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April 9, 2018

France : demandes de visites en hausse et visiteurs de prison pas assez nombreux

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Europe Social ties France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

April 9, 2018

España: los funcionarios de prisiones reclaman ser 'agentes de autoridad' para 'intimidar' a los presos y evitar agresiones

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Spain

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

April 9, 2018

Las prisiones en América Latina, verdaderas “bombas de tiempo”

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April 9, 2018

Of Lengths and Measures

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North America Facilities United States

Stephen Tourlentes began to notice prisons, especially after dark, when they broadcast their location through the use of surveillance and lighting. He spent 17 years visiting these detention facilities after dark.

April 9, 2018

France: indignity in prison

Testimonial

Europe France

Hunger strikes, violence, unsanitary conditions. Samy, incarcerated in France, tells the story of his daily life.

April 8, 2018

New Zeland: Dutch prison system offers inspiration to New Zealand

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Justice Facilities New Zealand

New Zealand’s prison population is skyrocketing, and our jails are at breaking point. The Netherlands has the opposite problem - they’re closing down prisons because inmate numbers have plummeted.

April 6, 2018

USA: Washington State Penitentiary releases official count of inmates on hunger strike

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United States

Penitentiary Spokeswoman Allison Window told the publication that about 1,315 inmates in six housing units were refusing their meals.

April 4, 2018

Türkiye: fading away

Testimonial

Europe Turkey

“I am about to forget my native language” Havre comes from Iran. He has been detained in Türkiye for six years. His story is one of deprivation. Deprivation of his liberty, his family, his mother tongue.

April 3, 2018

USA: inside a private prison, blood, suicide and poorly paid guards

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Suicide Violence United States

JACKSON, Miss. — On the witness stand and under pressure, Frank Shaw, the warden of the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, could not guarantee that the prison was capable of performing its most basic function.

April 3, 2018

Story Of Earl Reinhardt

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North America Long-term prisoners Health Rehabilitation United States

Sarah Bones meets Earl, who has spent the past 50 of his 75 years behind bars.

April 3, 2018

Brazil: "I have no thought of escaping", inside the prisons with no guards

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Brazil

In a country where jails are seen as ticking timebombs, a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking success

April 2, 2018

Venezuela: attorney general says prison authorities were negligent in fire that caused deaths of 68 inmates

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South America Violence Venezuela

Venezuela’s attorney general said Monday that five jailed officials had been negligent in their handling of a prison fire that killed 68 people last week in central Carabobo state, and admitted that the country’s penal system is seriously overcrowded.

April 2, 2018

World: there are more women in prison than ever before

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Women

Our series takes a global look at the problem: why women are ending up in prison, what it’s like for them inside and how activists are fighting to keep people out.

April 2, 2018

Venezuela: "muerte de 68 presos no es mi competencia”, ministra de prisiones

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South America Violence Venezuela

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

April 1, 2018

Fire in Mexican prison kills at least six police officers

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

VERACRUZ, Mexico — Six police officers died on Sunday from smoke inhalation after prisoners started a fire while resisting an effort to transfer dangerous inmates out of a prison in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the authorities said.

April 1, 2018

Venezuela: prisiones hasta con un 250% de sobrepoblación

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South America Overcrowding Venezuela

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.