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October 9, 2018

USA: more women are behind bars now. One prison wants to change that.

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Women United States

Despite their names, state “departments of correction” in the United States aren’t known for correcting much. More than seven of every 10 prisoners, according to some studies, are arrested again less than four years after they are released.

October 9, 2018

UK: Exeter prison condemned by inspectors for violence and drug use

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Drugs Violence United Kingdom

Scathing report comes as Prison Governors Association accuses government underfunding of contributing to jail safety crisis.

October 9, 2018

UK: prison pepper spray plan risks inmate safety, rights body says

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Discipline Violence United Kingdom

Use of Pava by prison officers could cause pain and serious injury, UK watchdog says.

October 8, 2018

Venezuela: ONG denuncia casos de hepatitis y tuberculosis dentro de cárcel

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South America Health Venezuela

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October 8, 2018

South Sudan: impressionnante mutinerie dans une prison

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Africa Protest Violence South Sudan

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October 8, 2018

Colombia: el primer restaurante dentro de una cárcel en Latinoamérica

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South America Colombia

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October 8, 2018

Colombie : policía de Bogotá, a dar explicaciones por malos tratos a menores en el centro El Redentor

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South America Colombia

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October 5, 2018

France: des députés proposent de faire payer les détenus pour financer leur incarcération

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Europe France

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October 5, 2018

France: Redoine Faïd, à quoi ressemble son retour en prison

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Europe France

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October 4, 2018

South Sudan: des prisonniers de guerre et des détenus qui tardent à être libéré

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Africa South Sudan

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October 3, 2018

France : sortants de prison, "Il y a toujours un choc carcéral" [audio]

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Europe France

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October 3, 2018

Paraguay: descubre un túnel para ayudar a fugarse de una cárcel a 80 criminales

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South America Paraguay

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October 1, 2018

Spain : Lanzan una operación contra presos yihadistas en una quincena de cárceles

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Europe Spain

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October 1, 2018

Paraguay : decretó el estado de emergencia en las cárceles

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South America Material conditions Paraguay

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October 1, 2018

Indonesia: prison break, convicts on the run after disaster

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Asia Indonesia

Some 1,200 Indonesian convicts are on the run from three different detention facilities in devastated Sulawesi after the region was rocked by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, a justice ministry official said Monday. One prison in tsunami-struck Palu city - built to hold just 120 people - saw most…

October 1, 2018

Honduras: Es momento de buscar asistencia internacional para manejo de cárceles, dice Omar Rivera

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Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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October 1, 2018

France : ados et derrière les barreaux... Entre les murs de la prison pour mineurs d'Orvault (Nantes)

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Europe France

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September 28, 2018

UK: Why doesn't prison work for women?

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Women Europe United Kingdom

Women make up just under 5% of the prison population in England and Wales, yet they are more likely than men to reoffend. Why doesn’t prison work for women and what is being done to improve outcomes for them? “The last day, I was given a bin bag of my stuff. The door closed behind me, and it was ov…

September 27, 2018

USA: Pennsylvania is sentencing people to die in prison at an alarming rate

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A new report from the Abolitionist Law Center “presents a definitive portrait of a punishment that is archaic, cruel, unjustified, and indefensible,” its co-author says.

September 27, 2018

France : comme des bêtes en cage

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Europe France

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September 26, 2018

Côte d'Ivoire: grogne de l'administration pénitentiaire

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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September 26, 2018

USA: Virginia backtracks on tampon ban for prison visitors

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Social ties United States

The Virginia Department of Corrections has decided to hold off implementing a controversial new policy that would have barred women from visiting state prisons wearing tampons or menstrual cups.

September 25, 2018

UK: it’s no wonder prisons are in crisis. Inmates are humans, too

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United Kingdom

Strikes by prisoners and officers in the UK and US highlight how the failing prison system demeans us all. The last couple of months have been a crucial time for the prison system. The mass walkout by prison officers in England and Wales a fortnight ago, which was quickly called off by the Prison O…

September 25, 2018

The true history of America's private prison industry

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United States

Before founding the Corrections Corporation of America, a $1.8 billion private prison corporation now known as CoreCivic, Terrell Don Hutto ran a cotton plantation the size of Manhattan. There, mostly black convicts were forced to pick cotton from dawn to dusk for no pay. It was 1967 and the Beatle…