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October 20, 2017

Mosquée occupée à Poitiers : un an de prison avec sursis requis contre des identitaires

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France

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October 19, 2017

UK: HMP Winchester inmate who died had asked staff about suicide methods

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Suicide United Kingdom

Sean Plumstead’s remarks to staff member – who had not had compulsory self-harm training – were not reported, inquest hears.

October 18, 2017

France : un surveillant accusé de viol par un détenu mis en examen pour violences aggravées

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Europe Violence France

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October 18, 2017

USA: a long decline in executions takes a detour

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Death penalty United States

Recent court rulings and start-stop access to lethal drugs push numbers up this year.

October 18, 2017

France : un détenu se suicide le soir de son incarcération

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Europe Suicide France

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October 17, 2017

USA: federal prisons don’t even try to rehabilitate the undocumented

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United States

The Bureau of Prisons fails to provide basic resources to undocumented prisoners.

October 16, 2017

Liberia : special judiciary task force to review cases of pre-trial detainees

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Africa Justice Liberia

Monrovia – Pre-trial detainees in detention centers in Montserrado and Margibi Counties are to have their cases reviewed.

October 15, 2017

España : el control a presos yihadistas en las cárceles se triplica en tres años

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Spain

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October 15, 2017

Colombia : es el único restaurante del mundo ubicado en el interior de una cárcel y dicen que es un éxito

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Colombia

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October 14, 2017

Etats-Unis : un homme condamné par erreur a été libéré après 23 ans en prison

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United States

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October 14, 2017

Honduras : Hernández anuncia cierre de otra cárcel como parte de reforma penitenciaria

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Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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October 14, 2017

Colombia : inversión nacional de 300.000 millones de pesos para descongestionar las cárceles del país

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Colombia

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October 14, 2017

USA: California inmates help battle raging wildfires

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United States

Prisoners from the McCain inmate crew from San Diego clear brush from a road this week in Calistoga, California.

October 13, 2017

Homosexuales y travestis ganan su espacio en las cárceles brasileñas

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Brazil

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October 13, 2017

Cárceles en Latinoamérica y la crisis de seguridad regional

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Brazil

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October 12, 2017

México : la violencia se dispara en las cárceles de El Bronco

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Mexico

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October 12, 2017

UK: four dead in four weeks at Nottingham prison

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United Kingdom

Four inmates have died at Nottingham Prison in the past four weeks, the BBC has learned.

October 11, 2017

España : el tratamiento para la hepatitis C llega con retraso a las cárceles

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Spain

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October 11, 2017

South Africa: justice at last for reformed prisoner whose dream new life was destroyed in a heartbeat

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South Africa

Thanks to an electronic monitoring device that went missing, Dineo Kgatle spent 26 months behind bars for doing nothing wrong. In a ruling that could see a precedent-setting damages claim, his arrest and incarceration have been declared unlawful.

October 11, 2017

UK: inadequate stats on mental health are failing prisoners

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Health Mental health United Kingdom

The last reliable data on prevalence of offender mental health problems is from 1998, when the prison population was about half what it is today.

October 11, 2017

Mexique : 13 morts dans une prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Mexico

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October 10, 2017

USA : violence and humiliation in Alaska

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Torture Violence United States

On September 19, 2017, the Office of the Ombudsman of Alaska (United States) released a report on a complaint filed about a 2013 incident.

October 9, 2017

France : un projet d'attentat déjoué à la prison de Fresnes

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Europe France

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October 9, 2017

Emprisonnés en Tunisie pour un baiser : "On ne nous laisse même pas l'amour et l'eau fraîche"

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Africa Material conditions Tunisia

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