April 18, 2017 United States: after solitary News Discipline United States When Kenny Moore was convicted of aggravated assault, burglary and theft and sent to Maine State Prison at age 18, he expected to serve an 18-month sentence. But after a series of fights and disruptive behavior, he was sent to solitary confinement, where his disruptive behavior only worsened. All i…
April 18, 2017 UNODC to send drug policy advisor to work with Philippine gov't News Asia Drugs Philippines The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, announced on Monday (17/04) that it will soon post a dedicated drug policy adviser to work with the Philippine government to enact alternative approaches in combating rising narcotics use in the country.
April 17, 2017 United States: innovative prison programs boost opportunities for female inmates News North America Women United States For five years, inmates haven’t even had the opportunity to obtain high school equivalency diplomas at the Lackawanna County Prison in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The GED program was scrapped during a county budgeting crisis in 2012 and has yet to be reinstated.
April 17, 2017 Plus de 1.000 Palestiniens détenus par Israël en grève de la faim News Middle East Protest Israel This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 17, 2017 Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel go on hunger strike News Middle East Israel Thousands of prisoners expected to join rights protest led by Marwan Barghouti that has significant political backing
April 17, 2017 New Zealand: sensible sentencing trust: prisoner reoffending a Māori problem News New Zealand The Sensible Sentencing Trust says Māori are to blame for the high rate of prisoner reoffending, not Corrections or the justice system.
April 17, 2017 34 Tunisiens y sont détenus : voyage au cœur de la prison italienne de Rebibia News Africa Europe Italy This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 17, 2017 Tunisie : des bracelets électroniques au lieu de la prison News Africa Alternatives Tunisia This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 16, 2017 Why we are on hunger strike in Israel’s prisons News Middle East Israel Having spent the last 15 years in an Israeli prison, I have been both a witness to and a victim of Israel’s illegal system of mass arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners. After exhausting all other options, I decided there was no choice but to resist these abuses by going on a…
April 15, 2017 Another 45 days: the endless uncertainty of pretrial detention in Egyptian prisons News Africa Middle East Egypt Sabry has spent 2 years in prison on terrorism charges pending trial. His detention should legally end on April 16, but will he get out ?
April 14, 2017 Sénégal : législatives, "Khalifa Sall peut mener sa campagne depuis sa prison", selon son avocat (Interview) News Africa Senegal This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 France : prisons, un débat verrouillé News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 Chad: attack on prisoner convoy kills 10 News Violence Chad At least 10 people were killed in Chad in an attack against a convoy carrying prisoners, security sources have said.
April 13, 2017 Singapore to roll out 'prisons without guards' concept to beat manpower crunch News Asia Singapore Prisons service says it will use technology to free officers from guard duties.
April 13, 2017 United States : des prisonniers bidouillent des PC et piratent le réseau de la prison News United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 Turkey: le journaliste allemand Deniz Yücel se marie en prison News Europe Middle East Turkey This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 Kenya: president signs new anti-torture law News Africa Justice Torture Kenya Mistreatment of Kenya’s Muslim Somali community detailed in report last year by human rights commission
April 13, 2017 United Kingdom: prisons no longer place for punishment, ministers say News Justice United Kingdom Prisons are no longer places for punishment, ministers have said after the phrase was excluded from the first legal definition of the purpose of jails.
April 12, 2017 First penitentiary forum takes place in Kyrgyzstan News Kyrgyzstan Penal Reform International (PRI), Kyrgyzstan’s State Service of Execution of Punishments and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) last month jointly organised the country’s first international Penitentiary Forum.
April 12, 2017 5 inmates die in prison riot in Brazil; 17 wounded News Brazil Five inmates have died in a prison riot Tuesday in the central-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
April 12, 2017 Some Arab governments are rethinking harsh cannabis laws News “When we think about our future, our dreams, we have nothing,” says a young man in Sidi Bouzid.
April 12, 2017 Russia: more than 100 gay men 'sent to prison camps' in Chechnya News Asia Europe Russia Abuses allegedly included mean being taken outside and beaten several times a day, having their hands electrocuted and being forced to sit on bottles
April 12, 2017 France : le quinquennat Hollande vu des prisons News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 12, 2017 Cyprus: over 50 inmates pardoned and released for Easter News Cyprus Fifty-three prison inmates were released on Wednesday after receiving presidential pardons.
