Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 2, 2019

France: Villefranche-sur-Saône, un détenu de 18 ans se suicide dans sa cellule

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Europe Suicide France

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February 2, 2019

Spain: funcionarios de prisiones alertan de la captación de yihadistas en las cárceles y piden formación

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Europe Spain

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February 1, 2019

France: surveillants de prison, un week-end de mobilisations

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Europe France

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February 1, 2019

France: trouver un logement quand on sort de prison, "personne ne peut se porter garant"

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Europe France

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January 31, 2019

France: a scenario written in advance

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Europe Long-term prisoners Rehabilitation France

Roland spent 15 years in prison. He looks back on his journey for Prison Insider

January 31, 2019

France: on parole, but still in prison

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Europe Rehabilitation France

Mickaël is serving his sentence as a parolee in Douai. He and six fellow inmates discuss their impressions and feelings.

January 31, 2019

Switzerland: Étrangers dans les prisons, pourquoi ils sont si nombreux

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Europe Switzerland

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January 31, 2019

France: grève à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Protest France

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January 28, 2019

France: la prison, rite initiatique du parcours délinquant

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Europe France

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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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