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February 6, 2018

USA: yes, lots of people go to jail because they can't pay a fine

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Justice United States

From 1990 to 2004, the rate of people on probation who were sent back to jail for noncompliance grew by 50 percent.

February 2, 2018

La CEDH condamne la France pour l’expulsion d’un Algérien

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Africa Europe Justice France

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January 8, 2018

France : l’Assemblée nationale se mobilise contre la surpopulation en prison

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Europe Justice Overcrowding France

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January 8, 2018

France : l’Assemblée nationale se mobilise contre la surpopulation en prison

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Europe Justice Overcrowding France

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January 4, 2018

France : téléphones en prison - la politique carcérale de Macron décroche

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Europe Justice Social ties France

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January 3, 2018

France : en prison, le mitard pour lutter contre les portables

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Europe Justice France

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December 19, 2017

Smoking ban cannot be enforced in jails, UK supreme court rules

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Justice United Kingdom

Inmate loses attempt to enforce ban in prisons after court says crown premises are exempt.

December 14, 2017

Salvador : 30 ans de prison pour une fausse couche

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Central America and the Caribbean Justice El Salvador

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December 14, 2017

Kenyian supreme court declares mandatory death penalty unconstitutional

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Justice Kenya

The mandatory death penalty violates fundamental human rights, rules the Supreme Court of Kenya today in a historic judgment that will affect thousands of prisoners.

December 9, 2017

The end of American prison visits: jails end face-to-face contact – and families suffer

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Justice Social ties United States

It’s been described as ‘Skype for the jailed’ and is being sold as safer and more convenient. But it begs the question: are in-person visits a human right?

December 6, 2017

France : Antonin Bernanos jeté brutalement en prison

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Europe Justice France

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December 1, 2017

Turkey: elderly prisoner gets 11 days in solitary for expressing hope for release

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Europe Middle East Discipline Justice United States

Ali Osman Karahan, an 87-year-old Turkish man who has been in an Isparta prison for almost 15 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, was given 11 days of solitary confinement.

November 28, 2017

German court rules against overpricing phone calls for prisoners

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Justice Social ties Germany

Germany’s constitutional court ruled on Tuesday against overpricing phone calls made by prison inmates, saying that disregarding the economic interests of prisoners violates their constitutional right to rehabilitation.

November 27, 2017

#VotoPreso - A party where prisoners are not invited

Analysis Opinion

South America Access to legal rights Justice Chile

Chileans are preparing to vote for the second round of the 2017 presidential elections this coming December 17. Country with one of the highest incarceration rates in Latin America, the vote of its prison population can weigh heavily in an election that is likely to be tight.

October 30, 2017

"Surviving hell" in Eastern Ukraine

Analysis Report

Europe Justice Torture Violence Ukraine

A wide network of places of illegal detention in Donbass.

October 16, 2017

Liberia : special judiciary task force to review cases of pre-trial detainees

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Africa Justice Liberia

Monrovia – Pre-trial detainees in detention centers in Montserrado and Margibi Counties are to have their cases reviewed.

September 19, 2017

Move along, please. Nothing to see here

Justice Violence

Excessive wealth, poverty, corruption, impunity: these terms, so often repeated, become trivial and the ingredients which feed the most horrendous violence are still with us. Prison is the ultimate in marking one’s territory

September 14, 2017

Nepal: the challenges of achieving justice

Analysis Report

Asia Justice Torture Nepal

Advocacy Forum’s report is now available. The organization collected data and run interviews in several places of detention.

July 7, 2017

Brésil: prisonnier la nuit, député le jour

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South America Justice Brazil

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June 20, 2017

Indonesia cracks down on terrorism with new laws and joint patrols

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Asia Justice Indonesia

Jakarta: Indonesians who join terrorist groups overseas will face a maximum 15 years’ jail under new anti-terrorism laws expected to be passed by September. The new laws will enable authorities to crack down on Indonesians who return after fighting with the Islamic State in Syria or the Philippine…

June 20, 2017

China: police-run detention centres are a 'human rights disaster': rights lawyers

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Asia Justice Torture China

Recent proposals to reform China’s police-run detention centers are unlikely to do much to address a nationwide “human rights disaster” for police suspects in detention, human rights lawyers told RFA. The country’s Ministry of Public Security issued a call for consultation this week on a replacemen…

June 7, 2017

United States: how drug courts are falling short

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North America Justice Drugs United States

Local authorities revived Smith, arrested him, and then gave him two options: he could go to jail or he could go into treatment. Smith chose treatment—or at least that’s what he thought. What Smith chose, more specifically, was to go through the alternative sentencing program known as drug court, w…

May 30, 2017

Cyprus: bill to establish child-friendly justice system

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Justice Cyprus

The best interests of the child will be taken into account in a new bill regulating issues of youngsters who are suspects that was presented on Tuesday by Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou.

May 25, 2017

Ireland: penal reform group concerned over increased parole ineligibility for life prisoners

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Justice Ireland

A penal reform group has raised concerns after the Oireachtas justice committee voted to amend the Parole Bill 2016 to raise the period of ineligibility for parole for life-sentenced prisoners from eight to 12 years.