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July 11, 2018

Egypt: 710 prisoners released per presidential pardon

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Africa Middle East Egypt

A total of 710 prisoners were released on Wednesday per a presidential pardon. The Prisons Authority continues to select the prisoners who qualify for conditional release, and those who served half of their sentences and were not involved in criminal cases.

July 10, 2018

Dans les prisons britanniques, bientôt un téléphone par cellule

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Social ties United Kingdom

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July 10, 2018

UK: prisoners to get phones in cells in bid to curb violence

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Violence Social ties United Kingdom

Thousands of prisoners will be able to make calls from their cells, as part of government plans to reduce violence and crime in prisons in England and Wales. The move is part of a £30m package of measures to be announced later today by Justice Secretary David Gauke. The scheme, already in place at…

July 9, 2018

Inside Japan’s chilling death row prisons where inmates are executed with no warning after decades waiting to die

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Asia Death penalty Japan

Seven members of a brainwashed doomsday cult were hanged last week in a sterile Japanese execution chamber for carrying out a deadly gas attack in 1995. The Asian country is one of only two first world democracies, along with the US, who kill their own citizens.

July 6, 2018

Danish prisons switch off internet for inmates after extremist content found on Playstations

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Denmark

Denmark’s prisons agency Kriminalforsorgen has taken new steps to prevent the spread of extremist material in the country’s jails. Citing security, the agency has shut down an online network used by prisoners in secured facilities, newspaper Jyllands-Posten reports.

July 6, 2018

Brazilian prisons, the "new slave houses"

Interview

South America Brazil

Brazil has the third largest prison population in the world. Renata Tavares da Costa has been working as a public defender in Rio de Janeiro for the past ten years. She agreed to give an exclusive interview to Prison Insider on her analysis of the situation and the mechanisms, which in her opinion…

July 5, 2018

Luxembourg : Le Luxembourg veut des prisons plus dignes et plus humaines

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Europe Luxembourg

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July 4, 2018

Belgique : Grève dans les prisons: des détenus de St-Gilles attaquent l'Etat

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Europe Belgium

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July 4, 2018

France : Prisons : Macron avait promis 15.000 nouvelles places en cinq ans... il n'y en aura que 7000

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Europe France

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July 2, 2018

España: partido Podemos rechaza cárceles para inmigrantes de la UE

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Spain

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July 2, 2018

Argentina: un video muestra cómo ingresan elementos prohibidos en las cárceles

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South America Argentina

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July 2, 2018

France : Evasion de Redoine Faïd : "Il avait dans l'idée de se faire la malle, c'était connu de tous"

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Europe France

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July 2, 2018

Uruguay: se debería votar una ley que prohíba las cárceles con más de 500 personas

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South America Uruguay

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