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January 20, 2017

France : du monde aux consultations psy

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Europe Health France

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January 20, 2017

France : les détenus modèles ont la clé de leur cellule

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Europe France

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January 19, 2017

L’Observatoire marocain des prisons s’inquiète de la proportion des détenus préventifs

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Africa Morocco

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January 19, 2017

USA : Florida's deadliest prison

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United States

Three years after Dade Correctional Institution was thrust into the national spotlight for the death of an inmate locked in a boiling shower in its mental health unit, deaths at the prison have soared to unprecedented heights.

January 19, 2017

USA: le cas Chelsea Manning rappelle le calvaire des personnes trans en prison

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LGBTQI United States

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January 19, 2017

Nepal: new bill proposes open jail

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Asia Justice Nepal

A parliamentary panel is close to finalizing a bill on sentencing, which envisions an open jail system for the first time in the country.

January 18, 2017

South Africa: prison boss makes appeal to reduce overcrowding in jails

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Overcrowding South Africa

Johannesburg – Correctional Services National Commissioner Zach Modise on Wednesday appealed to government security agencies to reduce overcrowding in the country’s correctional facilities.

January 18, 2017

Australia: Mount Eden prison has highest attempted suicide rates

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Oceania Suicide Australia

An increase in inmate numbers is being given as a reason for the Mount Eden Correctional Facility having the highest rates of attempted suicides and self harm incidents in the country’s jails.

January 18, 2017

United Kingdom: Jersey prisoners granted the right to vote

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United Kingdom

Giving Jersey prisoners the right to vote is ‘the right thing to do’, according to the head of Jersey’s Probation Service.

January 17, 2017

Romania’s justice minister: amnesty shouldn’t be considered, but pardon should

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Romania

Romania’s justice minister Florin Iordache said on Tuesday that pardon should be considered to solve problem of overcrowded prisons, but a law on amnesty shouldn’t be taken into consideration.

January 17, 2017

Argentina: La Cárcel como Depósito

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South America Health Argentina

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January 17, 2017

Belgique : l'Observatoire international des prisons - section belge publie sa Notice 2016

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Europe Belgium

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January 17, 2017

Zimbabwe: typhoid outbreak spreads to Harare prisons

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Africa Health Zimbabwe

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January 17, 2017

Providing clean needles for inmates too risky, Canadian prison officials say

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Canada

An authorized item is much more likely to be converted into a makeshift weapon, said Nick Fabiano, director general of security for the prison service.

January 16, 2017

RDC : Kinshasa, pénurie d’eau à la prison de Makala

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Africa Health Congo - Kinshasa

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January 16, 2017

Benin: death row prisoners held in cruel limbo

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Africa Death penalty Violence Benin

Prisoners on death row in Benin are languishing in a cruel limbo after a court decision last year effectively abolished the death penalty, but failed to commute existing death sentences, said Amnesty International in a new report today.

January 16, 2017

Oman accepts 10 inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison ahead of President Obama's departure

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Justice Oman

Oman said Monday it accepted 10 inmates from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facility he promised to close.

January 16, 2017

Australia: major corrections shake-up aims to cut re-offending rates

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Oceania Australia

Thousands of Victorians could avoid prison terms under a major state government campaign to reduce reoffending rates, and improve the rehabilitation of offenders.

January 16, 2017

Haïti : Détention préventive prolongée avec "plus de personnes non encore jugées que de condamnées ", affirme Jean Danton Léger

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Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Justice Haiti

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January 16, 2017

Inmates beheaded in new Brazil prison riot

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

Twenty-seven inmates were killed in a Brazilian prison riot that broke out on Saturday, adding to chaos in a penitentiary system in which some 140 inmates have died in gang warfare since the start of the year. Members of a drug gang started the clash by invading a pavilion in the Alcaçuz prison tha…

January 15, 2017

Japon : pour les vieux détenus, la prison est un refuge

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Asia Japan

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January 14, 2017

Cyprus: new bill to allow small debtors to pay with community service

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Cyprus

The justice ministry said on Friday that two bills have been prepared to amend existing legislation so as to provide discretion to the court to sentence persons who owe small amounts of money to community work instead of jail.

January 14, 2017

Espagne : ETA, des milliers de manifestants en soutien aux prisonniers à Bilbao

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Europe Spain

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January 13, 2017

USA: private prisons are poised for a comeback under Trump

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United States

Just a few months ago, things were looking very bleak for the private prison industry. In mid-August, the Justice Department’s inspector general issued a report finding that privately operated federal prisons are more dangerous than those managed by the federal Bureau of Prisons and need more overs…