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August 30, 2018

United States of America: going around in circles

Testimonial

United States

Nate is sentenced to life in prison and is incarcerated in a maximum security facility. He describes, for Prison Insider, his daily life.

August 30, 2018

Brazil: pressed against the bars, waiting for tomorrow

Testimonial

South America Brazil

The night has fallen, everyone is asleep. Almost everyone. Samuel, imprisoned in Brazil, describes a day.

August 27, 2018

Turkey: former NATO officer speaks of torture after failed coup

News

Europe Torture Turkey

More than 150,000 civil servants were purged after Turkey’s 2016 failed coup. Officers at NATO bases were ordered back and many were jailed.

August 27, 2018

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returns to Iran's Evin prison after three-day release

News

Middle East Iran

British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has returned to Iran’s Evin prison after a three-day release period that ended Sunday. Her husband Richard Ratcliffe had been hopeful this would mark the beginning of the end of her ordeal.

August 26, 2018

Mexico y Estados Unidos: de madres solteras y cárcel

News

Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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August 24, 2018

France : les détenus mettent de la couleur en prison

News

Europe France

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August 24, 2018

Brasil: el gobierno mantiene presos a travestis en cárceles para hombres

News

Brazil

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August 23, 2018

États-Unis : le maintien à tout prix de la peine de mort en Floride assombrit l'image de l'"état ensoleillé"

News

Death penalty Violence United States

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August 22, 2018

États-Unis : "esclavage", "zones de guerre"... Des détenus se mettent en grève

News

United States

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August 22, 2018

Saudi Arabia seeks 'unprecedented' death penalty for woman activist

News

Saudi Arabia

Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a female activist for the first time.

August 22, 2018

France : en Corse, le détenu disparu de la "prison ouverte" de Casabianda retrouvé mort

News

Europe Violence France

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August 22, 2018

USA: inside a radical experiment to transform the lives of incarcerated women

News

Women United States

A new prison unit aims to reduce recidivism in Connecticut. But can it become the standard nationwide?

August 22, 2018

Nepal: strong resemblance to the past

Analysis Report

Our correspondent in Nepal, Advocacy Forum, issued his last report entitled “Torture of juveniles in Nepal : a continuing challenge”.

August 21, 2018

Jailed filmmaker Oleg Sentsov on day 100 of Russia hunger strike

News

Asia Europe Russia

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov on Tuesday entered day 100 of his hunger strike, as he languishes in a Russian Arctic prison on terror charges with little hope of release.

August 21, 2018

France : face à la "bataille perdue" du portable en prison, l'ambitieux chantier de la chancellerie

News

Europe France

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August 21, 2018

USA: the Nationwide Prison Strike, why it’s happening and what it means for ending mass incarceration

News

United States

Brutal treatment from corrections officers, deteriorating prison conditions, and incredibly long, punitive sentences had led to a condition of hopelessness in South Carolina’s prisons.A decision was made: It was time to launch a national prison strike to raise awareness around the brutality of mass…

August 21, 2018

France : isoler ou "réinsérer" ? Le dilemme de la prison face aux personnes impliquées dans des affaires de terrorisme

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Europe Discipline Rehabilitation Religion France

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August 20, 2018

Colombia: así es la vida de la mayor proxeneta de Colombia en una cárcel en ruinas

News

Colombia

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August 20, 2018

El Salvador: aumentan las muertes en cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean Violence El Salvador

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August 20, 2018

UK: the litany of failures that forced government to take over jail from G4S

News

United Kingdom

Inspectors were told it was ‘easy to get drugs’ by half of the prisoners surveyed, with one in seven claiming they became addicted to drugs while in jail

August 20, 2018

America’s prisoners are going on strike in at least 17 states

News

North America Protest United States

Incarcerated Americans are often forced to work for cents an hour. So they’re launching what could be their biggest protest ever.

August 20, 2018

México: los niños que viven en las cárceles con sus madres, también regresan a clases

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Central America and the Caribbean Social ties Mexico

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August 17, 2018

France : voile interdit lors d’une visite en prison, "l’arbitraire, premier problème des familles"

News

Europe Social ties France

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August 13, 2018

Beaten, not broken: the Russian ex-inmate covering the torture trial of former jailers

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Ruslan Vakhapov says ‘desire for revenge in a legal way’ led him to expose brutality in prison system. He recognised all the prison guards on trial last month for the brutal torture of an inmate in a Yaroslavl prison. They used to be his jailers too.