October 21, 2018 Sierra Leone : doing time in "Hell" News Africa Sierra Leone A shaft of light penetrates the foul air through a fist-sized vent. It reveals naked, sweating bodies packed side-by-side like sardines, lying in darkness on a greasy concrete floor. The stench of urine and excreta from a brimming plastic bucket – just one for a cell containing perhaps 20 people –…
October 21, 2018 Finland : cárceles sin rejas y en las que los presos pueden tener videojuegos News Europe Finland This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
October 21, 2018 Argentina: la cárcel de San Martín guarda entre sus muros las historias más oscuras News South America Argentina This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
October 20, 2018 France: pourquoi les femmes incarcérées sont les grandes oubliées News Women Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 20, 2018 France: selfie-Mérogis, les détenus racontent la prison News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 19, 2018 United Kingdom: las mujeres que quieren trabajar en las cárceles de hombres News Europe United Kingdom This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
October 19, 2018 Thailand: "dans les prisons, on est traités comme des animaux" News Asia Thailand This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 18, 2018 France: où seront créées les 15.000 places de prison supplémentaires ? News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 18, 2018 USA: the isolation of being deaf in prison News United States “I didn’t have a way to communicate. And they basically just flipped me the bird.”
October 18, 2018 Syria: les rescapés de l'enfer [audio & video] News Middle East Syria This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the french version. But you may watch a video about the same subject with english subtitles
October 16, 2018 France: quelles alternatives à la prison pour les condamnés ? [vidéo] News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 16, 2018 Canada : feds aim to replace solitary confinement in prisons with ‘structured intervention units’ News North America Discipline Canada Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has tabled a new bill in the House of Commons aimed at ridding Canadian prisons of solitary confinement. Bill C-83 suggests designating “a penitentiary or an area in a penitentiary as a structured intervention unit for the confinement of inmates who cannot be ma…
October 16, 2018 Australia: Canberra prison close to capacity News Oceania Overcrowding Australia Canberra prison is bursting at the seams, as a spike in male inmates stretches the jail’s population to record levels. A total of 507 prisoners were locked up at Alexander Maconochie Centre on June 19 and 25 this year, four inmates shy of capacity. The jail had an average daily population of 474 de…
October 16, 2018 Bolivie : proyecto de trato diferenciado beneficiará a más de 1.500 mujeres en cárceles News South America Bolivia This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
October 15, 2018 France : le centre éducatif fermé pour mineurs, une alternative imparfaite à la prison News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 15, 2018 USA: 'We are going to die from sadness' News United States A rare look inside an immigration prison reveals the suffering of indefinitely detained families: poor schooling, little sleep, and no idea when they will get out
October 15, 2018 France : "les fouilles inopinées en prison sont-elles interdites par l'Union européenne, comme le dit Marine Le Pen ?" News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 15, 2018 France : au 3e étage, un quartier apaisé News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 15, 2018 USA: Florida evacuates 4,000 inmates from prisons damaged by hurricane Michael News United States Not even a week has passed since Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm, obliterating much of the infrastructure in its path. Despite the fair warning before impact, the state Department of Corrections failed to evacuate most of its prison facilities. Now tha…
October 15, 2018 France : la musique en prison racontée en bande-dessinée News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 14, 2018 Argentine : sensaciones de un fotógrafo en una cárcel en construcción News South America Argentina This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
October 12, 2018 France : comment la prison a rendu fou un jeune pirate somalien News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
October 11, 2018 Malaysia says it will end death penalty for all crimes News Malaysia Malaysia’s new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups hailed Thursday as a major advance.
October 11, 2018 USA: capital punishment has officially ended in Washington state News United States Washington state just abolished capital punishment. On Thursday morning, the state’s Supreme Court ruled that the state’s death penalty is unconstitutional because it’s racially biased and arbitrary applied.
