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April 25, 2017

Tunisia parliament votes to ease harsh drug law

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Drugs Tunisia

Tunisian parliament votes to ease country’s harsh drug laws aftercalls from rights groups, civil society for broader reform of ‘Law 52’.

April 25, 2017

Australia: 'I always feel sad here': children tell of life inside Victoria's youth detention centres

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Oceania Australia

Young people speak of fear, boredom and injustice in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s troubled youth justice sector

April 24, 2017

United States: we’re jailing way more people who’ve been convicted of exactly nothing

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North America United States

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to close the notoriously overcrowded and brutal Riker’s Island jail made national news last month, but less famous policymakers all over the country struggle with jail overcrowding on a regular basis (see, for example, Kansas, Indiana and Upstate New Yor…

April 24, 2017

United States: fourth Arkansas execution in eight days prompts questions about inmate’s movements

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North America Death penalty United States

Arkansas executed a death-row inmate late Thursday in the state’s fourth lethal injection in eight days, concluding a frantic execution schedule officials said was necessary to carry out death sentences before one of their drugs expired.

April 24, 2017

Censura al amor, soledad y tortura: ser LGBT en una cárcel de Colombia

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Torture Colombia

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

April 24, 2017

United States: women inmates file second suit against state prison doctor

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North America Women Health United States

Three inmates who claim they were sexually abused by a physician at the state women’s prison have filed a federal lawsuit against the doctor and two other medical staffers.

April 24, 2017

Iran abolishes death penalty for drug trafficking

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Middle East Drugs Iran

Iran’s Parliament has abolished the death penalty for dealers, distributors and traffickers of narcotic drugs, replacing this punishment with lifelong imprisonment.

April 24, 2017

Italy offers a glimpse of the international concern over violent extremism in prisons

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Violence Italy

During a phone conversation intercepted by Italian police, one prison inmate’s wife told her husband in no uncertain terms how incarceration was changing him for the worse.

April 24, 2017

Québec : plus de violence et de suicides en prison

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Suicide Violence Canada

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

April 23, 2017

USA: how "schools not prisons" became a favorite rallying cry for criminal justice reformers

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United States

A bill winding its way through the Legislature proposes a creative way to fund early childhood education: imposing a tax on companies that do business with California’s prison systems.

April 22, 2017

Nepal: 7 injured in Dailekh prison clash

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Asia Protest Nepal

At least seven inmates were injured in a clash that broke out between two groups at the District Prison in Dailekh on Saturday morning.

April 21, 2017

United States: the price of justice doesn't cover the bills

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North America United States

The money cities generate from bail bonds and conviction fines and fees is not enough to be relied upon.

April 21, 2017

Canada: Ontario faces lawsuit over solitary-confinement practices

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North America Discipline Canada

Ontario is facing a $600-million lawsuit on behalf of thousands of mentally ill inmates who have served time in solitary confinement since 1985, yet another addition to a glut of litigation currently facing governments in the country over their handling of prisoners in isolation.

April 21, 2017

United Kingdom: extremist prisoners to be held in 'separation centres' inside jails

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United Kingdom

Plan to separate ‘subversive prisoners’ follows official inquiry into the spread of Islamic extremism inside prisons

April 20, 2017

United States: state prisons putting emphasis on rehabilitation and education

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North America United States

As California prison officials shift toward inmate programs centered on rehabilitation and education, they are evaluating new regulations for awarding time credits for good behavior and reaching milestones.

April 20, 2017

Mexico: new anti-torture bill gets Deputies’ nod

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Central America and the Caribbean Torture Mexico

The Chamber of Deputies has approved a law against torture intended to prevent, investigate and punish the practice along with other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

April 20, 2017

Canada: Ontario ombudsman calls for sweeping changes to inmate segregation

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North America Canada

Ombudsman’s probe was launched after inmate Adam Capay was held in segregation for 4 years

April 19, 2017

Aspen nonprofit arranges meals for starving prison inmates in Haiti

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Central America and the Caribbean Health Material conditions Haiti

Haiti Children working with other nonprofits, and Haitians to feed 4,200 prisoners living in dismal conditions

April 19, 2017

United States: prisons and jails are forcing inmates to pay a small fortune just to see a doctor

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North America Health United States

The fees are designed to discourage inmates from seeking care, which could have dangerous consequences.

April 18, 2017

United States: does solitary confinement make inmates more likely to reoffend?

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North America Discipline United States

As a teenager, Adam Brulotte relished the attention he received from getting into fights at parties. When he was 18 years old, he was arrested for burglary and aggravated assault after punching a man and breaking his jaw in seven places.

April 18, 2017

Por qué más de mil presos palestinos están en huelga de hambre en las cárceles de Israel

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Middle East Protest Israel

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April 18, 2017

United States: after solitary

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Discipline United States

When Kenny Moore was convicted of aggravated assault, burglary and theft and sent to Maine State Prison at age 18, he expected to serve an 18-month sentence. But after a series of fights and disruptive behavior, he was sent to solitary confinement, where his disruptive behavior only worsened. All i…

April 18, 2017

UNODC to send drug policy advisor to work with Philippine gov't

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Asia Drugs Philippines

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, announced on Monday (17/04) that it will soon post a dedicated drug policy adviser to work with the Philippine government to enact alternative approaches in combating rising narcotics use in the country.

April 17, 2017

United States: innovative prison programs boost opportunities for female inmates

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North America Women United States

For five years, inmates haven’t even had the opportunity to obtain high school equivalency diplomas at the Lackawanna County Prison in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The GED program was scrapped during a county budgeting crisis in 2012 and has yet to be reinstated.