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Austria: through the lens of the incarcerated
Investigations
Coronavirus
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Overcrowding
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Work
Austria
Prisons might be one of the most severely underreported spheres in our otherwise heavily investigated world. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into Austrian prison issues.
France: poor prisons
Interview
“Hearing the sounds of the city”
Interview
Facilities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Work
France
Detention villages, open prisons, small prisons: what is there to say? We asked geographer Olivier Milhaud three questions. For him, large prisons built outside of cities are “a disaster”.
Material conditions
Facilities
Alternatives
Work
France
Does having a prison in a region represent a money-making venture? Does it generate jobs? Does it increase the total amount of funds granted to a municipality? The point of view of Isabelle Leroux.
Austria: “Nobody knew how to deal with the virus”
Investigations
Coronavirus
Europe
Social ties
Rehabilitation
Work
Austria
Two years of Coronavirus, two incarcerated men: Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into the everyday life of two Austrian prisons.
Chile : Managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
South America
Health
Material conditions
Protest
Activities
Social ties
Work
Chile
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Chilean authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
New Zealand: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
Oceania
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Work
New Zealand
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the New Zealand authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
Thailand: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
Work
Thailand
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Thai authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
Europe
Material conditions
Work
Switzerland
Georges was incarcerated for 12 months in the prison of Fribourg while awaiting sentencing. He recounts how a day in prison unfolds.
Singapore: recidivism rate at all-time low, more inmates serving part of jail term in community
News
Asia
Activities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Work
Singapore
The recidivism rate in Singapore has dipped to an all-time low and more inmates are serving part of their jail term in the community, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Wednesday (Feb 3).
Culture
Women
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
Religion
Work
India
In several states, prison manuals still dictate that labour within the prison should be assigned on the basis of caste.
Europe
Overcrowding
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
United Kingdom
The chancellor’s £4bn to imprison more criminals in England and Wales should be spent helping people live a life outside crime.
France : pas de congés payés pour les détenus qui travaillent, tranche le Conseil d'État
News
Europe
Access to legal rights
Work
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos
News
South America
Women
Mental health
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
Argentina
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
France : la prison, quel rôle ?
News
Culture
Europe
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Coronavirus
North America
Access to legal rights
Health
Work
United States
California’s prison system has taken drastic measures to combat the coronavirus, halting rehab programs, religious services and educational classes. But correctional authorities kept one type of operation running through much of the last six months: prison factories.
Coronavirus
North America
Access to legal rights
Health
Material conditions
Rehabilitation
Work
United States
States like California, New York, and Arizona have relied on prisoners to continue working, with little pay and in precarious conditions, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Access to legal rights
Justice
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
United Kingdom
Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences.
For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significa…
Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria
News
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
Work
Bangladesh
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
France: dealing with helplessness
Interview
Europe
Health
Mental health
Work
France
The incarceration of mentally ill people leaves prison staff helpless in situations that they find difficult to cope with. Training aims to remedy this.
Middle East
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
Afghanistan
For many people, prison is only a place where criminals serve their sentence. But there are also prisoners who are transformed during their imprisonment, deciding to abandon their past and change their future.
Recently the directorate of prisons initiated a new program called “Prisoners’ Literacy a…