Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 28, 2022

Togo resumes prison visits after two-year ban

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Africa Coronavirus Social ties Togo

Togo is to allow prison visits to resume from Friday, phasing out a two-year-old ban that was imposed to help curb the spread of coronavirus.

April 28, 2022

Liban : Des proches de détenus manifestent devant la prison militaire de Rihanié

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Middle East Justice Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Nigeria: Coverup in Nigerian Prison As TB Hits, Kills Several Inmates

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Africa Health Nigeria

Senior officials, including those in charge of the facility in Katsina, have attempted a coverup to avoid accountability, sources told this newspaper.

April 28, 2022

Liban : Les prisonniers de Roumieh s'automutilent pour alerter sur la détérioration de leur situation

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Middle East Health Mental health Material conditions Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Lebanon's prisons: A microcosm of disease, sectarianism and near-anarchy

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Middle East Material conditions Lebanon

Inter-ministerial wrangling over the control of the prison facilities coupled with police brutality and a lack of funding has exacerbated the human rights situation of incarcerated people in the country.

April 28, 2022

Liban : Dans la plus grande prison du Liban, manger devient un luxe

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Middle East Material conditions Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Liban : Le quadruple féminicide d’Ansar ravive le débat sur la peine de mort dans un Liban en crise

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Middle East Death penalty Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Lebanon: Lebanese LGBT community fights to keep safe spaces

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Middle East LGBTQI Lebanon

Although Beirut is one of the most LGBT-friendly cities in the region, there are still some limitations that don’t allow the community to express themselves freely.

April 28, 2022

Afghanistan: Over 1,200 drug addicts being treated at Herat prison

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Middle East Health Mental health Afghanistan

The drug users are being treated by governmental institutions in cooperation with private sector companies.

April 26, 2022

Lebanon : prisons in 2022

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Pre-trial detention Women Minors Middle East Foreign prisoners LGBTQI Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Suicide Overcrowding Death penalty Torture Violence Activities Social ties Work Lebanon

All there is to know about Lebanese prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

April 26, 2022

Lebanon’s prisons

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Pre-trial detention Middle East Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon

In 2011, Lebanon had 24 prisons and Haitham Moussawi was the only Lebanese photographer to visit all of them.

April 21, 2022

Équateur : des bains de sang dans les prisons, le gouvernement impuissant

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Central America and the Caribbean Drugs Violence Ecuador

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April 21, 2022

Cameroun : l’épidémie de choléra dans les prisons inquiète l’opposition

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Africa Health Material conditions Cameroon

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April 21, 2022

Iran : des détenus malades qu’on abandonne

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Middle East Health Material conditions Iran

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April 21, 2022

Salvador : des arrestations massives dans le cadre de la guerre contre les gangs

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South America Drugs Violence

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April 21, 2022

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Poland

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Europe Justice Material conditions Facilities Poland

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 Poland from 21 March to 1 April 2022. It was the Committee’s seventh periodic visit to this country.

April 21, 2022

United States: “the darkness suffocates me at all time”

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LGBTQI Violence Social ties United States

Xandan is incarcerated at Lane Murray Unit, a state prison located in Texas. He tells us how a typical day goes by.

April 20, 2022

United States: meeting my hero

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North America Women Social ties United States

Alex and Xandan have been corresponding for two years. Alex lives in Austria and Xandan is serving time in a Texas prison. This is the story of a friendship between two people living thousands of kilometers apart.

April 14, 2022

England and Wales: walling up madness

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Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions United Kingdom

England and Wales are two constituent countries of the United Kingdom. While their health, justice and prison policies fall under common legislation, their prison health services differ.

April 14, 2022

Switzerland: walling up madness

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Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions Switzerland

In Switzerland, people declared not criminally responsible are subject to therapeutic measures. In 2018, there were nearly 960 people subject to therapeutic measures. Nearly 60% of people subject to in-patient treatment are placed in prison.

April 14, 2022

Spain: walling up madness

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Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions Spain

There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain. Criminal legislation applies to the entire country. The Catalonia region is responsible for managing its own prisons. Thus, two different government administrations oversee the penitentiary system.

April 14, 2022

Germany: walling up madness

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Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions Germany

Germany is a federal republic divided into 16 Länder. The Ministry of Justice oversees prison health care. Federal law does not provide for any mental health care in prison. The Länder implement treatment measures. Significant variations have been observed from one territory and facility to another…

April 14, 2022

France: walling up madness

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Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions France

France has 187 prisons. Since 1994, prison health care falls under the authority of the Ministry of Health. Prison mental healthcare was the subject of a major reform in 2002.

April 14, 2022

Walling up madness

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Europe Access to legal rights Mental health Drugs Material conditions Suicide

More than 40 % of prisoners in Italy suffer from at least one mental disorder, about 30% in Spain, 35% in England, and 60% in the Netherlands. Does prison make you go mad? This is no doubt true for some. Prison Insider provides an overview of practices in eight countries.