Analysis
Coronavirus
North America
Access to legal rights
United States
Randall Jordan-Aparo, Darren Rainey and Latandra Ellington are not household names. But like Michael Brown, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, they were killed by law enforcement officers.
France: Inequality of life during an epidemic
Analysis
Opinion
Coronavirus
Women
Europe
Minors
Foreign prisoners
Health
Overcrowding
France
Those imprisoned or detained are in forced confinement, states Didier Fassin. He has published a forum on the Liberation website. He questions whether the “sense of responsibility and solidarity” advocated by Emmanuel Macron stops at the doors of prisons and overcrowded detention centres.
France: reintegration is everyone’s business
Analysis
Interview
Europe
Justice
Overcrowding
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
France
With more and more prisoners and a substantial recidivism rate, prison does not succeed in protecting society. Although reintegration is one of the missions of the prison administration, it is not considered to be of vital importance. Why?
Death penalty
Violence
20,000 inmates are currently subject, or condemned to the death penalty.
Human rights in the Argentine criminal system
Analysis
Report
South America
Access to legal rights
Argentina
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LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: ring the warning bell
Analysis
Report
LGBTQI
Access to legal rights
Justice
Gang rapes, harassment, inhumane treatment, insults: LGTBI people are victims of physical and verbal abuse. Imprisonment exposes them to more risks.
DRC: insufficient health care at Makala Prison
Analysis
Report
Africa
Health
Overcrowding
Congo - Kinshasa
“We are sick, but since there is no doctor to see us, we have no access to any medicine.”
Death penalty: global trends
Analysis
Report
Chile: overcrowded cells with no water and ill treatment
Analysis
Report
South America
Health
Overcrowding
Chile
Many prisons do not have running access to drinking water 24h/day, a dramatic situation in Chili.
Italy: a government plan for harsher prison conditions
Analysis
Opinion
Europe
Mental health
Italy
Only vendetta and no justice in the Five Star Movement - Lega’s governing contract for Italy
Venezuela : malnutrition and tuberculosis
Analysis
Report
Global prison trends 2018
Analysis
Report
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
Pre-trial detention
South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Overcrowding
Penal Reform International and the Thailand Institute of Justice co-published their 2018 annual report aiming to provide a global account on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment throughout the world.
An overlooked tragedy
Analysis
Europe
Suicide
Overcrowding
Violence
France
After Slovenia, our country has the highest rate of prison suicide in Europe. How can this be? There are numerous causes, but they can be examined by asking two questions: who is being punished? How are they being punished? The first one is a penal policy question; the second a prison policy one.
South America
Health
Torture
Violence
Uruguay
Prologue by Alvaro Garcé, first Parliamentary Commissioner for the Prison System
In Russia, the prisoners are dragged around
Analysis
Report
Asia
Europe
Overcrowding
Torture
Violence
Russia
6,000 km, silenced journey, utmost opacity.
#VotoPreso - A party where prisoners are not invited
Analysis
Opinion
South America
Access to legal rights
Justice
Chile
Chileans are preparing to vote for the second round of the 2017 presidential elections this coming December 17. Country with one of the highest incarceration rates in Latin America, the vote of its prison population can weigh heavily in an election that is likely to be tight.
Alarming prison conditions of political prisoners in Morocco
Analysis
Report
Africa
Health
Violence
Morocco
Sahrawi prisoners’ health put at risk