Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 13, 2020

France: "on a enfin le temps de faire du bon boulot"

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Europe Overcrowding Activities Work France

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May 13, 2020

France: dans les prisons aussi, le droit à la santé doit être garanti

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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May 13, 2020

Swiss: proportion la plus faible d'étrangers en prison depuis 15 ans

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Women Europe Foreign prisoners Switzerland

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May 13, 2020

France: déconfinement, une galère pour l'administration pénitentiaire

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Coronavirus Europe Health Social ties France

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May 13, 2020

France: désengorgement des prisons, " beaucoup de détenus ne sont pas prêts"

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Coronavirus Europe Health Overcrowding France

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May 11, 2020

Italy: government looks to reverse flood of mafiosi leaving jail over coronavirus

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Coronavirus Europe Health Italy

ROME (Reuters) - Elderly mobsters recently let out of jail over fears they might catch the new coronavirus in Italy’s overcrowded prisons may soon be put back behind bars, Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede said on Wednesday following an outcry. Some 376 mafiosi and drug dealers have been allowed to…

May 6, 2020

Argentina: la polémique enfle autour de la sortie de prison de détenus

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Argentina

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May 6, 2020

France: face à la menace sanitaire en prison, il faut une loi d'amnistie

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Coronavirus Europe Justice France

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May 6, 2020

UK: le système pénitentiaire traverse une grave crise, selon le Comité européen anti-torture

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Europe Overcrowding Violence United Kingdom

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May 6, 2020

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

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Coronavirus Europe Health Social ties France

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May 5, 2020

Türkiye: a life in isolation

Interview

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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Coronavirus Europe Health Estonia

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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Coronavirus Europe Health Overcrowding France

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May 4, 2020

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

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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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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Coronavirus Europe Health Social ties France

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May 4, 2020

France: vers un monde (presque) sans prison ?

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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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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Coronavirus Europe Health Work Spain

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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.