Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 21, 2022

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Poland

News

Europe Justice Material conditions Facilities Poland

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Poland from 21 March to 1 April 2022. It was the Committee’s seventh periodic visit to this country.

March 24, 2022

New Zealand: Public-private partnership prison to experience same problems when taken over by government

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Oceania Facilities New Zealand

PARLIAMENTARIANS heard that the two public-private partnerships (PPP) prisons would be subjected to the same condition experienced at other prisons when the Department of Correctional Services takes them over in a few years.

February 11, 2022

España : Instituciones Penitenciarias quiere trasladar 200 presos de la península a Ceuta

News

Europe Facilities Spain

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January 6, 2022

“Hearing the sounds of the city”

Interview

Facilities Alternatives Rehabilitation Work France

Detention villages, open prisons, small prisons: what is there to say? We asked geographer Olivier Milhaud three questions. For him, large prisons built outside of cities are “a disaster”.

December 23, 2021

Burundi : l’incendie d’une prison fait 38 morts et 69 blessés parmi les détenus

News

Africa Facilities Overcrowding Burundi

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

December 23, 2021

Netherlands: Why the Dutch are closing prisons – and what they’re doing with empty ones

News

Culture Europe Facilities Netherlands

The Netherlands has reduced its prison population to such a degree that it’s now turning old prisons into socially useful buildings, such as schools and refugee centres. What went right?

December 17, 2021

Park closed

Analysis

Facilities Alternatives France

“Quiet, we’re closed “ Marc Uhry thinks about the shrinking of freedom. Free rein on city, prison and confinement.

December 17, 2021

France: Is prison a business like any other?

Interview

Material conditions Facilities Alternatives Work France

Does having a prison in a region represent a money-making venture? Does it generate jobs? Does it increase the total amount of funds granted to a municipality? The point of view of Isabelle Leroux.

December 10, 2021

Prison & the City

Thematic paper

Material conditions Facilities Social ties Alternatives Rehabilitation

Hidden prison, modern prison, dilapidated prison, “open” prison: wall to wall, Prison Insider investigated the links between city and prison. In partnership with Rescaled, we gave a number of different people a space to share their point of view.

December 7, 2021

Model Prisons, an “unmitigated disaster”?

Interview

Facilities Alternatives

Is there such a thing as an ideal prison? Reforms seem to follow one another without undermining the concept of what Grégory Salle calls the “model prison”. Is the prison a success that persists?

November 9, 2021

Égypte : Le régime de Sissi, si fier de sa jolie nouvelle prison géante

News

Africa Facilities Egypt

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October 29, 2021

Roland: “Great. This again.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities Rehabilitation France

Roland was imprisoned for a total of 28 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Emilio: “You can still go out.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Emilio was imprisoned for 15 months. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Clément: “My door wasn’t locked from the outside.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Clément was imprisoned for 11 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Stéphane: “I learned to live alone.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Stéphane was imprisoned for 9 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Éric: “It was nothing like imprisonment.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Éric was imprisoned for 19 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 29, 2021

Thierry: “I was never alone in prison.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Thiérry was imprisoned for 10 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.

October 28, 2021

España: Finalizan las obras de rehabilitación de la Cárcel Vieja de Murcia

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Europe Facilities Spain

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October 13, 2021

Lithuania: converting prison into migrant reception centre

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Europe Facilities Lithuania

With only a few weeks’ notice, the Lithuanian border guard service has turned a large prison in the southwest of the country into the country’s biggest migrant centre.

September 15, 2021

Colombia: cárcel de Bouwer, adjudicaron obra de ampliación en $ 563 millones

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South America Facilities Colombia

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September 10, 2021

Indonésie : l’enfer du feu dans une prison

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Asia Drugs Material conditions Facilities Indonesia

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

July 27, 2021

República Dominicana: prisiones afirma recintos están abiertos para supervisión de legisladores

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Facilities Dominican Republic

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July 1, 2021

España: la Comunitat tendrá el mayor psiquiátrico penitenciario de España, con 500 internos

News

Europe Mental health Material conditions Facilities Spain

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June 22, 2021

Africa: informal governance and healthcare access in prison

Analysis Opinion

Africa Discipline Health Mental health Material conditions Facilities Overcrowding

ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Carole Berrih, a lawyer specialising in public law, focuses on the role of prisoners in the maintenance of order in N…