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May 1, 2018

France : "Revenants, la prison de Clairvaux entre ombres et lumières

News

Culture Europe France

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April 24, 2018

USA: the première of “O.G.,” the film made inside an Indiana Prison

News

Culture United States

The film “O.G.,” set and shot in a prison in Indiana, using inmates and guards as cast and crew, had its première on Friday night, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival

March 22, 2018

USA: go inside Iowa’s oldest prison this April

News

Culture United States

Tickets are now on sale for the public to tour the historic Iowa State Penitentiary over the weekend of April 14-15.

March 11, 2018

España: libertad creativa en la cárcel

News

Culture Spain

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March 8, 2018

About the things we keep

Insights

Culture

Torments of a life behind bars - prose poem (Colombia)

November 27, 2017

Etats-Unis : voici les œuvres d'art des détenus de Guantánamo, dont ils sont maintenant privés

News

Culture United States

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November 16, 2017

France: Raymond Depardon’s best photograph - a prisoner jogging in endless circles

News

Culture Europe France

“He had requested to stay in solitary confinement. The netting up above is there to stop escapes by helicopter”

October 18, 2017

Cinema in prison

Portfolio

Africa Culture Tunisia

Four Tunisian prisons host screenings at a film festival. Augustin Le Gall, a photojournalist, brings back a sample of the wind of freedom that blew into Borj Erroumi prison.

August 2, 2017

Radio and prison

Investigations

Culture Europe Activities Social ties

They get life on the outside to come inside – radio broadcasts for and by detainees and their families. The fundamentals are often the same: anybody can call in to relay a message to a brother, a daughter, a friend in prison, or simply to express support. So, through the walls pass words of hope, o…

July 3, 2017

Le Voyage à Nantes met les artistes en prison

News

Culture France

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June 19, 2017

Map with a view

Insights

Culture Facilities

Laure Tixier presents a series of black abstract shapes, a collection of plans of prisons from all over the world

May 22, 2017

United States: a wrongfully incarcerated artist discusses prison at the Brooklyn Public Library

News

Culture North America United States

From May 23 to 25, Sherrill Roland will be on-site, hoping to facilitate more open dialogues about the US criminal justice system.

May 19, 2017

France : la culture en prison contre la récidive

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Culture Europe France

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April 6, 2017

Slam // Prison Insider Ft. Cocteau mot lotov

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Culture

April 2, 2017

USA: no license plates here, using art to transcend prison walls

News

Culture United States

More than most artists, the men who gather twice a week for mural class in the B Facility are accustomed to darkness. But the scene they are creating — a tropical rain forest — requires color and light, elements in short supply at Salinas Valley State Prison. “I don’t have much of a legacy,” Jeffre…

March 5, 2017

France : après la prison en Syrie, elles témoignent sur scène au Vigan

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Culture Europe Middle East France

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March 5, 2017

France : En prison, le jazzman Vincent Courtois libère les démons

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Culture Europe France

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February 21, 2017

De sas en sas : une journée particulière en prison

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Culture France

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January 28, 2017

Inside tracks: life at the UK’s prison radio station

News

Culture United Kingdom

Every week, more than 75% of prisoners tune in to National Prison Radio. We meet the team at Brixton and Styal prisons and learn just how important the station is to this most captive of audiences

January 23, 2017

Sierra Leone: a library for Pademba Road Prison

News

Africa Culture Sierra Leone

Well, it has taken 7 years, but today I am happy to say that I have finally delivered on the promises I made so rashly back in 2010.

January 23, 2017

Prison La Santé

Insights

Culture Health

January 8, 2017

Maroc : la prison de Qara de Meknès, un lieu chargé de légendes

News

Africa Culture Morocco

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December 27, 2016

“3000 nuits” de Mai Masri : femmes en résistance dans les prisons israëliennes

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Culture Women Middle East Israel

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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.