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February 7, 2020

UK: Oakhill STC sees 27 staff investigated over abuse and neglect in last three years

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Europe Minors Violence United Kingdom

Police have investigated 27 members of staff at a single secure training centre (STC) in relation to allegations of abuse or neglect of young people held there in the past three years, it has emerged.

January 6, 2020

France: un ado dans la spirale de l’enfermement

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Europe Minors France

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

January 2, 2020

USA: youth confinement

News

North America Minors Discipline United States

On any given day, over 48,000 youth in the United States are confined in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile justice or criminal justice involvement. Most are held in restrictive, correctional-style facilities, and thousands are held without even having had a trial.

January 2, 2020

Jamaica: judges still tossing children "behind bars" for uncontrollable behaviour, years after efforts started to end practice

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Central America and the Caribbean Minors Jamaica

Human rights advocacy group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has raised concerns that the practice has re-emerged and provided The Sunday Gleaner with statistics which suggest that in 2018, some 413 children (211 males and 203 girls) appeared before court, not for committing an offence but for exhibitin…

December 20, 2019

Pāri mūriem

Portfolio

Europe Minors Activities Religion Latvia

Behind the walls of the juvenile detention centre of Cēsis, the prisoners are getting bored. Jérémie Jung leads photography workshops with 10 of them but is confronted with censorship by the prison administration.

December 18, 2019

France: mineurs non accompagnés en prison, les victimes d’un système

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Europe Minors France

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

December 18, 2019

Turkey: prison population increases by 14 percent in one year

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Europe Minors Justice Turkey

According to the “Prison Statistics 2018” of the TurkStat, prison population of Turkey has increased by 14 percent in one year. As of December 31, 2018, there were 264 thousand 842 people behind bars, the Institute has informed.

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.

July 10, 2017

The Dungeon

Portfolio

Africa Pre-trial detention Minors Material conditions Burundi

Children languishing in dark cells. They are victims of alleged arbitrary justice, and they spend years without seeing the inside of a courtroom.

June 13, 2017

Captured childhood

Portfolio

Africa Pre-trial detention Minors Madagascar

More than one million children are imprisoned throughout the world, according to UNICEF. In Madagascar, a large majority of them are yet to be judged. Pierre Duvert captures their everyday life.

May 18, 2017

Zambia's 'substandard prisons violate human rights'

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Pre-trial detention Minors Overcrowding Zambia

Chairman of Human Rights Commission says Zambian prisons do not meet international human rights standards

May 11, 2017

Australia: children held in Barwon prison were deprived of their human rights, court finds

News

Minors Oceania Mental health Australia

Children detained in an adult prison in Victoria were deprived of their human rights and faced risks to their mental health, a supreme court judge has found.

April 25, 2017

Breaking the circle

Portfolio

Minors Rehabilitation Sierra Leone

Minors released from prison have no access to reentry programs. Some go back to the streets and try to survive; others receive support from various organisations.

April 20, 2017

Waiting for justice

Portfolio

Africa Pre-trial detention Minors Justice Overcrowding Sierra Leone

Children are incarcerated illegally in the maximum security prison of Pademba, in Sierra Leone. Fernando Moleres shares with us the daily lives of the minors in the Prison of Freetown.

December 8, 2016

UK : Our prison restraint techniques can kill children.

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Europe Minors Discipline Torture United Kingdom

Tuesday the Ministry of Justice had been told that the restraint techniques it had approved for use on children in custody could kill them. A risk assessment carried out by an independent medical adviser concluded that 28 of the 66 sanctioned restraints had a 40% to 60% chance of resulting in injur…

November 20, 2016

Children in prison - not a minor problem.

Minors Activities

At least one million children are in prison around the world, according to UNICEF. The conditions of their detention are, for the most part, deplorable.

October 18, 2016

Rakoto and the dragon

Insights

Africa Culture Minors Madagascar

Minors incarcerated at Diego Suarez (Madagascar) collaborated with Judith Lesur to produce a short film. “Rakoto and the dragon” was warmly received by the prisoners, the association, prison staff and the wider public.

September 12, 2016

TEPSIS Papers

Analysis

Minors Access to legal rights Justice Alternatives Work

The Réseau monde carcéral is a network of doctoral students, researchers and prison professionals.

August 3, 2016

Israël : l'âge minimum de détention pour terrorisme abaissé à 12 ans

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Minors Middle East Justice Israel

Le Parlement israélien a abaissé de 14 à 12 ans l’âge minimal pour être jugé et condamné à un emprisonnement pour les actes terroristes, face à une série d’attentats commis par de très jeunes Palestiniens.