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August 30, 2016

Ukraine : la torture dans les prisons secrètes

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Europe Torture Ukraine

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August 26, 2016

Haïti : une prison de haute sécurité et standardisée inaugurée à Fort-Liberté

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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August 23, 2016

USA : Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons

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The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government.

August 23, 2016

UK : imprisoned muslim extremists will be segregated from general population

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Muslim extremists held in U.K. jails will be segregated from fellow inmates, the British government said Monday, a move designed to stem the growing problem of radicalization behind bars.

August 23, 2016

USA : private prison companies are embracing alternatives to incarceration

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United States

Last Thursday, private prison stocks dropped like a rock when the Department of Justice announced that it would be phasing out its use of for-profit detention facilities. If you were an investor who had no ethical qualms about profiting from an industry that’s been accused of perpetrating a number…

August 22, 2016

Grande-Bretagne : lutte contre l’islamisme radical en prison

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Religion United Kingdom

Le gouvernement britannique va dévoiler, lundi 22 août, un plan contre l’islamisme radical en prison, prévoyant notamment d’isoler les détenus les plus dangereux et d’interdire à ceux qui encouragent des croyances contraires aux “valeurs britanniques fondamentales” de participer aux prières.

August 22, 2016

Australia : not everyone's an artist, but all prisoners would benefit from practising art

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Oceania Australia

Do we want our prisons to produce people who learn from their mistakes and who have bettered themselves, or people further damaged by punishment? The practice of art and the notion of restorative justice and therapeutic jurisprudence in attending to the offending behaviour of convicted criminals is…

August 21, 2016

Guatemala : Una jungla tras las rejas de Guatemala

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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August 20, 2016

Colombia : Sorry, we can't let you go on honeymoon! Amazing pictures show 17 prisoners of a tough Colombian jail get hitched in mass wedding behind bars

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South America Colombia

A notorious high-security prison in Colombia allowed 17 of its inmates to get married yesterday to their long-term girlfriends. The mass ceremony at the Carcel Villa Hermosa prison in Cali, Colombia saw the happy couples sign up to spend the rest of their lives together, once their husbands have co…

August 20, 2016

Colombie : noce collective dans une prison

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South America Colombia

La prison colombienne de Villahermosa a servi vendredi à la fois d’église et de salle des fêtes pour le mariage collectif de 17 détenus qui, en dépit d’être derrière les barreaux, ont décidé de s’unir à leurs fiancées.

August 19, 2016

Ukraine: veto on amnesty

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Europe Ukraine

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko vetoed the law “On amnesty in 2016”. This as an expected decision – even at the early stages, there were rumors at Bankova Street that the Ukrainian leader will go for such step: the bill was drafted very poorly.

August 18, 2016

Iran: Qarchak prison, women attempt self-harm due to horrid conditions

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Women Middle East Material conditions Suicide Iran

Around 200 female prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison near Tehran detailed the horrid conditions of the prison in a letter to Tehran’s Director-General of Prisons.

August 18, 2016

États-Unis : le ministère de la Justice ne veut plus recourir aux prisons privées

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United States

Le ministère américain de la justice a annoncé, vendredi 18 août, vouloir mettre fin au recours par l’Etat fédéral aux prisons privées. Cette décision se traduira par le non-renouvellement des contrats arrivant à leur terme signés avec des entreprises gérant des prisons.

August 17, 2016

Guinée : quand la détention provisoire devient permanente

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Africa Pre-trial detention Justice Guinea

Un rapport exclusif obtenu par Jeune Afrique montre comment, en Guinée, des détenus restent en prison de nombreuses années sans aucun jugement. La faute aux multiples carences de la justice guinéenne.

August 16, 2016

Exclusive: Singapore wants a prison without guards

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Asia Singapore

“We envisage a future where we can run a prison without guards,” says Soh Wai Wah, Singapore’s Commissioner of Prisons. His vision is intentionally “provocative”, he tells GovInsider: he wants to show the potential of technology, but doesn’t plan to cut staffing. Instead, prison officers will chang…

August 16, 2016

Sierra Leone : prison reforms bring no relief

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Africa Sierra Leone

Recent reforms to Sierra Leone’s prison system have failed to bring much meaningful improvement, according to an IWPR investigation. Official figures show that the current inmate population stands nationally at 3,184, even though the system only has capacity for 1,785.

August 10, 2016

Prisoners' Justice Day: the unwritten holiday of Canadian inmates

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Canada

Abhorring their shitty treatment in Canadian jails, prisoners in the 70s protested for change on August 10. I wouldn’t know what that actually meant until I spent my first summer in jail.

August 3, 2016

Life inside the Philippines' most overcrowded jail

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Asia Overcrowding Philippines

In an unassuming Quezon City neighborhood, across from a municipal library and around the corner from a police station stands the local jail.

August 3, 2016

Vietnam : a proposal to allow reformed prisoners to re-unite with their families

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Asia Vietnam

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Ngọc Bằng, director general of the Department of Criminal Verdict Implementation and Legal Aid, spoke to the newspaper Tuổi trẻ (Youth) about a proposal to allow reformed prisoners to re-unite with their families while serving their sentence.

August 3, 2016

Israël : l'âge minimum de détention pour terrorisme abaissé à 12 ans

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Minors Middle East Justice Israel

Le Parlement israélien a abaissé de 14 à 12 ans l’âge minimal pour être jugé et condamné à un emprisonnement pour les actes terroristes, face à une série d’attentats commis par de très jeunes Palestiniens.

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.

August 1, 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : 20 ans de prison ferme pour avoir volé un cabri

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Africa Justice Côte d’Ivoire

Le tribunal de Dimbokro, au centre de la Côte d’Ivoire, a condamné à 20 ans de prison ferme un individu pour avoir volé un cabri, a-t-on appris lundi de source judiciaire. Le 19 juillet, Arnaud N’Guessan Bosson et deux complices ont pénétré dans la nuit dans une ferme du village d’Abigui, dans la r…

August 1, 2016

USA : female inmate brought to court with no pants

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Material conditions United States

In Kentucky, a judge was outraged after a female inmate was brought into her courtroom without pants on, having been denied access to female hygiene products for days. Advocates explain how our prison system is failing women. Appearing in a courtroom in only your underwear is more commonly the stuf…

July 31, 2016

Philippines : inhuman conditions inside Quezon City Jail, in Manila

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Asia Overcrowding Philippines

“Many go crazy”, said Mario Dimaculangan, the jail’s longest serving inmate. Harrowing photos have emerged showing the inhuman conditions inside prison in the Philippines. The facility, Quezon City Jail, in Manila, is home to 3,800 inmates – nearly five times more people than it was designed for. P…