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Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform
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ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key p…
Women
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Long-term prisoners
France
As of January 2020, women represent 3.6% of the total incarcerated population. Across 187 French correctional facilities, only three exclusively house women. Yet more women than men are sentenced to prison terms exceeding ten years.
What role does gender-based violence play in the incarceration of…
Europe
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Malta
A prisoner who spoke out on breach of human rights and systematic terror within the prison facility, has been barred from contacting the outside world and thrown into solitary confinement. Correctional Services Agency denies allegations
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United Kingdom
“Being encased within steel and mortar shouldn’t alter the fundamental essence of a human being. Amid the brutality and apathy of the prison system, some find the ability to be creative” (Steeldoorstudios exposes the challenges of the creative process in prison.)
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Brazil
Brazil and the United States are amongst the countries that incarcerate the highest numbers of women. What policies and practices do these countries have in common?
Middle East
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Saudi Arabia
ALQST has learned that human rights activist Mohammed al-Rabiah was subjected to brutal torture in detention, including beatings, electric shocks, and being hung upside down. He currently faces trial before the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC), where the Public Prosecution is calling for a 25-year…
Chine : les autorités confirment la détention de Gulshan Abbas, femme médecin ouïghoure, pour "terrorisme"
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China
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Space — 12/12
Inside Outside
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Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Turquie : vingt ans après ma libération
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Turkey
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Europe
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Scattered throughout France and Spain, Basque prisoners are, at times, subject to particularly harsh prison conditions. Some have been in prison for over 30 years and are now gravely ill.
Smell — 11/12
Inside Outside
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Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
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Egypt
Mass executions follow suspicious prison killings
Argentina: ¿constitucional o no?
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Argentina
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United States
Kyle H. has been incarcerated since 2001 and is serving a life sentence. He is held at River North Correctional Center in the state of Virginia. He bravely tells how an ordinary day goes by, when voices cannot stop, and when he becomes a stranger to himself.
Estados Unidos: la paradoja de la pena de muerte
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Taste — 10/12
Inside Outside
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Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
El Salvador: el caso de Cindy Erazo y qué supone su liberación para otras 18 mujeres condenadas por la estricta ley contra la interrupción del embarazo
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El Salvador
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Turquie: l’écrivain Ahmet Altan entame sa cinquième année en prison en Turquie
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Turkey
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United States
The words “help we matter 2” are seen written in a window at the Cook County Department of Corrections, housing one of the nation’s largest jails, in Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 2020.
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South Africa
Inmates serving lengthy sentences for serious and violent crimes say basic regulations to combat the spread of the coronavirus are being flouted, putting their lives at risk.
Touch — 9/12
Inside Outside
North America
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Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Belgium: locked-up outside
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Belgium
How does someone truly become free?
Marcus spent his childhood in a children’s home before serving more than 20 years in prison. He has never known anything other than confinement.
France: a prison without bars?
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France
Casabianda is currently the only prison without bars on French soil. Guillaume Massart filmed a documentary La liberté (In the Open).
France: le suivi des "longues peines" qui ont commis des infractions sexuelles
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