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October 23, 2015

Uganda: rehabilitation, spies, and goals at Uganda's lone maximum security prison

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Africa Uganda

Uganda’s only maximum security prison, Luzira, holds a sophisticated prison soccer tournament known not only for its top-notch talent, but the remarkable part it plays in the country’s low recidivism rate.

October 22, 2015

Cameroon : prisons severely overcrowded

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Overcrowding Cameroon

Yaounde - Human rights groups in Cameroon say prisons constructed for 500 detainees are housing more than 3,000 people, many of whom can be held for years without charge in inhumane conditions. The government says it is working on solutions.

October 17, 2015

Cameroun : le marché de construction de la prison centrale de Douala-Ngoma attribué à une entreprise suspendue des marchés publics de la BAD

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Africa Cameroon

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October 14, 2015

Grande-Bretagne : la formation des gardiens de prison n'aura pas lieu

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United Kingdom

Le gouvernement britannique s’est trouvé contraint, sous la pression de l’opinion, de se retirer d’un appel d’offres visant la formation de gardiens de prison en Arabie Saoudite.

October 13, 2015

Georgia : human rights inspectors allowed to take photos in prisons

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Georgia

The Georgian government will from next year allow the Public Defender’s Office to take pictures inside prison. This will allow photographic evidence to be obtained in cases where there is suspicion of abuse, or when sanitary conditions are deemed questionable.

October 7, 2015

Life inside the Philippines' prison without walls

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Asia Philippines

Twice the size of Paris, the open-air Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm offers a unique approach to reforming criminals.

October 1, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : les enfants oubliés des prisons ivoiriennes

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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August 28, 2015

Uganda: 28,000 inmates spend nights standing

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Africa Uganda

As a result of congestion in the country’s 247 jails, more than half of the prison population (about 28,000 prisoners) spends the night standing. This state of prisons highlights what the lawmakers yesterday called a crisis in the criminal justice system as authorities blame “perennial underfunding…

August 11, 2015

Italie : l'île-prison où les détenus sont aussi vignerons

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Europe Italy

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July 31, 2015

Chad reintroduces death penalty with anti-terror law

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Justice Chad

Chad reintroduced the death penalty just six months after its abolition on Thursday, as legislators passed a stringent anti-terror bill in the face of a spate of deadly Boko Haram attacks.

July 18, 2015

Argentina : prisoners gain new focus through pinhole photography

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South America Argentina

“People think prison is like a horror film,” says Celeste Moyano, sitting in the library of the Unidad 31 women’s penitentiary outside Buenos Aires. She participates in a photography workshops facilitated by YoNoFui, a social organisation that runs support and education schemes for women both in an…

July 10, 2015

Colombia : Colombia Raids 'Luxury' Prison Wing

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South America Colombia

Colombia’s prison authorities have moved to “retake” a section of the country’s most notorious prison, after reports emerged of the luxury lifestyles of the wealthy inmates living there. Colombia’s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) raided what is popularly known as the “parapolitic…

July 10, 2015

UK : watchdog calls for action over transgender prison deaths

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LGBTQI United Kingdom

Ombudsman says jails in England and Wales should be more flexible and proactive in managing such inmates. The recent deaths of several transgender prisoners underline the need for jails to be more flexible and proactive in managing such inmates, a watchdog has said.

July 5, 2015

Conditions inhumaines des détenus béninois : Michel ADJAKA dénonce la mauvaise foi du gouvernement

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Africa Material conditions Torture Benin

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July 2, 2015

Amérique du sud : étude sur l'enfermement carcéral

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Argentina

Bien que clos et secret, le microcosme carcéral est toujours le reflet de la société qu’il abrite. C’est en suivant cette idée que le photoreporter italien Valerio Bispuri a visité 74 prisons Sud Américaines pendant une dizaine d’années. Étude sur l’enfermement et radiographie des problématiques so…

June 26, 2015

Three Philippine firms in race for $1.1 bln prison project

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Asia Philippines

Three Philippine companies have submitted pre-qualification documents for a 50.2 billion pesos ($1.1 billion) prison project north of the capital, a government official said on Friday.

June 24, 2015

Liban : des fuites de vidéos de torture à la prison de Roumieh font polémique

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Middle East Torture Violence Lebanon

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May 28, 2015

Uganda: the prison where murderers play for Manchester United

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Africa Uganda

A decade ago, Opio Moses was a lowly policeman out in the sticks of Eastern Uganda with a complicated love life. He had fallen for the wrong woman. One day, her uncle, who was politically connected, came to pay Moses a visit at home. He told Moses at gunpoint that their match was unsuitable and tha…

May 25, 2015

Sierra Leone's prisons: tough, but Ebola-free

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Africa Health Sierra Leone

Central Freetown’s maximum-security prison was built to house just 324. Today, over 1400 inmates are crammed between its walls.

May 15, 2015

Tunisie : La surpopulation carcérale atteint 200% dans certaines prisons, selon Ridha Zaghdoud

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Africa Overcrowding Tunisia

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May 1, 2015

Liban : la prison de Roumieh, un fief pour les jihadistes de l'EI

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Middle East Lebanon

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March 27, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : dans l’enfer de la prison pour mineurs d’Abidjan

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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March 20, 2015

Honduras : más cárceles y militarización no solucionan crisis en sistema penitenciario, según analistas

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Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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March 4, 2015

Tunisie : Tunis - Des prisons surpeuplées, insalubres et pathogènes, selon la LTDH

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Africa Overcrowding Tunisia

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