Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 15, 2020

France: single-occupancy cells are possible

Interview

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The National Union of Prison Directors sent an open letter to the President of the Republic on 20 April 2020 stating that it is “no longer possible to claim that single-occupancy cells are unachievable”.

July 15, 2020

Turkey: les écrits de prison, un genre littéraire à part entière

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July 15, 2020

Europe: CPT urges intensifying temporary measures introduced to prevent COVID-19

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the CPT says that further steps are needed to reduce the use of remand detention

July 8, 2020

UK: lockdown report reveals HMP Maidstone inmates confined to cell for 23 hours a day with higher number of self-harm incidents

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An inspection of a Kent prison during lockdown has revealed inmates have been confined to their cells for 23 hours a day and had no face-to-face contact with the outside world for at least 12 weeks. The report has also highlighted a “self-inflicted death” at HMP Maidstone since the restrictions cam…

July 6, 2020

Dura crítica del Defensor del Pueblo a la crueldad en las cárceles españolas

News

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July 1, 2020

France: Inequality of life during an epidemic

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Those imprisoned or detained are in forced confinement, states Didier Fassin. He has published a forum on the Liberation website. He questions whether the “sense of responsibility and solidarity” advocated by Emmanuel Macron stops at the doors of prisons and overcrowded detention centres.

July 1, 2020

France: “They make me panic”

Testimonial

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Samy has chronic bronchitis. Due to a lack of care units, he has recently been transferred from a semi-custodial facility to the “new arrivals” unit of Mans detention centre. He recounts his detention conditions.

June 24, 2020

France: le bracelet électronique pour les ex-détenus terroristes, une mesure votée par les députés

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June 24, 2020

France: la prison altère le fonctionnement du cerveau

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June 24, 2020

France: déconfinement en prison, "le gel hydroalcoolique est banni, au cas où je voudrais le boire !"

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June 24, 2020

Europe: post-coronavirus podría tener las cárceles más vacías

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June 23, 2020

UK: "A day in the life of a Prison Nurse"

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Nurse Katie Haddon talks readers through a day in the life of a Prison Nurse.

June 22, 2020

Europe: le confinement a réduit la surpopulation carcérale

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June 22, 2020

Spain: el Congreso exige al Gobierno una auditoría de las condiciones de las mujeres en prisión

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June 18, 2020

Global Prison Trends 2020

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Over 11 million people are held in prisons worldwide. Many face substandard detention conditions. Sentences keep getting longer, in underfunded justice systems. PRI has published its annual report on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment: Global Prison Trends 2020.

June 17, 2020

Spain: ¿te imaginas cómo es la desescalada en una cárcel de Castellón?

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June 17, 2020

UK: trans and in prison during a pandemic, a rare glimpse behind bars

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Overcrowded, confined spaces are a nightmare for the spread of coronavirus. This makes prisons a potential hotspot for the disease. Despite this, most researchers who study prisons have been locked out of them at this crucial time. In the UK, the prison and probation service has halted primary rese…

June 17, 2020

UK: over 1,000 prison leavers left homeless amid pandemic, MoJ figures show

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Number released to sleep rough in England and Wales forces government to ramp up funding

June 17, 2020

France: "J’étais directrice pénitentiaire d’insertion et de probation, j’ai démissionné. Voilà pourquoi"

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June 17, 2020

France: le logement, casse-tête des aménagements de peines de prison

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June 17, 2020

France: terrorisme, la majorité veut développer la justice préventive

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June 17, 2020

Ukraine: COVID-19 has reached prisons

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Ukraine’s jails are struggling to cope with COVID-19 – jeopardising inmates’ health in the process.

June 11, 2020

France: première évaluation des impacts de la crise covid sur la justice et la prison

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June 11, 2020

France: un rapport critique la gestion des détenus radicalisés

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