Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 3, 2017

Canada : visiter des prisons pour éviter d'y être détenu un jour

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North America Canada

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February 27, 2017

Canada: family doctors push to ban solitary confinement in prisons

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North America Discipline Canada

Canada’s family doctors are calling for an all-out ban on the use of solitary confinement in Canadian prisons.

February 1, 2017

Canada: conjugal visits increase success of prisoner rehabilitation

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North America Social ties Canada

It looks like a normal three-bedroom family home. A ceiling fan whirrs over a pair of sofas in the living room. The hallway shelves carry a pile of bed sheets. A refrigerator hums quietly in the kitchen as sunlight peaks in through a curtained window.

January 31, 2017

United States: number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has quadrupled

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North America Long-term prisoners United States

The number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has more than quadrupled over the past three decades, and those eligible for parole are waiting longer to be released, according to a report released Tuesday.

January 30, 2017

Panorama: "Prison, what does it mean to you?"

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We are creating a digital mural showing how people perceive prisons around the world. We invite everyone to produce a one-minute video in reply to this question: “Prison, what does it mean to you?” How to participate Use your smartphone. Film in horizontal format Start recording and count two seco…

January 27, 2017

Canada : job training program for inmates stuck in the past, says prison watchdog

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North America Canada

Teaching inmates to build office chairs and sew isn’t preparing those incarcerated in federal institutions for the modern job market, says Canada’s prison watchdog.

January 25, 2017

United States: following the money of mass incarceration

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North America United States

The cost of imprisonment — including who benefits and who pays — is a major part of the national discussion around criminal justice policy. But prisons and jails are just one piece of the criminal justice system and the amount of media and policy attention that the various players get is not necess…

January 25, 2017

Elderly inmate's death highlights lack of aging strategy in Canada's prisons

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North America Canada

“If people are sufficiently senile that they can’t remember the nature of their crime, what’s the point?”

January 24, 2017

United States: white women are going to prison at a higher rate than ever before

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North America Women United States

Mass incarceration of women was one of the important issues highlighted by the Women’s March on Washington.

December 15, 2016

Canada : un mort au cours d'une mutinerie

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North America Protest Violence Canada

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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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November 1, 2016

Canada : des prisonniers aspergés de gaz poivrés

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North America Canada

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October 30, 2016

Canada: solitary confinement is pure torture. I know, I was there

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North America Discipline Torture Canada

Donald Best is an access to justice advocate and a former Toronto Police Service sergeant who spent 63 days in solitary confinement in 2013-2014.

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 1, 2016

Canada : Québec planifie une nouvelle prison pour femmes

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North America Women Canada

Préoccupé par la cohabitation de détenus des deux sexes à la prison Leclerc, le ministre de la Sécurité publique, Martin Coiteux, conclut qu’il faut construire un nouveau centre de détention pour femmes dans la région de Montréal. Dans une entrevue accordée au Devoir, le ministre Coiteux a révélé q…

August 2, 2016

Canada : les rapports sur les décès en détention sont lacunaires

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North America Justice Violence Canada

Une étude préparée par le Bureau de l’enquêteur correctionnel affirme que le Service correctionnel du Canada (SCC) censure régulièrement les possibles erreurs ou lacunes documentées dans les rapports d’enquête envoyés aux proches de prisonniers décédés dans un centre de détention fédéral.

May 5, 2016

Canada: I tried to turn my life around in prison but the government made it hard to do

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North America Canada

Just as I was getting my life together behind bars the Canadian government decided to get ‘tough on crime.’