Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

January 7, 2019

Russia: prison guards suffer from 'moral fatigue,' officials says

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Asia Europe Russia

Amid a continuing debate about the dire conditions in Russian prisons and repeated cases of torture there, a top official from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) says its workers are suffering from “moral fatigue” as a result of low wages and daily contacts with inmates who sometimes atta…

January 7, 2019

France: la nouvelle prison de la Santé accueille ses premiers détenus

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Europe Health France

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January 5, 2019

France: après quatre ans de travaux, la prison mythique de la Santé rouvre

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Europe Health France

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January 4, 2019

United Kingdom: how lessons in Scandinavian design could help prisons with rehabilitation

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Europe United Kingdom

For many people who end up in prison, efforts at rehabilitation are hampered by historic, pervasive and deeply embedded social inequalities. The bloated prison system in England and Wales has become a dangerous place with little hope of rehabilitating offenders.

January 4, 2019

Spain: los trabajadores de las cárceles de Ciudad Real alertan sobre sus "peligrosas condiciones laborales"

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Europe Spain

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January 2, 2019

Belgium: plus de 10.300 détenus annoncés avant le Nouvel an

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Europe Belgium

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January 2, 2019

France: Valence, un surveillant brûlé par un détenu avec de l'huile bouillante

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Europe France

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January 1, 2019

Belgium: un détenu de la prison de Namur s’est évadé

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Europe France

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December 30, 2018

France: un détenu s’évade de la prison de Fresnes

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Europe France

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December 30, 2018

Spain: piden que empresas de telefonía bloqueen celulares en la cárcel

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Europe Spain

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December 26, 2018

France : un nouveau terrible record

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Europe France

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December 26, 2018

Italy: un projet pilote pour prévenir la radicalisation des femmes en prison

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Women Europe Religion Italy

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December 24, 2018

Russia: le directeur d'une prison suspendu après des cas de travaux forcés

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Asia Europe Russia

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December 24, 2018

UK: the harsh reality of being released from prison after more than a decade behind bars

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Europe United Kingdom

The prisoner served more than 10 years behind bars and was then faced with re-building her life.

December 24, 2018

Belgium: les détenus pourront bientôt téléphoner pour des prix moins élevés

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Europe Social ties Belgium

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December 24, 2018

United Kingdom: campaigners call for landline phones in prison cells

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Europe Social ties United Kingdom

There are calls for landline phones to be installed in prison cells in Scotland to help keep families connected.

December 23, 2018

UK: Prisons ban Christmas cards with glitter due to drugs epidemic in jails

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Europe Drugs United Kingdom

Measure in England and Wales aims to combat problem of post being sprayed with drugs.

December 20, 2018

Ukraine: little has changed

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Europe Ukraine

Sergiy was incarcerated during four years between 2001 and 2005 in the prison of Cherkasy.For Prison Insider, he describes how a day used to be like for him.

December 20, 2018

Prisons

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Europe Material conditions Overcrowding France

From 2011 to 2014, Grégoire Korganow went inside some 20 corrections facilities and photographed everything he saw: inside the cells, courtyard, visitation booths, showers, solitary confinement block, and more, by day and by night.

December 19, 2018

Spain: una huelga encubierta de funcionarios de prisiones pone al límite 15 cárceles

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Europe Spain

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December 17, 2018

France: lutter contre le danger de la radicalisation en prison [video]

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Europe Discipline Religion France

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December 17, 2018

Finland: on a visité une "prison ouverte"

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Europe Facilities Finland

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December 17, 2018

Russia: notorious 19th-century Moscow prison will be closed

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Asia Europe Russia

Russian prison officials have announced plans to close the infamous Butyrka prison in central Moscow and relocate its inmates to the city’s outskirts.

December 17, 2018

Ireland: vulnerable woman repeatedly assaulted upon leaving prison

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Europe Ireland

A vulnerable woman was repeatedly sexually assaulted after being released from a Belfast prison 13 times, a report has said.