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March 16, 2017

Penitentiary system in Costa Rica undergoing changes

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Central America and the Caribbean Costa Rica

Since 1999 Costa Rica hasn’t built a new prison, but for this 2017, the country will have three new Comprehensive Care Units that will host 1,600 prisoners in spaces suitable for work and study.

March 16, 2017

Sierra Leone: justice for women who kill

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Africa Women Sierra Leone

Aminata* was only 17 years old when she was arrested for killing her former boyfriend eight years ago. She was sentenced to death for murder in November 2010 and feared each day she would be executed before her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the government on Sierra Leone’s 50th Inde…

March 16, 2017

Colombia: la población en cárceles aumentó 141% desde el año 2000

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South America Overcrowding Colombia

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March 14, 2017

Colombie : Cárceles y presos de Colombia

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South America Colombia

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March 14, 2017

Cyprus says sweeping changes have reduced prison suicides

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Suicide Cyprus

The director of Cyprus’ prisons complex says no inmates have committed suicide over the last two years following sweeping reforms in the east Mediterranean island nation’s correctional system.

March 14, 2017

Netherlands: la prison pas comme les autres de la Cour pénale internationale

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Europe France

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March 14, 2017

Europe : le nombre de détenus baisse partout sauf en France

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Europe France

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March 14, 2017

Odon Vallet : "dans les prisons du Bénin, il doit y avoir des livres sur un islam ouvert, car le risque de radicalisation est réel"

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Africa Health Material conditions Benin

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March 14, 2017

Canada: prison watchdog sees sharp decline in use of solitary confinement

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North America Discipline Canada

Correctional investigator Ivan Zinger notes positive penitentiary trends in report.

March 14, 2017

Colombia : ''Debemos dejar de usar la cárcel para responder a todo", dice investigador de Dejusticia

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South America Colombia

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March 13, 2017

Uruguay, Colombia put inmates to work to fight organized crime

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South America Uruguay

In contrast to most of the region, Uruguay’s government and at least one prison in Colombia are taking steps to provide more opportunities and rehabilitation to their prison populations in an effort to reduce recidivism rates and combat organized crime.

March 13, 2017

91% des détenus, privés "illégalement" de liberté à la prison centrale en Haïti, déplore l’expert indépendant de l’ONU Gustavo Gallón

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Central America and the Caribbean Asia Haiti

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March 13, 2017

Singapore: grab bars, handrails in some cells as number of elderly prisoners rises

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Asia Singapore

The number of elderly prisoners has almost doubled in the past five years, and the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) has retrofitted some prison cells with senior-friendly features like grab bars and handrails.

March 12, 2017

Nigeria prisons have 68,259 inmates

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Africa Nigeria

The Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) has disclosed that over 68,000 inmates are being held in prison facilities through the country as at March 2017.

March 12, 2017

Dans les prisons thaïlandaises, "les femmes sont battues à coups de canne"

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Women Asia Thailand

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March 10, 2017

United Kingdom: prison fires in England and Wales at record high

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United Kingdom

Prison fires in England and Wales have reached record levels, according to official figures.

March 10, 2017

Taiwan: ministry mulls correctional facility reform

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Asia Taiwan

The Ministry of Justice yesterday said that it was considering changes to prison policies, especially those regarding inmates’ families, to better rehabilitate prisoners and facilitate their reintegration into society after their release or parole.

March 10, 2017

Russia’s prison population hits all-time low

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Asia Europe Russia

The number of people in Russian penitentiary facilities has gone down to the lowest level since collapse of the USSR, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) told TASS on the eve of the Penitentiary Day, marked on March 12. Back in 1879, Emperor Alexander II established the prison department.

March 9, 2017

A stitch in time: fashioning a life behind bars in Panama

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Central America and the Caribbean Panama

In a small room in a prison on the outskirts of Panama City, Kathia Thomas carefully presses the screen on a digital sewing machine to choose the colors and embroidery on her next item of clothing.

March 9, 2017

More inmates committing suicide in Danish prisons

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Suicide Denmark

The eight prisoners who took their own lives last year is the highest number in over a decade

March 9, 2017

Tunisie : Houssem, le philosophe emprisonné pour un joint raconte la prison

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Africa Tunisia

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March 8, 2017

United Kingdom: female prison reform undermined by short custodial sentences

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Women United Kingdom

Government proposals for female prison system reforms have been welcomed as a step forward

March 8, 2017

Ireland: Mountjoy training unit set to be knocked down and rebuilt to accommodate older inmates in prison

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Facilities Ireland

Inmates who are currently housed in the training unit will be moved to other areas of the jail campus until the building, which is expected to take up to two years, is finished.

March 8, 2017

Hongrie : le cas d’Ahmed H., emprisonné pour dix ans, symbole de la politique sécuritaire d’Orban

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Europe Gambia

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