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June 21, 2018

Torture committee tells Serbia to curb police violence

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Europe Torture Violence Serbia

The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee has called on Serbia to stop its police from habitually using violence to force suspects to confess to crimes.

June 21, 2018

Belgique : droits des détenus en temps de grève … un minimum syndical

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Europe Access to legal rights Belgium

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June 20, 2018

Uruguay: recluso de 29 años víctima del noveno asesinato en cárceles en 2018

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South America Uruguay

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June 20, 2018

Ireland: Court asked to hear appeal with possible implications for up to 1,000 "slopping out" cases.

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Ireland

The Supreme Court has been asked to hear an appeal by a former prisoner with potential implications for up to 1,000 cases concerning slopping out in prisons.

June 20, 2018

Este es el infierno de las principales cárceles de Colombia

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Colombia

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June 20, 2018

Russia: lawmakers finally move forward with legislation that could release 100,000 prisoners

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Asia Europe Russia

After 10 years, the State Duma has adopted a second reading of legislation that would mean less time behind bars for Russians convicted of many crimes.

June 20, 2018

France: insalubrité et sur-occupation à la maison d'arrêt des femmes de Mulhouse

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Women Europe France

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June 20, 2018

La trama del jamón caducado llegó a las cárceles de casi toda España

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Spain

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June 20, 2018

UK: juvenile justice report confirms steady progress

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United Kingdom

As a society, it should sit uncomfortably that children find themselves caught up in the criminal justice system, even more so that some of them require to be held in custody.

June 19, 2018

UK: a child prisoner with ADHD spent 22 hours a day in a cell, for 55 days – and he’s not the only one

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United Kingdom

When my client, ‘AB’, called the Howard League for Penal Reform’s legal advice line last year, it was immediately clear from his voice that he was miserable. At the time, he was 15. He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). And he was locked alone in his cell in Feltham prison for mor…

June 19, 2018

Belgique : pourquoi les syndicats appellent-ils à la grève?

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Europe Belgium

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June 18, 2018

“Ratas como gatos. Debo pagar para comer”: diario de un español en la prisión de Tánger

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Morocco

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June 18, 2018

France : Encore un mort au mitard, communiqués de prisonniers enfermés à la maison d’arrêt de Seysses

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Europe Violence France

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June 18, 2018

Nicaragua: des opposants détenus dans une prison symbole de la dictature de Somoza

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Central America and the Caribbean Nicaragua

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June 17, 2018

España: "cuando entras en la cárcel se para el mundo, dejas de vivir"

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Spain

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June 17, 2018

Así se vota en una cárcel de Colombia

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Colombia

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June 16, 2018

Allemagne, la prison privatisée

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Europe Germany

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June 15, 2018

France : à la prison de Fleury, quatre surveillants condamnés pour une fouille qui dégénère

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Europe Violence France

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June 15, 2018

Yoga, la terapia para liberar a los presos en las cárceles argentinas

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South America Argentina

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June 14, 2018

UK: number of far-right terrorists in prisons triples as arrests hit new record

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Europe United Kingdom

Islamists make up the majority of terrorist prisoners and suspects arrested in Britain. The number of far-right terrorists imprisoned in Britain has more than tripled in a year, new statistics reveal.

June 14, 2018

France : à la prison de Perpignan, "une cellule est occupée actuellement par 7 détenus !"

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Europe Overcrowding France

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June 14, 2018

New Zealand: mega-prisons overseas have been absolute failures

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Facilities New Zealand

We’re being told to look at the inroads being made with some US prisons to determine how New Zealand should progress with our justice system.

June 14, 2018

France : à Fresnes, premiers pas en prison des nouveaux surveillants

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Europe France

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June 13, 2018

USA: are elderly inmates at risk?

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United States

William S. Sires, a 72-year-old convicted murderer, was walking with a cane in a maximum-security prison in Shirley when he was ambushed and killed by other inmates nearly four years ago.