Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

November 9, 2021

Égypte : Le régime de Sissi, si fier de sa jolie nouvelle prison géante

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Africa Facilities Egypt

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November 8, 2021

Burkina Faso : “Des bombes à retardement“ : d’anciens détenus relâchés sans aucun suivi

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Africa Violence Burkina Faso

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October 29, 2021

Roland: “Great. This again.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities Rehabilitation France

Roland was imprisoned for a total of 28 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Emilio: “You can still go out.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Emilio was imprisoned for 15 months. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Clément: “My door wasn’t locked from the outside.”

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Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Clément was imprisoned for 11 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Stéphane: “I learned to live alone.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Stéphane was imprisoned for 9 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Éric: “It was nothing like imprisonment.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Éric was imprisoned for 19 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Thierry: “I was never alone in prison.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Thiérry was imprisoned for 10 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 28, 2021

España: Navarra implantará en la cárcel de Pamplona programas sobre salud mental e igualdad de género

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Women Europe Mental health Spain

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October 28, 2021

España: Finalizan las obras de rehabilitación de la Cárcel Vieja de Murcia

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Europe Facilities Spain

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October 26, 2021

Myanmar: 120 political prisoners released from Dawei Prison

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Asia Justice Myanmar (Burma)

A member of the Dawei District Strike Committee told Mizzima that about 120 detainees arrested by the military council, including Ko Kyaw Htwe, Dawei District Strike Committee member, have been released from Dawei Prison.

October 26, 2021

Nigeria : 800 détenus s’évadent après une attaque dans une prison

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Africa Nigeria

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

October 26, 2021

Ghana : un projet de loi menace de prison les homosexuels

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Africa LGBTQI Justice Ghana

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October 26, 2021

Morocco: 'De-radicalisation' offers prisoners route to freedom

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Africa Morocco

Saleh has been languishing in Moroccan jails for 19 years on terrorism charges, but he hopes to be freed soon thanks to a de-radicalisation programme.

October 26, 2021

Malaysia : Single mother with nine children sentenced to death for meth possession

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Women Asia Drugs Death penalty Malaysia

Incident has ignited fierce debate on women’s rights and capital punishment in Malaysia.

October 25, 2021

Mexique : La criminalisation des manifestations autochtones

News

North America Discipline Protest Mexico

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October 25, 2021

Rejection of LGBTQI+ people in Burkina Faso

Testimonial

Africa Pre-trial detention LGBTQI Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Burkina Faso

Karel tells us about detention conditions in Ouagadougou’s central police station and the treatment of incarcerated LGBTQI+ individuals.

October 18, 2021

France: for moral sociology in prison

Interview

Europe Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Rehabilitation France

How can we consider prison critique? What tools can be used to adapt the role of prisons and the meaning of sentences? Is there hope for a successful outcome?

October 15, 2021

Europe: questioning the use of pre-trial detention

Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Europe Justice

Laure Baudrihaye-Gérard, European legal director of Fair Trials, and Diana Riba i Giner MEP (Greens/EFA), discuss the potential normalisation of digital hearings in the wake of the pandemic, and the over-use of pre-trial detention.

October 15, 2021

Latin America: pre-trial detention and access to justice

Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention South America Women Access to legal rights Justice

A discussion about rights under threat and the consequences for women, people of colour, and marginalised groups, with Isabel Roby, legal and policy officer, Fair Trials (Latin America) and Hugo Leonardo, president of the Brazilian defence lawyers’ network.

October 15, 2021

South Africa: criminalizing poverty and homelessness

Africa Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions South Africa

Derrick Thulani Ndlovu discusses South Africa’s justice system and prison conditions with Danielle Louw, of Ndifuna Ukwazi (‘Dare to know’), a social justice activism group based in Cape Town.

October 15, 2021

Solitary confinement, COVID-19 and mental health impacts

Coronavirus Discipline Health Mental health

Dr Sharon Shalev, an international expert on the use and consequences of solitary confinement and Nuno Pontes, an expert on incarceration and related human rights issues, discuss the solitary confinement and its mental health impacts.

October 15, 2021

Brazil: the impact of COVID-19 on family links and prison monitoring

Coronavirus South America Mental health Social ties Brazil

Realities on the ground are discussed by Rafael Godoi, a sociologist and researcher at Rio’s Universidade Federal (UFRJ), and Alessandra Félix, an activist from Brazil’s north-eastern state of Ceará.

October 15, 2021

The use of imprisonment around the world

Analysis Thematic paper

Justice

The Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research led a comparative research and policy project to understand the causes and consequences of over-incarceration worldwide. They partnered with Prison Insider to shed light on aspects of prisoners’ experience before and during the COVID-19.