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October 27, 2016

France : plan prisons, les millions d'euros que les politiques s'arrachent

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Europe France

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October 27, 2016

Canada : la condition des détenus au Centre de détention d'Ottawa-Carleton s'améliore

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North America Overcrowding Canada

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October 26, 2016

Haiti : inside job? Guard under suspicion after 173 inmates break out of Haiti jail

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

A guard at a Haiti prison is suspected of helping 173 inmates escape from a prison over the weekend.

October 26, 2016

France : prison, la grande muette ? [radio]

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Europe France

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October 26, 2016

UK : criminals under 25 should not go to adult prison, MPs say

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United Kingdom

‘The Ministry of Justice has not clearly articulated to us why it has not acted decisively to develop a systematic new approach to young adults, given the weight of evidence’. Young offenders are still developing neurologically up to age of 25 and should be kept out of adult prisons, a group of MPs…

October 26, 2016

France to scrap special prison wings for dangerous jihadists

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Europe Discipline Justice Facilities Religion France

France’s Minister of Justice, Jean-Jacques Urvoas, announced on Tuesday the end of French prison wings for radicalized inmates, promising a new “regime” instead. France has five prisons with experimental de-radicalisation wings for dangerous Islamist extremists, and all these units will be shut dow…

October 26, 2016

New Zealand : inmates at South Auckland prison locked down since Saturday over 'operational situation'

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New Zealand

Up to 80 inmates at Wiri prison have been on lock-down since Saturday, 1 NEWS can reveal. The high security jail is run by Serco, a private British company. Inmates have told families they are frustrated at being locked in their cells since Saturday, without being given an explanation why. They had…

October 25, 2016

USA : inmates explain how they would run prisons

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United States

Every year, countless reports on how to make prisons more rehabilitative are published by think tanks, scholars, and advocates. Some of them rely on interviews with prisoners, while others focus on data and documents. But a new report on how Texas prisons can improve is unique: It was written solel…

October 24, 2016

La Turquie est devenue la championne d’Europe de l’emprisonnement

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Europe Turkey

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October 24, 2016

Argentina : María Eugenia Vidal removió a toda la cúpula del Servicio Penitenciario Bonaerense

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South America Justice Argentina

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October 24, 2016

Kenyan president commutes all death sentences to life in prison

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Africa Justice Death penalty Kenya

President Uhuru Kenyatta commuted all death sentences in Kenya to life jail terms on Monday, removing 2,747 convicts from death row in a nation that has not executed anyone for about three decades. In addition to commuting the sentences of 2,655 men and 92 women, Kenyatta also signed pardon warrant…

October 24, 2016

France : réinsertion, favoriser l'accompagnement plutôt que la construction de prisons

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Europe France

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October 24, 2016

Israel and Palestinian occupied territories : four hunger strikers face deterioration in their health as they continue strike for freedom

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Middle East Health Israel

Four Palestinian prisoners continue on hunger strike to demand their freedom from administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, with two strikers reaching the 30-day mark without food and facing serious deterioration to their health.

October 24, 2016

France : Villepinte, la prison où l'on confie les clés aux détenus

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Europe France

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October 24, 2016

México : privatización de cárceles agravará crisis

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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October 24, 2016

UK : prison and probation 'must be overhauled to cut re-offending that costs taxpayer billions of pounds'

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United Kingdom

Prison and probation services in England and Wales must be overhauled to drive down re-offending rates that cost the taxpayer billions of pounds, according to a report. Ministers were urged to push up staffing numbers and bring in legislation to establish a new rehabilitation “duty”.

October 24, 2016

Haïti : 174 inmates escape prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Haiti

Scores of inmates from a Haitian prison escaped Saturday after killing an officer and stealing weapons, authorities said. Judge Henry Claude Louis-Jean said others were injured in the prison break that occurred in Arcahaie, a coastal town about 50 kilometers north of Haiti’s capital.

October 23, 2016

New Zealand : Maori prison rates at record levels

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New Zealand

This week, the Government announced it’s putting 1800 new beds in New Zealand prisons at the cost of $1 billion. Over half of these will end up being filled by Māori men.

October 23, 2016

South Africa: parole backlog crisis looms

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South Africa

Human rights lawyers have threatened legal action against the Department of Correctional Services in a bid to force it to process outstanding parole applications of long-term prisoners whose rights they claim are being violated by the delays.

October 22, 2016

USA : inside America's biggest prison strike

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Protest United States

Tens of thousands of prisoners across the country withheld their labor – for which they are paid as little as 17 cents an hour – in support of inmates’ rights. Richard Castillo has not yet been convicted of the crime – evading police in a vehicle – of which he stands accused.

October 22, 2016

France : comment vit-on dans une prison surpeuplée ?

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Europe Overcrowding France

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October 21, 2016

Life in romanian prisons before the country joined the EU

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Romania

Circumstances in Romanian prisons were pretty dire before the country joined the EU. Photographer Cosmin Bumbut documented the change.

October 21, 2016

USA, Alabama : 'It's a bloodbath', as staff describe life inside America's most violent prison

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Violence United States

A former guard and a pastor at Holman prison speak of stabbings, riots and abuse, aggravated by overcrowding and slim staff that live in fear. People inside call it the Slaughter Pen. The horrors of Holman penitentiary in southern Alabama – the stabbings, riots, fires, abuse – have earned it a repu…

October 21, 2016

France : prolifération de rats en prison

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Europe France

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