Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 12, 2017

Tchad : le massacre prémédité des prisonniers tués hier ?

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Africa Violence Chad

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April 11, 2017

Egypt: a physician, committed to helping prisoners, imprisoned himself

Testimonial

Africa Middle East Egypt

“I was lucky, but many are beaten, raped, hung up by their hands…”

April 10, 2017

Bénin: mouvements d’humeur de prisonnier à la prison civile de Natitingou

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Africa Benin

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April 10, 2017

Régime pénitentiaire au Burkina Faso : l’Assemblée nationale adopte un projet de loi pour humaniser nos prisons

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Africa Burkina Faso

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April 6, 2017

Guinée : prévue pour 50 personnes, la prison de N’Zérékoré accueille actuellement plus de 300 détenus

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Africa Overcrowding Guinea

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April 4, 2017

Nigeria: 32 died in Lagos prison in 2016

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Africa Nigeria

6,047 inmates await trial in 2,500-capacity facility

April 3, 2017

Inmates hurl stones in rare riot at prison in Rwandan capital

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Africa Protest Violence Rwanda

Inmates protesting living conditions at Gasabo prison in the Rwandan capital of Kigali hurled stones over the prison’s walls on Monday, damaging nearby houses and disrupting traffic, residents and officials said.

April 2, 2017

Burkina Faso soldiers tried for "conspiracy" say they were tortured

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Africa Torture Burkina Faso

Some 20 Burkinabe soldiers tried for “military conspiracy” on Saturday before the military tribunal in Ouagadougou complain of “inhuman treatment” and “torture” to get confessions from them.

April 1, 2017

Sierra Leone: no transport for prisoners delays justice

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Africa Sierra Leone

Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, “No one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.” However, the lack of prisoner transport trucks in 14 out of 19 Correctional Centres tends to violate that provision.

March 31, 2017

Cameroun : la prison de Maroua étouffe

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Africa Cameroon

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March 31, 2017

Cameroun : la prison de Maroua étouffe

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Africa Cameroon

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March 27, 2017

Chad : conditions de vie précaires des détenus, le budget de la nourriture détourné

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Africa Material conditions Chad

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March 27, 2017

Tchad : évasion spectaculaire à Abéché, 95 détenus s'échappent d'une prison

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Africa Protest Chad

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March 25, 2017

RDC : à Kasumbalesa, conditions de vie difficiles à la prison centrale

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Africa Material conditions Congo - Kinshasa

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March 24, 2017

RDC : à Goma, 174 détenus libérés de la prison de Munzenze

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Africa Congo - Kinshasa

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March 21, 2017

Mali : projet de centre pénitentiaire agricole à Koulikoro, le CICR soutient les détenus

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Africa Mali

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March 16, 2017

Sierra Leone: justice for women who kill

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Africa Women Sierra Leone

Aminata* was only 17 years old when she was arrested for killing her former boyfriend eight years ago. She was sentenced to death for murder in November 2010 and feared each day she would be executed before her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the government on Sierra Leone’s 50th Inde…

March 14, 2017

Odon Vallet : "dans les prisons du Bénin, il doit y avoir des livres sur un islam ouvert, car le risque de radicalisation est réel"

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Africa Health Material conditions Benin

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March 12, 2017

Nigeria prisons have 68,259 inmates

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Africa Nigeria

The Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) has disclosed that over 68,000 inmates are being held in prison facilities through the country as at March 2017.

March 9, 2017

Tunisie : Houssem, le philosophe emprisonné pour un joint raconte la prison

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Africa Tunisia

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March 4, 2017

Dozens freed from Gambia's overcrowded jails

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Africa Overcrowding Gambia

Almost 100 prisoners including rapists and robbers have been freed from Gambian jails as the new government struggles to reform an overcrowded system that long relied on strict mandatory sentencing.

February 24, 2017

Kenya: location determines how the law treats you, audit finds

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Africa Kenya

Where you live goes a long way to determining whether you get justice or not, a new audit of the criminal justice system reveals.

February 23, 2017

Burkina Faso : MACO: Formation de 150 détenus en batiment et travaux publics

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Africa Burkina Faso

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February 22, 2017

Algérie : 17 nouvelles prisons

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Africa Algeria

Le Directeur général de l’Administration pénitentiaire et de réinsertion, Mokhtar Felioune, a annoncé mardi à Blida l’entrée en fonction en 2017 de 17 établissements pénitentiaires en remplacement de ceux créés avant 1962.