Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

October 14, 2021

France: seen in the press / 2021

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Europe France

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

October 14, 2021

Uruguay: Secuestro, torturas y abusos sexuales: escándalo por el caso de un recluso que denunció las terribles vejaciones que padeció en una cárcel

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South America Torture Violence Uruguay

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October 14, 2021

Estados Unidos: Nueva York trasladará mujeres y transexuales de la peligrosa cárcel de Rikers

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North America Women LGBTQI United States

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October 14, 2021

Los 6 países de América Latina y el Caribe donde la cantidad de presos duplica, triplica y hasta cuadriplica la capacidad de las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean South America Overcrowding

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October 14, 2021

Canada: seen in the press / 2021

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North America Canada

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

October 14, 2021

Ecuador: Papa Francisco lamenta violencia en cárcel

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South America Violence Ecuador

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October 13, 2021

Ecuador: agony of brutal prison massacre endures for bereaved relatives

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South America Protest Violence Ecuador

At least 119 inmates died in a Guayaquil jail after local gangs’ links with Mexican cartels brought a new level of horror.

October 13, 2021

Lithuania: converting prison into migrant reception centre

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Europe Facilities Lithuania

With only a few weeks’ notice, the Lithuanian border guard service has turned a large prison in the southwest of the country into the country’s biggest migrant centre.

October 12, 2021

India: ‘Prison To Pride’, Yerwada Central Jail To Soon Launch Sports Training For Prisoners

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Asia Activities India

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has appointed expert coaches to train players from Yerwada Central Jail.

October 12, 2021

Congo kinshasa : Nord-Kivu, 17 détenus libérés de la prison centrale de Butembo

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Africa Overcrowding Congo - Kinshasa

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

October 12, 2021

Russie : un lanceur d’alerte dénonce un système de viols organisés en prison

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Europe Torture Violence Russia

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October 12, 2021

Venezuela: el desastre penitenciario de Venezuela

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South America Venezuela

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October 12, 2021

India: death rate up, jails to get ‘suicide watchers’

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Asia Suicide India

The Punjab Prisons is training a unique squad of “suicide watchers” as a study of suicides between 2017 and 2019 found that nearly 42 per cent of the victims died by suicide within a month of incarceration. Fifteen per cent could not last even 48 hours in jail.

October 11, 2021

Libye : des crimes contre l’humanité auraient été commis dans les prisons et contre des migrants

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Middle East Torture Violence Libya

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

October 11, 2021

A very disturbing situation

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Africa Europe Middle East Torture Violence

The torture and abuse of prisoners have become commonplace over the years. How did these excesses come about? A recently published report takes up this topic.

October 7, 2021

Global Prison Trends 2021

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Africa Coronavirus Women Asia Europe Minors Middle East Oceania Health Material conditions Overcrowding Death penalty

More than eleven million people are imprisoned around the world. Of this number, 70% are awaiting trial, a percentage that has been continuously increasing since 2000.

September 29, 2021

Ecuador: un enfrentamiento entre bandas rivales en una cárcel de Ecuador deja al menos 24 muertos

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South America Discipline Violence Ecuador

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September 29, 2021

Uruguay: escándalo por reo que denunció tortura y abuso sexual en cárcel de Montevideo

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South America Torture Violence Uruguay

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September 28, 2021

Venezuela: reo muere de tuberculosis en cárcel

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South America Health Material conditions Venezuela

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September 28, 2021

Iran: Two inmates found dead in Iranian prison south of Tehran

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Middle East Iran

Iranian prison authorities confirmed the deaths of two inmates within a week at a jail south of the capital and opened investigations into the circumstances.

September 28, 2021

In Brazil, loved ones may be far away but remain supportive

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South America Women Social ties Brazil

On visiting days, fewer people wait in front of women’s prisons than men’s prisons, but the female prisoners have not been abandoned. Two researchers answered our questions.

September 28, 2021

Malta: when it comes to prison, the statistics are very telling

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Europe Material conditions Overcrowding Malta

Statistics are very telling. In Malta the rate of recidivism (people who commit crimes upon release and end up in prison again) is at around 70 per cent, if not more.

September 27, 2021

Global prison crisis

Interview

Africa Coronavirus Crises Asia Europe Middle East Oceania Overcrowding

The world prison population is still increasing. How does the COVID-19 crisis differ from other ongoing or future crises? Are prison environments doomed to be in perpetual crisis?

September 27, 2021

Belgium: a parent in prison

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Europe Social ties Belgium

The Relais Enfants-Parents (REP) association works to maintain the relationship between a child and their imprisoned parent. How does this mediation take place? Does it allow for in-person visits? Interview.