Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 26, 2020

France: à la prison de Rennes, être détenu et boursier, c'est possible !

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Europe Activities France

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March 25, 2020

France: a prison without bars?

Interview

Europe Long-term prisoners Facilities Work France

Casabianda is currently the only prison without bars on French soil. Guillaume Massart filmed a documentary La liberté (In the Open).

March 19, 2020

France: pandémie et prisons, les instructions de l’administration pénitentiaire

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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March 19, 2020

France: les prisons coupées du monde, les détenus privés de parloirs

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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March 18, 2020

France: en prison, gérer le coronavirus à huis clos

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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March 18, 2020

Ireland: talks underway to reduce number of people in prison in a 'controlled manner'

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Coronavirus Europe Health Ireland

Concerns had already been raised about how the Irish Prison Service would cope with Covid-19.

March 18, 2020

Belgium: les visites en prison suspendues jusqu’au 3 avril en raison du coronavirus

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Coronavirus Europe Health Belgium

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March 18, 2020

UK: Coronavirus (COVID-19) prison preparedness

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Coronavirus Europe Health United Kingdom

Minister of State Lucy Frazer QC MP has made a statement on preparedness to deal with coronavirus (COVID-19) in prisons.

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March 18, 2020

Coronavirus: Prison Fever

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Africa Coronavirus North America Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention South America Asia Europe Middle East Health Material conditions Protest Activities

What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 31/12/2020

March 17, 2020

Italy : Antigone calls for solution

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Coronavirus Europe Health Italy

The last weeks have been devastating for prisoners in Italy. The overcrowded Italian prison system found itself unprepared for the sanitary situation caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. Antigone is an Italian human rights NGO focusing on the penal and penitentiary systems. They monitored the situat…

March 12, 2020

France: reintegration is everyone’s business

Analysis Interview

Europe Justice Overcrowding Alternatives Rehabilitation France

With more and more prisoners and a substantial recidivism rate, prison does not succeed in protecting society. Although reintegration is one of the missions of the prison administration, it is not considered to be of vital importance. Why?

March 12, 2020

Women in prison: a "tough place"

Interview

Women Europe Health Mental health

Women and girls make up 7% of the global prison population, in various proportions. While they represent 3% in African countries, it goes up to 8 % in the Americas, and 6 % in Europe. The highest proportions are found in Hong Kong-China (21%), Laos (18%) or Qatar (15%).

March 12, 2020

Spain: justícia pondrá fin a las “zonas ciegas” en las cárceles catalanas

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Europe Justice Spain

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March 11, 2020

Spain: primer caso confirmado de COV-19 en un centro penitenciario

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Coronavirus Europe Health Spain

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March 11, 2020

Italy: revuelta en las cárceles italianas

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Coronavirus Europe Health Protest Violence Italy

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March 11, 2020

Italy: seven dead in Modena prison riot, 20 break out of Foggia

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Coronavirus Europe Health Protest Violence Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, March 9 - Seven people died as violent protests broke out Monday in 22 Italian prisons against coronavirus restrictions with many inmates asking for an amnesty due to the virus emergency.

March 11, 2020

UK: MoJ challenged to release details of child restraint in prisons

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Europe Minors United Kingdom

A children’s rights charity is challenging the refusal of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to release information showing the reasons why children in prison have suffered pain-inducing restraint, the Guardian has learned.

March 11, 2020

France: coronavirus : les prisons inquiètes face à l'épidémie

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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March 11, 2020

France: aux élections municipales, les détenus ne pourront pas voter en prison

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Europe Access to legal rights Activities Rehabilitation France

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March 11, 2020

France: le Sénat veut renforcer la surveillance des djihadistes à leur sortie de prison

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Europe Justice France

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March 11, 2020

Spain: machismo en el sistema penitenciario y la triple condena que sufren las mujeres en las cárceles españolas

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Women Europe Spain

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March 9, 2020

UK: 'our prison deradicalisation programmes aren't working'

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Europe Discipline Justice Religion United Kingdom

The British prison system currently deals with high-security terrorism convicts by sending them to dispersal prisons. These prisoners are distributed around six maximum security dispersal jails and are regularly moved from one to another. This is done to prevent them from establishing close relatio…

March 5, 2020

France: les détenus de la prison de Bois-d’Arcy lancent leur propre chaîne de télé

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Culture Europe Activities Rehabilitation France

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March 5, 2020

France: assesseurs extérieurs en prison

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Europe Justice France

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