Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 6, 2020

France: par delà les murs de la prison, la parole déconfinée

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May 5, 2020

Türkiye: a life in isolation

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Europe LGBTQI Access to legal rights Material conditions Facilities Turkey

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prison…

May 5, 2020

Estonia: Coronavirus crisis exit strategy launched in prisons

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TALLINN – Estonian prisons on Wednesday launched the strategy for exiting the emergency situation resulting from the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Justice said. The five-day shifts of prison officials were concluded as of Wednesday and the scheduled treatment of prisoners will continue bot…

May 5, 2020

Hungary: Tight measures in a closed system

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Coronavirus Europe Health Material conditions Social ties Hungary

The Hungarian penitentiary institutions have become even more closed and less transparent since the COVID-19 outbreak. On 5 April 2020, a Government Decree introduced tighter measures for prisons. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee updates us on the situation.

May 4, 2020

France: Nicole Belloubet, "le taux d’occupation moyen des prisons est inférieur à 100 %"

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May 4, 2020

France: "le confinement en détention, c’est la prison dans la prison"

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May 4, 2020

France: Maïtena Biraben, "ce qui nous horrifie dans les Ehpad devrait nous horrifier dans les prisons"

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May 4, 2020

France: vers un monde (presque) sans prison ?

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May 4, 2020

UK: prison officers punching compliant inmates, report says

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Europe Violence United Kingdom

Human rights delegation finds ‘reprehensible practice’ in three male prisons

May 4, 2020

UK: observing Ramadan in a UK prison

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Europe Religion United Kingdom

Ex-prisoners remember difficulties when fasting as study highlights dangers of system that views Muslims with suspicion.

April 30, 2020

Spain: interior inicia la desescalada en el aislamiento de las cárceles

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April 30, 2020

France: "They’ve put us back in prison"

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Coronavirus Europe Health Rehabilitation Work France

Samy is detained on partial release in the west of France, in Le Mans. It is normally possible for these prisoners to go out during the week, notably to seek employment. Faced with the coronavirus pandemic and to limit social contact, those who are on partial release have been placed in detention.…

April 30, 2020

Cyprus: released inmates ask to go back to prison

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Coronavirus Europe Rehabilitation Work Cyprus

Four prisoners who were released from prison earlier this month have asked to be brought back because they have no place to go. Nicosia central prisons director Anna Aristotelous said on Wednesday that two of the four prisoners were part of the early release of 130 inmates in early April as part of…

April 30, 2020

Belgium: locked-up outside

Investigations Testimonial

Europe Long-term prisoners Rehabilitation 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.

April 29, 2020

Map of the coronavirus in prisons

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Prison Insider is partnering with Justice Project Pakistan on its collaborative map to report the number of confirmed cases and deaths among prisoners worldwide.

April 28, 2020

Belgium: près de 42.000 masques de protection fabriqués par les détenus

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April 28, 2020

Belgium: les détenus et leurs proches sont en colère et se sentent oubliés

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April 24, 2020

Russia: penitentiaries in the pandemic

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Coronavirus Europe Health Russia

Russian officials say coronavirus hasn’t infected a single inmate, but COVID-19 has undeniably changed life behind bars in big ways Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries around the world have begun releasing large numbers of inmates to curb the spread of the disease behind pri…

April 24, 2020

Greece: reforming prison system and ending police ill-treatment are urgent priorities, says CPT

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Europe Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Greece

After a visit to prisons in Greece last year, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recommends that the Greek authorities remedy structural problems that have led to enduring ill-treatment of detainees, prison overcrow…

April 23, 2020

Spain: las videollamadas llegan a las cárceles

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April 23, 2020

Spain: las familias de los presos ante la situación de las cárceles por la Covid-19: "ahora la condena es para nosotros”

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April 23, 2020

Death penalty 2019: les chiffres les plus bas de la décennie

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April 23, 2020

France: les bons de sortie sont rares pour les prévenus

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April 23, 2020

Russia: répression féroce dans une prison de Sibérie

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