Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 14, 2020

Belgium: "les prisons sont au bord de l’explosion, on risque le drame"

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Health Drugs Violence Social ties Belgium

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March 26, 2020

Spain: el síndrome de abstinencia agita las cárceles

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Coronavirus Europe Health Drugs Spain

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March 26, 2020

Spain: la situación en las cárceles de Sevilla sin vis a vis y menos drogas

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Coronavirus Europe Health Drugs Spain

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February 27, 2020

UK: psychoactive drugs linked to 95% of jail's ambulance callouts

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Europe Health Drugs United Kingdom

Paramedics were called 200 times in six months to a prison in West Yorkshire to deal with medical incidents linked to drugs like spice, an inspection has revealed.

November 28, 2019

United States of America: cheese on a trap

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North America Long-term prisoners Justice Drugs United States

Qwantay will be released in 2034. Prison Insider asked him what his first day in prison was like. This is what he told us.

November 19, 2019

Indonésia: dans la prison de Serge Atlaoui, condamné à mort

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Asia Drugs Death penalty Violence Indonesia

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August 19, 2019

Spain: se duplican las muertes por consumo de drogas en las cárceles

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Europe Drugs Violence Spain

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July 30, 2019

Brazil: "les prisons sont devenues stratégiques pour l’organisation du trafic de drogues"

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South America Drugs Brazil

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July 22, 2019

Philippines: 'Worse than prison': Abuses in Philippine youth homes

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Asia Minors Drugs Violence Philippines

Officially called “Houses of Hope”, proponents in the Philippines say such facilities are places for reformation and education, but critics slam many of them as “hellholes” where children are treated like caged animals.

June 17, 2019

10 dead in Paraguay prison riot

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South America Drugs Violence Paraguay

At least 10 people died during a riot in the San Pedro prison here on Sunday, with five of them having been beheaded, state media has reported. Paraguayan newspaper reported that four people died due to sustaining burns since a long time, while one more died later in a hospital, after quoting prose…

June 9, 2019

Canada: un premier centre d'injection supervisée dans une prison canadienne

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North America Drugs Canada

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May 24, 2019

Brazil: la Fashion Week entre en prison à Sao Paulo

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South America Drugs Activities Rehabilitation Brazil

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March 9, 2019

UK: des prisons testent la reconnaissance faciale et oculaire

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Europe Drugs United Kingdom

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March 1, 2019

New Zealand: prison drugs, contraband vary in South

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Oceania Drugs New Zealand

The latest figures for prison contraband and drug testing have revealed a mixed picture in the South.

January 7, 2019

Canada: prison drug scans for visitors potentially unreliable and keeping families apart, researcher says

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North America Drugs Social ties Canada

Ion scanners cause stress for families of prisoners, research shows.

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 14, 2018

Australia: Queensland prison guards giving inmates drugs and weapons, damning report finds

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Oceania Drugs Australia

Watchdog says systems meant to detect and deal with corruption are not working. A damning new report shows corruption is alive and well in Queensland’s prison system, with guards hooking up with inmates and supplying them with booze, drugs and even weapons.

November 19, 2018

Spain: la mayor parte de las muertes en las cárceles gallegas, vinculadas a las drogas y a los suicidios

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Europe Drugs Suicide Violence Spain

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November 4, 2018

United Kingdom: A la prison de Birmingham, la faillite d’une gestion privée

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Europe Drugs Material conditions Facilities Violence United Kingdom

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October 30, 2018

Canada: drugs in jails, ministry says it doesn't keep track of overdoses and naloxone use

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North America Drugs Canada

Ontario’s corrections ministry says it does not track the number of opioid overdoses in its jails, even though prisoners have died and staff are routinely treating inmates for overdoses.

October 9, 2018

UK: Exeter prison condemned by inspectors for violence and drug use

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Drugs Violence United Kingdom

Scathing report comes as Prison Governors Association accuses government underfunding of contributing to jail safety crisis.

August 7, 2018

Inglaterra: los presos zombies, la terrible droga Spice y abusos de todo tipo en las cárceles

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Drugs United Kingdom

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May 25, 2018

France : maladies, drogue et malnutrition, comment les conditions se dégradent dans les camps de réfugiés à Paris

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Europe Drugs Material conditions France

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April 23, 2018

USA: 1 dead and 11 treated for overdoses at Northern California prison

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Drugs United States

Suspected drug overdoses at a Northern California prison over the weekend left one inmate dead and sent 11 others for treatment, authorities said Monday.