Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

October 5, 2020

Venezuela: el ministerio penitenciario ortogó 80 libertades con régimen de confianza en Guárico

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding Venezuela

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September 30, 2020

Argentina: not crazy or dead

Interview

South America Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Torture Argentina

The treatment meted out to political prisoners during the military dictatorship sought to completely destroy them. Sergio Ferrari was one of these prisoners. We spoke with him.

September 29, 2020

España: una concentración en Bilbao pide durante toda la noche otra política penitenciaria

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Spain

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September 29, 2020

Venezuela: los "pures" caen presos mientras intentan sobrevivirI

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South America Elderly prisoners Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Social ties Venezuela

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September 28, 2020

France: conditions de détention en prison

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September 24, 2020

El Salvador: el caso de Cindy Erazo y qué supone su liberación para otras 18 mujeres condenadas por la estricta ley contra la interrupción del embarazo

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Women Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Health El Salvador

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September 23, 2020

United Kingdom: the disgraceful prisons expose ministers' refusal to learn from mistakes

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding United Kingdom

From probation reform to test and trace, the government has presided over a catalogue of public services failures.

September 23, 2020

Australia: prisoner advocates call for abolition of 'discriminatory' voting restrictions as inmates prepare to cast vote in state election for the first time

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Oceania Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Rehabilitation Australia

For the first time in Queensland’s history, thousands of inmates in correctional centres across the state will be given the right to vote in the upcoming october state election.

September 18, 2020

Iran: detainees flogged, sexually abused and given electric shocks in gruesome post-protest crackdown

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Hundreds have since been sentenced to prison terms and flogging and several to the death penalty following grossly unfair trials which were presided over by biased judges behind closed doors

September 18, 2020

Estados Unidos: informes profundamente alarmantes sobre esterilización forzosa de mujeres detenidas por el ICE

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North America Women Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Torture Violence United States

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September 18, 2020

Turquie: l’écrivain Ahmet Altan entame sa cinquième année en prison en Turquie

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Culture Europe Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Turkey

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September 15, 2020

Nicaragua: mujeres trans hablan desde las prisiones durante la COVID-19

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Central America and the Caribbean Women LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Nicaragua

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September 14, 2020

France : à quand un nouveau contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté ?

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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September 13, 2020

Prison Insider in 2019

Activity report

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Prison Insider aims to gather and provide publicly useful information on the state of prisons and detention conditions across the world. Take a look at the activities carried out in 2019 by leafing through our activity report.

September 7, 2020

Tunisia: prisons reforms through international influence

Interview

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Better conditions of imprisonment, effective prison administration and security: a new face for Tunisian prisons. Yasmine Bouagga, sociologist, answers our questions.

September 7, 2020

Brazil: drugs, walls and being a woman

Interview

Women Access to legal rights Drugs Brazil

Ranked as the world’s third-highest prison population, its number of imprisoned women is rising increasingly.

July 29, 2020

Colombia: Corte Constitucional avala sin muchos cambios el decreto de cárceles

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Colombia

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July 29, 2020

États-Unis: People are dying in prisons, and not just from COVID-19

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Randall Jordan-Aparo, Darren Rainey and Latandra Ellington are not household names. But like Michael Brown, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, they were killed by law enforcement officers.

July 29, 2020

Bolivia: inmates at prison stage uprising over lack of medical services amid suspected coronavirus deaths

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Inmates at a prison in central Bolivia staged a rooftop protest Monday, demanding medical services after the deaths of three inmates, including one suspected of having the novel coronavirus.

July 23, 2020

Nowhere to turn

Investigations

Africa Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Morocco

Some fight for freedom, others try to get it back. Migrants and prisoners often share the same experience: their freedom has been taken away from them. Morocco’s overcrowded hidden prisons: an investigation into the migration routes.

July 15, 2020

Cuba: Humiliation non-stop

Testimonial

Central America and the Caribbean Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Torture Cuba

Jacques was arrested in February 2017 by the Cuban criminal justice system and was immediately incarcerated in a state owned highly secured prison, held incommunicado for 48 days. Her daughter became fatherless overnight. He was transferred to France in September 2019. He narrates to Prison Insider…

May 28, 2020

USA: en Floride, des milliers d’anciens détenus pourraient retrouver leur droit de vote

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North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

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May 5, 2020

Türkiye: a life in isolation

Interview

Europe LGBTQI Access to legal rights Material conditions Facilities Turkey

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prison…

April 14, 2020

Belgium: "les prisons sont au bord de l’explosion, on risque le drame"

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