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January 8, 2019

France: prisonniers, au pied de la lettre

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Europe Social ties France

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January 8, 2019

United Kingdom: prison praised for installing photobooth for inmates and visitors

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Europe Social ties United Kingdom

Families can use booth to take group shots as part of effort to improve visits for children.

January 7, 2019

Philippines: where 518 inmates sleep in space for 170, and gangs hold it together

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Asia Philippines

For some inmates of the Manila City Jail, making the bed means mopping up sludgy puddles, unfolding a square of cardboard on the tile floor and lying down to sleep in a small, windowless bathroom, wedged in among six men and a toilet. On one recent night at the jail, in Dorm 5, the air was thick an…

January 7, 2019

Canada: prison drug scans for visitors potentially unreliable and keeping families apart, researcher says

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North America Drugs Social ties Canada

Ion scanners cause stress for families of prisoners, research shows.

January 7, 2019

United Kingdom: Chelmsford prison, assaults on prison staff double

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Europe United Kingdom

Assaults on staff have doubled at a prison that has seen five deaths over the past year, a report has revealed.

January 7, 2019

Russia: prison guards suffer from 'moral fatigue,' officials says

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Asia Europe Russia

Amid a continuing debate about the dire conditions in Russian prisons and repeated cases of torture there, a top official from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) says its workers are suffering from “moral fatigue” as a result of low wages and daily contacts with inmates who sometimes atta…

January 7, 2019

France: la nouvelle prison de la Santé accueille ses premiers détenus

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Europe Health France

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January 7, 2019

Bahamas: prison officers say “no” to strip search

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Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas – A new security procedure implemented at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS) has prison officers up-in-arms, and the Correctional Officers Staff Association has called on BDOCS officials to rethink the move which subjects all prison officers to a daily strip sea…

January 5, 2019

France: après quatre ans de travaux, la prison mythique de la Santé rouvre

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Europe Health France

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January 5, 2019

New Zealand: peace above punishment, how restorative justice works for offenders and victims

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Oceania New Zealand

Punishment has long been integral to Kiwis’ sense of justice. But those pursuing restorative remedies are finding more empowerment in healing than punitive action, writes Alex Loo.

January 4, 2019

United Kingdom: how lessons in Scandinavian design could help prisons with rehabilitation

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Europe United Kingdom

For many people who end up in prison, efforts at rehabilitation are hampered by historic, pervasive and deeply embedded social inequalities. The bloated prison system in England and Wales has become a dangerous place with little hope of rehabilitating offenders.

January 4, 2019

Hong Kong: on the inside looking out, doing life in HK’s maximum security prison

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China

Mario de los Reyes is gasping for air. It’s just after midday on a hot afternoon in late May and the sun is baking the concrete yard where the 64-year-old has been playing football with fellow maximum security inmates at Stanley Prison. But this isn’t just the heat and exertion from exercise; somet…

January 4, 2019

Spain: los trabajadores de las cárceles de Ciudad Real alertan sobre sus "peligrosas condiciones laborales"

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Europe Spain

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January 3, 2019

Mexico: garantizar derechos de población lésbico-gay en cárceles, pide CNDH

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Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Mexico

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January 2, 2019

Belgium: plus de 10.300 détenus annoncés avant le Nouvel an

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Europe Belgium

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January 2, 2019

France: Valence, un surveillant brûlé par un détenu avec de l'huile bouillante

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Europe France

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January 2, 2019

United States of America: counting prison inmates differently could shift political power to cities

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United States

A prison in Vacaville, California. After the 2020 census, California and Delaware will join New York and Maryland in counting prisoners in their home communities rather than in the place where they are incarcerated.

January 1, 2019

Belgium: un détenu de la prison de Namur s’est évadé

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Europe France

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January 1, 2019

Argentina: un programa de equinoterapia para reclusos crece en las cárceles bonaerenses

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South America Argentina

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January 1, 2019

Porto Rico: se reportan dos muertes de reclusos en cárceles de Ponce y Bayamón

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Violence Puerto Rico

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