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May 14, 2016

Argentina : inmates live with rats, bats and garbage in jails

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South America Argentina

“The nation’s prisons will be healthy and clean, since they are for security purposes and not to punish the convicts held in them”, the Argentine constitution says, but the fact is that inmates in those jails share their cells with rats, cockroaches and, according to some complaints, even bats.

May 12, 2016

Hongrie : les barbelés antimigrants fabriqués en prison

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Europe Hungary

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May 12, 2016

Romania : UN torture prevention experts urge Romania to tackle prison overcrowding

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Overcrowding Torture Romania

Romania has made progress in improving conditions of detention in the country but much remains to be done, including reducing overcrowding in prisons and other places where people are deprived of their liberty, UN experts have said.

May 11, 2016

Algérie : bientôt le lancement du bracelet électronique

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Africa Alternatives Algeria

Le magistrat et membre de la Commission nationale de modernisation du secteur de la Justice, Ishak Derradj, a annoncé, ce mardi, le lancement prochain du bracelet électronique comme alternative à la détention provisoire.

May 10, 2016

France : les djihadistes français de retour de Syrie passent par la prison

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Europe Middle East France

Contrairement aux femmes, les hommes de retour de Syrie et d’Irak passent désormais quasi systématiquement par la case prison. L’État reconnaît qu’ils n’y ont pas tous leur place, mais tarde à développer des alternatives à l’incarcération.

May 9, 2016

Belgique : l'armée envoyée en renfort dans les prisons

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Europe Belgium

Une grève des surveillants pénitentiaires qui s’éternise a entraîné une réaction inattendue du gouvernement de Charles Michel : depuis lundi 9 mai des militaires sont envoyés dans les prisons belges “pour garantir des missions humanitaires”.

May 8, 2016

Belgium : riot at Merksplas prison

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Violence Belgium

Calm returned to Merksplas prison at around 5.45am on Sunday morning, after a very busy night. The prison holds 600 prisoners. Several areas of the institution were damaged, and remain unusable. Around a hundred prisoners were transferred to others prisons, says Frank Wilrycx (Open Vls), the mayor…

May 6, 2016

Philippines : un taux d’occupation des prisons de 316 %

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Asia Overcrowding Philippines

*Source - Le Temps Jamais les pénitenciers de l’archipel n’ont été aussi remplis, avec un taux d’occupation de 316%. Visite de deux établissements proches de la capitale, dont l’un est le plus peuplé du pays avec 23 000 captifs.

May 5, 2016

Canada: I tried to turn my life around in prison but the government made it hard to do

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North America Canada

Just as I was getting my life together behind bars the Canadian government decided to get ‘tough on crime.’

May 5, 2016

Belgium : Belgian state ordered to pay compensation to inmates because of prison strike

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Belgium

A court has sentenced the state to pay 300 euros per day to 21 inmates.The inmates, detained in the prisons in Lantin, Huy and Paifve, were successful on Wednesday’s trial court. According to the complaining inmates, they haven’t received any minimum service since the strike by prison guards starte…

May 5, 2016

Cambodia : prisons granted more funds to develop libraries

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Asia Cambodia

Cambodian’s prison libraries are set to receive an extra $600,000 in funding from the French Agency for Development and literacy NGO Sipar, according to a statement released yesterday. Sipar director Hok Sothik said the extra funding will be spread out over three years and enhance 26 prison librari…

May 4, 2016

Madagascar red-faced after mass jail breakout

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Africa Protest Madagascar

Prison officials in Madagascar were left red-faced on Tuesday after a mass escape which left over 30 inmates on the run on the Indian Ocean island nation.

May 4, 2016

Colombia : Procuraduría evidenció crisis humanitaria en cárceles de Santander

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South America Colombia

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May 4, 2016

Italy: govt launches jail suicide plan

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Suicide Italy

Justice Minister Andrea Orlando on Wednesday said launched a plan to stem prison suicides, which he called a “worrying and intolerable phenomenon”.

May 4, 2016

Syrie : troisième jour d'une mutinerie géante dans une prison du régime syrien

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Middle East Protest Violence Syria

Au troisième jour de la mutinerie géante qui a éclaté dans la prison de Hama, contrôlée par le régime syrien, la tension restait extrême dans et aux abords du centre de détention, dont les bâtiments sont entièrement contrôlés par les 875 détenus politiques.

May 4, 2016

Madagascar : prison officials left red-faced after mass jail breakout

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Africa Madagascar

Antananarivo - Prison officials in Madagascar were left red-faced on Tuesday after a mass escape which left over 30 inmates on the run on the Indian Ocean island nation.

May 3, 2016

Bénin : les détenus de la prison civile d’Abomey exigent le respect de leurs droits constitutionnels.

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Africa Material conditions Protest Benin

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May 2, 2016

France : activités en prison, le désoeuvrement

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Europe France

Faute de politique réfléchie et harmonisée, faute de moyens, la peine de prison reste sans contenu. Le doublement des crédits alloués aux activités dans le cadre du plan de lutte contre le terrorisme permettra-t-il de rebattre les cartes ? Pas tant que ces activités ne seront pas pensées de manière…

April 29, 2016

The forgotten child prisoners of Sierra Leone

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Africa Sierra Leone

Child inmates are left to languish in prison with no visitors or legal assistance as many wait years for a trial. Sorie’s last day of freedom was a few weeks before his 14th birthday, when the well-to-do father of a girl he liked got word that his daughter had been hanging around with a street boy.

April 27, 2016

Uganda : government launches handbook to protect juveniles

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Africa Uganda

The Government of Uganda and UNICEF on Wednesday launched a child-friendly justice handbook to guide prosecutors and other actors in the criminal justice system, in handling child-related cases in a child-friendly and gender responsive manner. The handbook is produced by the Directorate of Public P…

April 27, 2016

Morocco and Western Sahara: authorities attribute prison crowding to pretrial detentions

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Overcrowding Morocco

Mustafa Ramid, the Moroccan minister of justice and liberties confirmed the continued overcrowding of the kingdom’s prisons and attributed the phenomenon to the now-common practice of pretrial detention and the delayed start of cases involving the prematurely arrested detainees.

April 26, 2016

Au Sénégal, les prisonniers vendent leur art sur Internet

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Africa Senegal

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April 25, 2016

Uganda : prisons use sports to encourage team spirit

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Africa Uganda

At the Murchison Bay prison, a section of the Luzira prison complex, those involved are mostly aged between 22 and 35. Louis Majwala is an inmate who heads the sports department. “We are confined in one place and we need ways to release stress, sports is one of them. There are many guys who are tal…

April 22, 2016

Les conditions inhumaines des prisons tunisiennes

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Africa Material conditions Tunisia

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