April 27, 2017 United States: YPEI plans inmate teaching program News North America United States Incarcerated people in Connecticut may soon be able to take Yale College courses for academic credit as part of the Yale Prison Education Initiative.
April 27, 2017 Au Tchad, Hissène Habré définitivement condamné à la prison à vie News Africa Justice Chad This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 27, 2017 United Kingdom: prison statistics reveal big rise in self-harm and assaults on staff News Suicide United Kingdom Latest Ministry of Justice data for England and Wales shows 38% rise in assaults on staff and 24% rise in self-harm incidents
April 27, 2017 Tanzania: President frees over 2,000 from prison, Courtesy Union Amnesty News Tanzania President John Magufuli yesterday pardoned 2,219 prisoners on the occasion of the 53rd Anniversary of the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, marked at national level at the Jamhuri Stadium in the designated capital of Dodoma. Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Maj. Gen.
April 27, 2017 New Zealand's use of seclusion in prison lambasted News New Zealand New Zealand’s high use of seclusion and restraints in prisons and other facilities has been criticised in an international report on the practices.
April 27, 2017 Liberia: 'appalling' prison conditions unearthed News Africa Material conditions Liberia The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has released a report on the ‘deteriorating’ conditions of prisons across the country.
April 26, 2017 Alabama inmates riot, damage jail over bad food News Material conditions Protest United States Seven Alabama jail inmates are facing additional charges after a riot to express their dissatisfaction with the food served at the lockup, according to AL.com.
April 26, 2017 Egypt pardons 1,118 prisoners News Africa Middle East Egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday signed a decree granting amnesty to 1,118 non- political prisoners on the anniversary of the liberation of Sinai, according to the country’s interior ministry.
April 26, 2017 Romanian Senate’s committee votes pardon for jail sentences of up to 3 years News Justice Romania The Romanian Senate’s legal committee yesterday approved an amendment to the pardon law that grants full pardon only to prison sentences of up to three years.
April 26, 2017 Nepal: new prison houses to be built in 17 districts News Asia Facilities Nepal The Department of Prison Management would replace old and earthquake-damaged prisons in 17 districts with the new ones. The construction will be undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction.
April 26, 2017 France : sortir de l'inflation sécuritaire News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 26, 2017 New prisons to accommodate overcrowded inmates would cost Romania more than EUR 1 billion News Facilities Overcrowding Romania Marius Vulpe, the director of National Penitentiaries Administration (ANP), said Romania would need to build 8 modern prisons to solve the issue of prison overcrowding, News.ro reported. The new facilities could accommodate 8,000 to 8,500 inmates and would cost EUR 140 million each, resulting in to…
April 26, 2017 Myanmar: prisoners to be allowed to join in religious activities News Asia Religion Myanmar (Burma) The Prisons Department will allow inmates to carry out religious activities once a month starting from the new fiscal year, said the department’s deputy director from Security Section.
April 26, 2017 United Kingdom: teen's detention breached prison rules, Liz Truss admits News Europe United Kingdom A 16-year-old boy held in solitary confinement for four months was a victim of procedural “failings”, Liz Truss has admitted.
April 26, 2017 Romania: Europe rights court blasts Romania prison conditions News Europe Justice Material conditions Romania The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.
April 26, 2017 Philippines: no resurrection of death penalty at the Senate News Asia Philippines The bill seeking to revive the death penalty is already “dead in the Senate.”
April 26, 2017 Guinée : des acteurs du milieu carcéral veulent "rendre la vie supportable" dans les prisons guinéennes News Africa Guinea This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 25, 2017 United States: privately run federal prison poses safety risks for inmates, says DOJ inspector general News North America United States A new report by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General says a privately-run federal prison in Kansas put the safety of its inmates in jeopardy because of understaffing, overcrowding and poor training.
April 25, 2017 United States: policy shifts reduce federal prison population News North America United States A decline in the number of federal prosecutions and in the severity of sentences for drug-related crime in recent years has resulted in a significant drop in the federal prison population, according to statistics from the Judiciary, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC), and the Bureau of Prisons (…
April 25, 2017 United States: Arkansas puts two inmates to death in state's first double execution since 2000 News North America Death penalty United States Jack Jones and Marcel Williams administered lethal injections after death penalty carried out on fellow convict Ledell Lee last week
April 25, 2017 United States: bill to eliminate death penalty in Louisiana advances past committee News North America Justice United States Every day and night, former Louisiana prosecutor A.M. Stroud thinks about Glenn Ford, the man he wrongfully sent to prison for almost half of his life and who would have been executed by the state had he not been exonerated 30 years after his conviction.
April 25, 2017 India: 404 prisoners in Odisha pass the test News Asia India 194 cleared NIOS exams, 187 completed IGNOU courses, says jail official
April 25, 2017 Tunisia parliament votes to ease harsh drug law News Justice 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 Israeli prison allows homosexual conjugal visit for first time News Middle East Social ties Israel Tarlan Hankishayev, jailed for falsely incriminating suspect in a 2009 gay youth club shooting, wins long fight for rights
