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November 11, 2016

USA : here’s what N.C. won’t tell you about inmates in solitary confinement

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Discipline United States

In North Carolina’s prisons, about half a dozen inmates have been in solitary confinement for more than a decade. But the state doesn’t want you to know who they are. State officials say they’ve been working to reduce their use of the punishment as awareness grows about the dangerous psychological…

November 11, 2016

France : lancement d’une campagne pour un droit de vote effectif dans les prisons

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Europe France

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November 11, 2016

Senegal : Long pre-trial detention overcrowds Senegal prisons

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Africa Overcrowding Senegal

Overcrowded prisons, poor conditions for the inmates and long pre-trial detention periods are issues throughout West Africa. In Senegal, the issue has led to prisoner protests and calls for reform.

November 10, 2016

Norway : Anders Breivik, just how cushy are Norwegian prisons?

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Norway

Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, is arguing that conditions in the prison where he is held violate his human rights. Many Norwegian prisons, on the other hand, are seen by foreigners as extremely cushy. Lars Bevanger describes a system referred to by one American visitor as “prison utop…

November 10, 2016

The Dutch prison crisis: a shortage of prisoners

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Netherlands

While the UK and much of the world struggles with overcrowded prisons, the Netherlands has the opposite problem. It is actually short of people to lock up. In the past few years 19 prisons have closed down and more are slated for closure next year. How has this happened - and why do some people thi…

November 10, 2016

USA : prison, charbon, banque…cinq secteurs économiques boostés par la victoire de Donald Trump

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United States

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November 9, 2016

États-Unis : le Nebraska rétablit la peine de mort

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Death penalty Violence United States

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November 9, 2016

Philippines drug war turn jail into a haven

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Asia Drugs Overcrowding Philippines

Jason Madarang, awaiting trial on a charge of drug use, is in a muggy, windowless cell in a Manila prison so overcrowded that inmates must sleep in halls and stairwells and share each toilet with 150 other men.

November 8, 2016

UK : As a prison doctor I’ve seen the crisis in jails – half the inmates shouldn’t be there.

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United Kingdom

The riots at Bedford prison show the problems facing institutions. We need to stop locking up addicts and people who are mentally ill

November 8, 2016

UK : Austerity will unleash mayhem. Prison breakouts are just the start.

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United Kingdom

The consequences of cuts made years ago are now becoming visible: rising food poverty, failing flood defences and disorder in the prison system.

November 8, 2016

6 millions d'américains interdits de voter, parmi eux 36% sont Noirs

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United States

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November 8, 2016

Maroc et Sahara occidental : prison pour une vingtaine de paysans après des violences avec la police

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Africa Violence United States

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November 7, 2016

UK : Bedford Prison Riot VideoPrison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

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Europe Protest United Kingdom

Video shows inmates whooping with excitement during six-hour rampage.Prison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

November 7, 2016

France : un appel pour des urnes dans les prisons

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Europe France

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November 7, 2016

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Death penalty United States

African American activist in detention for 35 years

November 7, 2016

UK : two Pentonville prisoners hid escape with 'pillow bodies'

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United Kingdom

Two prisoners have escaped from HMP Pentonville, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. The escape was discovered when officers carrying out checks found two pillows made to look like bodies in the prisoners’ beds on Monday. It is understood the inmates, aged 28 and 31, used diamond-tipped cutting…

November 6, 2016

Venezuela : Los sobrevivientes de Franklin Masacre

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South America Violence Venezuela

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November 3, 2016

Maroc et Sahara occidental : à l’ONU, le Maroc est requis de libérer Abdelkader Belliraj et de lui accorder réparation

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Africa Morocco

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November 3, 2016

Vatican : mille prisonniers attendus au premier « jubilé des détenus »

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Europe Italy

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November 3, 2016

Inde : une évasion digne d’un mauvais scénario de film

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Asia Protest India

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November 3, 2016

UK : government to recruit 2,500 new prison officers after warning cuts are leaving jails unsafe

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United Kingdom

The Government has announced cash for an extra 2,500 prison officers as those working on the front line warn the safety of jails is threatened by falling staff numbers and cuts.

November 2, 2016

Sierra Leone: "Your name is John Bosco? With that name you should not be in prison."

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Africa Sierra Leone

Two years ago the World Health Organization declared that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was over. The epidemic caused about 4,000 deaths and over 14,000 cases of infection.

November 2, 2016

USA : these puppies have a ‘magical’ effect on a state prison

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United Kingdom

A program called Tender Loving Canines is among the new and restored rehabilitation courses popping up in California state prisons since Gov. Jerry Brown began emphasizing programs that help inmates prepare to reenter society. When a pair of puppies stepped into a state prison’s highest security ya…

November 2, 2016

Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories : Israel seeks greater use of detention without trial

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Middle East Israel

Israel’s government is seeking greater use of detention without charge or trial, at a time when at least three Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike against the practice.