Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 11, 2020

Mexico: mujeres padecen el olvido en las cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean Women Access to legal rights Mexico

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March 11, 2020

France: aux élections municipales, les détenus ne pourront pas voter en prison

News

Europe Access to legal rights Activities Rehabilitation France

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March 11, 2020

El Salvador: la emergencia nacional en las cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Justice Violence El Salvador

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February 27, 2020

USA: pretrial detainees to vote at first polling place in Cook County Jail

News

North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

42 voting machines will be brought in during the first two weekends in March — marking the first time in the country a polling place will be available for pretrial detainees.

February 27, 2020

USA: bill to restore felons' voting rights dies on the floor of the Washington senate

News

North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

Legislation to automatically restore the voting rights of convicted felons when they are released from prison has died unexpectedly in the Washington state Senate Wednesday.

February 27, 2020

USA: more than 60,000 Missourians on probation or parole can’t vote

News

North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

When Missouri holds its presidential primaries next month, more than 63,000 residents will be barred from participating because they’ve been convicted of a felony and are serving a sentence on probation and parole.

December 27, 2019

USA: Trump makes the most important anti-hunger programm harder to access for people leaving prison

News

North America Access to legal rights Justice Health United States

Under a new rule announced yesterday, the Trump administration expects to slash 688,000 from the rolls of people receiving short-term food assistance.

December 12, 2019

Tunisia: "diffuser les droits humains en prison"

News

Africa Access to legal rights Tunisia

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December 1, 2019

France: "le discrédit de la notion de droits de l'homme est un symptôme inquiétant"

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Europe Access to legal rights France

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September 6, 2019

France : les détenus condamnés pour terrorisme peuvent demander un aménagement de peine

News

Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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August 7, 2019

Lithuania: infringe prisoners' rights continue

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Europe Access to legal rights Lithuania

Suite à sa visite de 2018 dans les établissements pénitentiaires de Lituanie, le Comité contre la torture a conclu dans son rapport que l’État continuait de violer les droits des personnes détenues.

August 7, 2019

Europe: "prisoners' rights under further pressure"

Interview

Europe Access to legal rights

A Dutch judge, in May 2019, refused to transfer a person to an English prison, stating that the conditions of detention could amount to a real risk of inhumane and degrading treatment. The prisoner was the subject of an European Arrest Warrant (EAW). The European legal framework facilitates judicia…

May 24, 2019

Human rights in the Argentine criminal system

Analysis Report

South America Access to legal rights Argentina

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May 21, 2019

France: Adeline Hazan, "En prison, les droits fondamentaux sont presque considérés comme un luxe"

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Europe Access to legal rights France

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May 13, 2019

LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: ring the warning bell

Analysis Report

LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice

Gang rapes, harassment, inhumane treatment, insults: LGTBI people are victims of physical and verbal abuse. Imprisonment exposes them to more risks.

March 25, 2019

France: le Défenseur des droits, vigie indispensable mais injustement ignorée

News

Europe Access to legal rights France

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February 19, 2019

France: from the pen to the polls

Interview

Europe Access to legal rights Discipline France

As of 1994, convicted people are no longer stripped of their civil rights. In principle, the majority of prisoners retain their right to vote. However, only 2% of them were able to vote during the last presidential elections. Incarceration prevents many prisoners from exercising this right. The Ro…

June 21, 2018

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

News

Europe Access to legal rights Belgium

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February 1, 2018

Camera intimă

Portfolio

Women Europe Access to legal rights Material conditions Social ties Romania

Conjugal visits are allowed for prisoners and take place in private rooms, located inside the prison compound. Cosmin Bumbut photographed those places, when they were empty.

January 17, 2018

Argentina: Prisoners of Buenos Aires Province before a wall of arbitrariness

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South America Access to legal rights Argentina

One of our correspondents, the International Prisons Observatory [“Observatorio Internacional de Prisiones,” or OIP] - Argentina section, recently addressed a letter to the Procurator of Buenos Aires Province to alert him to a series of disturbing observations made of prisons conditions in this pro…

November 27, 2017

#VotoPreso - A party where prisoners are not invited

Analysis Opinion

South America Access to legal rights Justice Chile

Chileans are preparing to vote for the second round of the 2017 presidential elections this coming December 17. Country with one of the highest incarceration rates in Latin America, the vote of its prison population can weigh heavily in an election that is likely to be tight.

June 10, 2017

Australia: 'handing victory to terrorists': lawyers warn over denial of bail and parole

News

Oceania Access to legal rights Discipline Rehabilitation Australia

The Melbourne barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside has warned politicians that tightening bail and parole laws at the expense of a right to justice and freedoms “is to hand victory to terrorists”. His comments follow an announcement from the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, on Frida…

May 26, 2017

Violation des droits de l’Homme au Burkina faso : l’ODDH tire à boulets rouges sur les Haute cour de justice et le Tribunal militaire

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Africa Access to legal rights Burkina Faso

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December 12, 2016

Different detention conditions for Palestinian prisoners

Investigations

Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Torture Violence Israel

Nearly 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are incarcerated in Israeli prisons, under the military regime. The facilities are located outside of the occupied territories, in total violation of international law. Arrested for political reasons, the detainees are particularly prone to arbitrary detention, to…