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March 7, 2017

Hungary: tout migrant entrant sur le territoire sera désormais placé en détention

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Europe Hungary

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March 7, 2017

Hungary to detain all migrants in border camps, despite UN warnings of 'terrible physical and psychological impact'

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Mental health Hungary

Hungary approved plans on Tuesday to detain migrants in camps on its border, state news agency MTI said, a step which the United Nations said violates European Union law and will have a “terrible physical and psychological impact” on asylum seekers.

March 7, 2017

United Kingdom: child's solitary confinement faces High Court challenge

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Discipline United Kingdom

Legal battle comes amid growing crisis in UK prisons

March 7, 2017

En Hongrie, les migrants passeront obligatoirement par la case prison

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Europe Hungary

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March 7, 2017

La Hongrie va remettre tous les migrants en prison

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Europe Hungary

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March 6, 2017

France : découvrez le quotidien d'une gardienne de la prison du Havre

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Europe France

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March 6, 2017

Press conference held in Kazakhstan on prison reform: expectations and reality

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Asia Kazakhstan

On 23 February 2017, Penal Reform International Central Asia, convened a press conference on ‘Prison reform in Kazakhstan: expectations and reality’. It coincided with the 10th anniversary of the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture, the UN detention monitoring body.

March 6, 2017

Germany : prison forced to feed inmates McDonalds

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Europe Germany

Prisoners in a small German city are being served cheeseburgers in place of their usual fare after a food contract deal fell through. They can order items up to a value of 4 euros. Police in the western German town of Bergisch Gladbach have been ordering takeaway McDonalds for inmates after a food…

March 6, 2017

Brazil’s illegal treatment of women in prison

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Women Brazil

To enter the unsanitary, violent, and inhumane cells of Brazil’s prisons is to step into a cruel netherworld where neither Brazilian nor international law seem to apply. For nearly 37,000 women behind bars, there is added anguish.

March 6, 2017

France, Tahiti : terrifié par ses codétenus, il se fait la belle de la prison

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Europe France

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March 6, 2017

Results from Penal Reform International’s project on women in criminal justice system in Georgia

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Women Georgia

In December 2016, Penal Reform International concluded a one-year project that was dedicated to pursuing a gender-specific criminal justice system in Georgia, in line with the UN Bangkok Rules.

March 5, 2017

France : après la prison en Syrie, elles témoignent sur scène au Vigan

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Culture Europe Middle East France

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March 5, 2017

France : En prison, le jazzman Vincent Courtois libère les démons

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Culture Europe France

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March 5, 2017

Myanmar: despite calls for reform, prisoners continue hard labour in shackles

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Asia Myanmar (Burma)

Months after a report on abuses and corruption in prison labour camps prompted calls for reforms and investigations, little has changed.

March 4, 2017

France : le dispositif d’escorte des détenus entre prison et tribunal revu pour éviter les couacs

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Europe France

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March 4, 2017

Dozens freed from Gambia's overcrowded jails

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Africa Overcrowding Gambia

Almost 100 prisoners including rapists and robbers have been freed from Gambian jails as the new government struggles to reform an overcrowded system that long relied on strict mandatory sentencing.

March 3, 2017

Argentine : sept détenus brûlés dans une mutinerie

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South America Protest Violence Argentina

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March 3, 2017

Forty-nine prisoners still slopping out in Ireland

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Ireland

Forty-nine prisoners are still slopping out in Irish prisons as of January 2017, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed.

March 3, 2017

Canada : visiter des prisons pour éviter d'y être détenu un jour

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North America Canada

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March 3, 2017

United Kingdom: une prison 4 étoiles pour 2 100 détenus britanniques

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Europe United Kingdom

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March 3, 2017

More minors being imprisoned in Denmark

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Denmark

Children’s rights advocates disappointed with the findings

March 3, 2017

Is brutal treatment of young offenders fuelling crime rates in Brazil?

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Brazil

Detaining juveniles in overcrowded conditions, where there is little scope for learning or rehabilitation, may be contributing to violence in Brazilian society

March 2, 2017

New Zealand: government announces plans to beef up prisons inspection regime

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New Zealand

Corrections Minister Louise Upston says the changes to the prison inspection regime will give the public greater assurances about the safety of the system.

March 2, 2017

Hungary uses prisoners to build massive border fence to block migrants

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Hungary

Hungary has used prison inmates to build a second line of fencing along its southern border with Serbia in another move to block immigration into the country.