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December 28, 2016

USA : prisons basically ignore the Americans with Disabilities Act

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United States

Prisons across the U.S. routinely flout the Americans With Disabilities Act, subjecting thousands of inmates with physical and mental health problems to painful and sometimes humiliating conditions, according to watchdog groups, inmates, corrections officials, and a former Justice Department offici…

December 28, 2016

USA : 6 inmates in a Tennessee prison escaped through a broken toilet

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United States

Six inmates escaped from a Tennessee jail through a broken toilet early Christmas morning, the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office told KOMO News. The police are still searching for one of the inmates. The other five were captured shortly after they escaped.

December 28, 2016

Belgique : la prison de Haren obtient son permis de construire

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Europe Belgium

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December 28, 2016

Es 2016 el año con más periodistas en prisión

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Turkey

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December 27, 2016

“3000 nuits” de Mai Masri : femmes en résistance dans les prisons israëliennes

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Culture Women Middle East Israel

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December 27, 2016

Afrique du Sud : trois morts dans une mutinerie en prison

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Protest Violence South Africa

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December 23, 2016

USA : Wilson County man who spent 31 years in prison not recommended for exoneration

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United States

A Wilson County man who served 31 years in prison on a rape and burglary conviction before DNA evidence cleared him of the crime was not recommended for exoneration by the Tennessee Board of Parole on Tuesday.

December 22, 2016

Guatemala : Pérez Molina y Baldetti ejercen poder desde la cárcel

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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December 20, 2016

France : des prisons vulnérables aux incendies

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Europe France

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December 19, 2016

Antigua's prisoners face rough conditions in colonial-era jail

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Material conditions Antigua & Barbuda

There is no running water, educational classes are suspended because infectious diseases have scared off the teachers and almost 400 inmates are squeezed into a site intended for 150 - minus one who escaped over the weekend. It is a Monday morning at 1735, Antigua and Barbuda’s national prison, whi…

December 19, 2016

UK : government was warned two months earlier Birmingham prison riot

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Violence United Kingdom

Ministers were told urgent action was needed to protect staff and prisoners amid growing violence in prisons. The government was warned two months before a riot at HMP Birmingham involving hundreds of prisoners that the prevalence of psychoactive drugs meant urgent action was needed to prevent atta…

December 19, 2016

France : mobilisation des avocats contre les conditions de détention à la prison de Fresnes

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Europe Material conditions France

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December 18, 2016

Australia : new Perth women's prison opens with private operator offered cash incentives

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Women Oceania Facilities Australia

The first inmates have moved into WA’s new women’s jail, where the private operators are being offered cash incentives by the Government to ensure prisoners are rehabilitated. In an Australian first, the company Sodexo will get bonus payments for ensuring inmates at Melaleuca prison do not reoffend…

December 17, 2016

UK : around 240 prisoners moved from HMP Birmingham

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United Kingdom

Decision follows rioting by inmates – UK’s worst since 1990 – which is believed to be linked to use of synthetic cannabis. Hundreds of inmates were moved from Birmingham prison on Saturday as the government announced an urgent investigation into conditions and safety inside the privately run jail f…

December 16, 2016

USA : a prison class in African religion attracts students beyond its walls

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Religion United States

In many ways, the class that met here Tuesday night could be in any university in the United States. There were desks arranged in a circle to facilitate discussion. There were student presentations based on dense readings. And there was the faint buzzing from the fluorescent lights overhead.

December 16, 2016

Nouvelle mutinerie dans une prison anglaise

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Protest Violence United Kingdom

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December 15, 2016

USA : This is what field trips to prison are like

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United States

When an execution is scheduled at Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C., a select group of witnesses is invited to attend.

December 15, 2016

UK : Our prisons are overflowing with immature and vulnerable men

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United Kingdom

Young men don’t mature psychologically until their mid-20s. Condemning so many to the toxic environment of our jails is a recipe for reoffending and suicide.

December 15, 2016

USA : Quarter of inmates could have been spared prison without risk

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United States

Study of 1.5 million prisoners finds that drug treatment, community service, probation or fines would have served as more effective sentences for many.

December 15, 2016

Canada : un mort au cours d'une mutinerie

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North America Protest Violence Canada

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December 15, 2016

UK : privatisation of probation service has left public at greater risk – report

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United Kingdom

Chief inspector of probation says some offenders not seen for months and some lost in the system entirely. The public have been left more at risk by the privatisation of the probation service with some offenders not seen for weeks or months and others lost in the system altogether, according to an…

December 15, 2016

USA : How to cut the prison population, save $18 billion a year and keep America safe

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United States

A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice concludes that “unnecessary incarceration” — imprisoning people for low-level offenses and keeping them there for years — is ruining hundreds of thousands of lives, wasting billions of dollars and having little effect on public safety.

December 15, 2016

France : la carte des prisons de France

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Europe France

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December 15, 2016

USA : more prisoners die of old age behind bars

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Health United States

As the number of older prisoners soars, more inmates are dying in prison of diseases that afflict the elderly, new data from the Department of Justice show. A total of 3,483 inmates died in state prisons and 444 in federal prisons in 2014, the highest numbers on record since the bureau started coun…