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October 21, 2016

UK : prison reforms 'simply not achievable' amid 'loss of control'

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Justice United Kingdom

The government’s ambitious prison reform plans are “simply not achievable”, the former chief inspector of prisons has warned. Giving a lecture in London, Prof Nick Hardwick said rising suicides, assaults and murders in jails were proof of the “loss of control”. His comments come days after a prison…

October 20, 2016

Thailand : free Somyot, arbitrarily detained for 2,000 days

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Asia Thailand

[Press Release] Thai authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) reiterated today.

October 20, 2016

France : pourquoi les enfants de l’immigration sont surreprésentés en prison

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Europe France

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October 20, 2016

Belgique : 300 morts en six ans dans les prisons

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Europe Violence Belgium

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October 19, 2016

Bangladesh team visits Academy of Prisons

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Asia Bangladesh

After a 3-day visit, team plans to take back learnings and set up similar academy at home. A team of prison officials from Bangladesh are on a visit to Academy of Prisons and Correctional Administration (APCA) here to learn about the academy and set up a similar one back home. The nine-member team,…

October 19, 2016

México : vivo con mamá en prisión

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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October 18, 2016

Venezuela : actes de cannibalisme dans une prison

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South America Venezuela

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October 18, 2016

Rakoto and the dragon

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Africa Culture Minors Madagascar

Minors incarcerated at Diego Suarez (Madagascar) collaborated with Judith Lesur to produce a short film. “Rakoto and the dragon” was warmly received by the prisoners, the association, prison staff and the wider public.

October 18, 2016

New Zealand : governement to spend $1b boosting prison bed numbers

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New Zealand

The government is to spend $1 billion building another 1800 beds in prisons. Most of the new places will be in a new 1500-bed facility at Waikeria Prison in Waikato.

October 18, 2016

Brazil : mass breakout from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison

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South America Violence Brazil

A third prison riot since Sunday night in Brazil has led to a mass escape of inmates. Fifty-five prisoners in Sao Paulo’s Franco da Rocha psychiatric ward escaped after starting a fire which burned down a wing of the prison. Despite a huge manhunt in the city’s suburb involving helicopters police w…

October 17, 2016

Brésil : affrontements dans une prison, au moins 25 morts

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South America Violence Brazil

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October 17, 2016

India : undertrial prisoners in India equals population of Barbados

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Asia Justice India

An IndiaSpend analysis of available data reveals the extent of the problem: Between 2010 and 2014, 25 per cent undertrials had been jailed for more than one year. The percentage of undertrials to total prisoners has remained over 65 per cent during this period. In 2014, seven in 10 prisoners were u…

October 17, 2016

Niger : des djihadistes en fuite après l'attaque d'une prison

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Africa Niger

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October 17, 2016

France : retour au calme après une tentative de mutinerie à la prison d'Aiton (Savoie)

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Europe Protest Violence France

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October 17, 2016

Brazil prison clashes 'kill 25 inmates'

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South America Violence Brazil

At least 25 inmates have been killed in clashes between two rival factions in an overcrowded prison in northern Brazil, local media report. Seven of the dead were beheaded and six others burned to death, a police official reportedly said. The incident in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, hap…

October 17, 2016

Venezuela : Man 'dismembered and eaten by inmates' during Venezuela prison riot, father claims

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South America Violence Venezuela

The prison riots reportedly began when eight visitors and two guards were taken hostage over extreme overcrowding in the jail. A father has claimed his 25-year-old son was brutally murdered and eaten by inmates during a month-long riot at a Venezuelan prison.

October 17, 2016

USA : how to fix solitary confinement in American prisons

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Discipline United States

Hundreds of prisoners live in solitary confinement in Los Angeles County jails. On average, they spend at least one year in a cell the size of a wheelchair-accessible bathroom stall, leaving only a few times a week, one at a time, for showers or exercise. Meals arrive through a slot in the cell doo…

October 17, 2016

Panamá : construcción de nueva cárcel avanza en 83%

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Central America and the Caribbean Panama

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October 17, 2016

Guinée-Bissau : des détenus s'évadent

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Africa Guinea-Bissau

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October 15, 2016

Chine : les femmes d'avocats emprisonnés défient le régime communiste

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Women Asia Justice China

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October 15, 2016

Indignación en Brasil : menor fue enviada a una prisión masculina y violada por 26 días

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Violence Brazil

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October 14, 2016

USA : private prison industry fights Justice Department directive to end the use of contract facilities

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United States

The private prison industry is lobbying against a Justice Department directive to end the use of their facilities, encouraging legislators to question the policy change and legally protesting one significant contract reduction. The moves by the GEO Group and others demonstrate the practical and pol…

October 14, 2016

UK : the hidden mental health crisis in women’s prisons

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Women Health Mental health United Kingdom

From self-harming in groups to starvation and self-immolation, women are overwhelmingly more likely than men to hurt themselves while incarcerated. So why isn’t the prison system responding? Maria, 29, is a disability rights activist who uses a wheelchair. She also has borderline personality disord…

October 14, 2016

Colombia : los presos de las FARC que se manifiestan por la paz en la cárcel

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Colombia

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