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June 27, 2017

Latvia: electronic monitoring implemented in Latvia with Norway Grants

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Europe Latvia

Parallel to the development of the draft laws, the preparation of the electronic monitoring public procurement procedures was initiated. This procurement was the most complex in the history of the SPS and the implementation of the procedure was unexpectedly time consuming. The development of the dr…

June 26, 2017

Chine : le Nobel de la paix Liu Xiaobo libéré de prison, en phase terminale de cancer

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Asia China

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

June 26, 2017

South Africa: ‘Sun City’ prison inmates treated to a saucy ‘strip show’

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South Africa

The prison authorities claim they approved a Youth Day celebration, not a mini Moulin Rouge.

June 26, 2017

Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo released from Chinese prison with late-stage cancer

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Asia China

Liu was awarded Nobel peace prize in 2010 while serving 11-year sentence for inciting subversion of state power

June 26, 2017

Tanzania: more holes poked in the DPP's bail powers

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Tanzania

Two prominent law professors, Gamaliel Mgongo Fimbo and Chris Maina Peter, are at one on the unconstitutionality of a provision granting powers on the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to deny bail to accused persons in criminal proceedings.

June 26, 2017

Moldova : Training of trainers course on prevention and combatting of torture, ill-treatment and impunity

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Europe Torture Moldova

The objective of the ToT course is to prepare a group of trainers from the staff members of the People’s Advocate Office and members of the NPM, approximately 20 persons, for delivering further trainings to their peers on the topics covered by the TOT.

June 26, 2017

NIgeria: 70% of prison inmates are awaiting trial

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Africa Nigeria

Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, confirmed, yesterday, that more than 70 per cent of Nigerian prison inmates were on the awaiting trial list.

June 26, 2017

Georgia : Public Defender presents annual report of National Preventive Mechanism

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Pre-trial detention Georgia

The report highlights that establishment of effective investigation mechanism is necessary for an independent investigation of ill-treatment in the penitentiary system, which had been repeatedly mentioned by the Public Defender in his recommendations earlier too. Practical implementation of dynamic…

June 26, 2017

The Netherlands: converting prisons into homes for refugees

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Netherlands

Unlike the United States of America, the prison population and crime rate in the Netherlands has been steadily decreasing for years. As a result, the country’s government is repurposing correctional facilities into housing for refugees who are waiting to be granted asylum status — a process that us…

June 26, 2017

USA: transgender inmate says prison wrongly halted hormone meds

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LGBTQI United States

A transgender inmate at Lackawanna County Prison says she suffered physical and psychological harm because prison medical staff halted hormone medications needed to help her transition from a biological male to a female.

June 25, 2017

Maroc : direction de la prison d'Al Hoceima: "Il n'existe pas un imprimé de demande de grâce royale"

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Africa Morocco

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June 25, 2017

The danger of Yemen's secret prisons

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Middle East Yemen

Black sites in the war-ravaged country help ensure that it will remain fertile ground for terrorists for years to come.

June 25, 2017

France: inside prisons, a struggle to combat radicalisation

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Europe Discipline Religion France

With 2,500 inmates, the penitentiary institution of Fresnes, about 20 miles south of Paris, is one of the largest prisons in Europe. Like most French prisons, Fresnes is overcrowded. Built in the late 19th century, its tiny cells, each meant for one prisoner, most often house three. Inmates scream…

June 25, 2017

India: inmate’s death sparks riot in Byculla women’s prison

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Women Asia India

The death of an inmate, allegedly after being assaulted by prison guards, at the women’s prison in Byculla on Friday evening led to a riot by inmates that continued through the night and subsided only on Saturday morning. Enraged inmates set newspapers and furniture on fire and shouted slogans from…

June 25, 2017

Nigeria: 70% of prison inmates are awaiting trial

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Africa Nigeria

The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Sunday said that more than 70 per cent of inmates in Nigerian prisons were awaiting trial.

June 25, 2017

Canada: suicide attempts spike amid Ontario prison system overhaul

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North America Suicide Canada

At a time when Ontario prison officials have vowed to take a more humane approach to inmate care, the province has recorded a significant rise in the number of suicide attempts in its correctional facilities. Over the past decade, provincial institutions have averaged 106 suicide attempts a calenda…

June 25, 2017

Nigeria: Eid-el-Fitr: Ganduje grants amnesty to 500 prisoners

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Africa Nigeria

Kano State Government on Sunday granted pardon to 500 inmates of prisons in the state to mark the Eid-el-Fitr. The state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, granted the pardon to the inmates at Central Prison, Kurmawa in the state capital, while addressing a cross-section of the convicts, shortly afte…

June 25, 2017

Morocco: king pardons 562 convicts on Eid Al Fitr

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Morocco

HM King Mohammed VI has pardoned 562 convicts on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, to be celebrated on Monday 26 June in Morocco, Justice Ministry said in a statement.

June 25, 2017

Iran: leader pardons 1 049 prisoners on Eid al-Fitr

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Middle East Iran

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,049 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts. The pardon was granted at the request of the country’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on the occasion of Eid al-Fit…

June 24, 2017

Indonesia: international crime syndicate may be behind Bali prison breakout - as two inmates who escaped through a tiny tunnel are captured while Aussie on the run 'parties in Amsterdam'

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Asia Indonesia

A crime syndicate may have helped prisoners escape from Kerobokan prison Two escapees arrived back in Bali on Saturday after being caught by police Perth man Shaun Davidson and Malaysian national Tee Kok King remain at large

June 24, 2017

United States: nineteen women inmates graduate with associate degrees

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North America Women United States

College graduations are emotional occasions, but it would be hard to match the level of enthusiasm and joy that pervaded the gymnasium at the Washington Corrections Center for Women this month when 19 inmates received diplomas.

June 24, 2017

Venezuela: prisoners say abuse is so bad they are forced to eat pasta mixed with excrement

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South America Venezuela

The headquarters of the Venezuelan intelligence service is a vast pyramid-shaped edifice known as the Helicoide, a former shopping mall which now functions as an interrogation pen for political prisoners and protesters. The 30-year-old economics student had heard enough about the infamous building…

June 23, 2017

Ireland: new bail law approved by Oireachtas

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Ireland

Legislation providing increase guidance for the courts and greater transparency in the bail process has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Criminal Justice Bill 2016 completed its final legislative stages yesterday.

June 23, 2017

United States: the importance of raising the age of criminal responsibility

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North America United States

Raising the age for criminal responsibility of juveniles is an issue on the front lines of criminal justice reform. Raise the age bills have been passed at some point in almost all 50 states and allow for juveniles to be treated as juveniles unless they have committed certain violent offenses, such…