018

Chile: el horizonte de las penas de cárcel

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Chile

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February 18, 2018

Paraguay: los presos políticos de la tierra

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South America Paraguay

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February 18, 2018

Plus de 1 950 Algériens détenus en France

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Africa Europe France

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February 17, 2018

France : un jeune homme part en prison trois jours après sa majorité

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Europe Justice France

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February 16, 2018

Plus d'un détenu sur cinq en France est de nationalité étrangère

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Europe

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February 15, 2018

España: la cárcel de Archidona abrirá el 26 de febrero

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Spain

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February 15, 2018

France : le travail en prison, clé de la réinsertion

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Europe France

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