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December 13, 2016

Canada : La liste des travaux à réaliser à la prison Leclerc est longue

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North America Canada

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December 13, 2016

Turquie : Plus de cent journalistes emprisonnés

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Europe Turkey

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December 13, 2016

France : Lire pour sortir de prison

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Europe France

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December 12, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : Palestinian teenager sentenced to 13 years in prison

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Middle East Israel

Palestinian teenager Nurhan Awad was sentenced on Wednesday to 13-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly stabbing an Israeli man in Jerusalem last year.

December 12, 2016

Different detention conditions for Palestinian prisoners

Investigations

Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Torture Violence Israel

Nearly 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are incarcerated in Israeli prisons, under the military regime. The facilities are located outside of the occupied territories, in total violation of international law. Arrested for political reasons, the detainees are particularly prone to arbitrary detention, to…

December 12, 2016

USA : Welcome to Stewart Detention Center, the Black Hole of America's Immigration System

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United States

Stewart, one of the most remote immigration detention centers in the country. Stewart has become an essential moneymaker for the area. In 2012, it provided 20 percent of the county’s revenue, money generated from the roughly 1,700 beds that are filled with men waiting to find out whether they’ll be…

December 12, 2016

Algérie : Le journaliste algérien Mohamed Tamalt meurt en prison

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Africa Algeria

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December 12, 2016

New Zealand : Christmas behind bars - what our inmates will eat on December 25

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New Zealand

There will be no trimmings, treats or trifle for the 10,000-odd prisoners behind bars this Christmas. The Department of Corrections has today released details of the Christmas Day menu for the inmates at its 18 prisons across the country.

December 9, 2016

France : "La prison n'est pas un angle mort de la démocratie"

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Europe Violence France

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December 8, 2016

Turquie : Asli Erdogan. Une plume pour briser la pierre

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Europe Turkey

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December 8, 2016

Turquie : Selahattin Demirtas, l’assoiffé de justice

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Europe Turkey

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December 8, 2016

Turquie : Fingen Yüksekdag. La résistance dans les veines

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Europe Turkey

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December 8, 2016

UK : Prison Reform Trust report claims overcrowded jails 'more likely' to fail

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Overcrowding United Kingdom

The most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales are twice as likely to be rated as failing, a new report claims. According to the Prisons Reform Trust, nearly two thirds of prisons are overfull, with jails holding more than 10,000 inmates than they were built to.

December 8, 2016

Turquie : Selma Irmak, « La prison est notre seconde adresse »

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Europe Turkey

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December 8, 2016

UK : Our prison restraint techniques can kill children.

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Europe Minors Discipline Torture United Kingdom

Tuesday the Ministry of Justice had been told that the restraint techniques it had approved for use on children in custody could kill them. A risk assessment carried out by an independent medical adviser concluded that 28 of the 66 sanctioned restraints had a 40% to 60% chance of resulting in injur…

December 7, 2016

Guinée : Décès en série à la prison civile de Coyah

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Africa Violence Guinea

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December 7, 2016

France : La contrainte pénale, une alternative à la prison encore peu appliquée

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Europe France

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December 7, 2016

France : L’ancienne prison de Beauvais devient terrain d’entraînement

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Europe France

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December 7, 2016

Belgique : La prison, solution ultime

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Europe Belgium

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December 7, 2016

France : Ces prisons où les détenus ont la clé

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Europe France

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December 6, 2016

Argentina : detuvieron al Subdirector del Servicio Penitenciario, 7 agentes y 2 internos

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South America Violence Argentina

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December 6, 2016

Au Mali, des prisons devenues la cible des djihadistes

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Africa Mali

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December 6, 2016

USA : the stain of racism in New York’s prisons

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United States

New Yorkers are grimly familiar with state prison horror stories featuring guards who beat and torture inmates, knowing that their union will shield them from punishment and that district attorneys in towns dominated by prisons will look the other way.

December 6, 2016

USA : The world's growing debt problem is just like the US prison system

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United States

Bill Gross, the legendary investor, thinks that America has two imprisonment problems.The first, is the literal incarceration rate in the US. The second is the trap of ever-growing debt that has ensnared the US and global economies