Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

January 27, 2019

Spain: Castilla y León, en las cárceles de la región hay 3.200 presos menos que hace nueve años

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Europe Spain

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January 27, 2019

Spain: la cárcel como salida

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Europe Spain

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January 24, 2019

France: surveillants de prison, le risque d’un nouveau front social

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Europe France

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January 23, 2019

Belgium: surpopulation carcérale et nouvelles prisons, l'Etat va-t-il droit dans le mur?

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Europe Overcrowding Belgium

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January 20, 2019

Spain: los funcionarios de prisiones demandan más recursos

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Europe Spain

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January 17, 2019

France: grand débat national, les détenus pourront-ils participer aux discussions ?

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Europe France

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January 17, 2019

France: justice pour mineurs, quand le gouvernement court-circuite le Parlement

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Europe France

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January 17, 2019

Norway: punir autrement [video]

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Europe Norway

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January 17, 2019

France: Bonneville, l’administration « désencombre » la prison au prix des liens familiaux et de la réinsertion

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Europe Social ties France

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January 16, 2019

Belgium: la place des psychotiques en prison au coeur des débats

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Europe Belgium

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January 16, 2019

United Kingdom: wales has highest incarceration rate in western Europe – study

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Europe United Kingdom

Prison population in 2017 was 154 per 100,000 in Wales, compared with 141 in England.

January 14, 2019

Iceland: no prison psychiatrist in five years

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Europe Mental health Iceland

There hasn’t been a psychiatrist working in Icelandic prisons for more than five years, despite that fact that prisoners are guaranteed mental health services by law, RÚV reports. Three individuals incarcerated in Icelandic prisons have committed suicide in the last two years, a fact that is being…

January 13, 2019

United Kingdom: inmates in Scottish prisons ‘packed like sardines’

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Europe United Kingdom

The majority of Scotland’s prisons were at or beyond their maximum capacity last month, figures show.

January 13, 2019

Spain: humanizar las cárceles

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Europe Spain

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January 13, 2019

Spain: un 67%, a favor de la prisión permanente revisable, incluida la mayoría de votantes de Podemos

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Europe Spain

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January 12, 2019

United Kingdom: se acabaron los barrotes en las cárceles de Inglaterra y Gales

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Europe United Kingdom

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January 12, 2019

Spain: las cárceles tienen a 2.761 presos por delitos sexuales, solo el 8,5% sigue programas de rehabilitación

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Europe Spain

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January 12, 2019

United Kingdom: prison sentences, charities and probation staff union welcome proposals

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Europe United Kingdom

Ministers are being warned that a proposal to scrap prison sentences of six months or less will only work if there is more investment in the probation services.

January 11, 2019

France: l'administration pourra surveiller les gardiens de prison

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Europe France

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January 9, 2019

France: prison, quel sens pour les longues peines ? [audio]

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Europe Long-term prisoners France

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January 8, 2019

France: dans les coulisses de la "start-up" du renseignement pénitentiaire

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Europe France

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January 8, 2019

France: prisonniers, au pied de la lettre

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Europe Social ties France

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January 8, 2019

United Kingdom: prison praised for installing photobooth for inmates and visitors

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Europe Social ties United Kingdom

Families can use booth to take group shots as part of effort to improve visits for children.

January 7, 2019

United Kingdom: Chelmsford prison, assaults on prison staff double

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Europe United Kingdom

Assaults on staff have doubled at a prison that has seen five deaths over the past year, a report has revealed.