Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 29, 2021

Malta: the Corradino correctional facility is “diabolical” and the prison system should be completely revised

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Dean of the Faculty of social wellbeing Andrew Azzopardi said that it is “bursting at the seams”. “A few years ago, we were speaking about 200 to 300 people spending time in jail. It is now full up“

April 20, 2021

Ireland: prison university project to "bring third-level to those furthest away from it"

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A programme to support prisoners to go to university, and “bring third-level education to those furthest away from it” will be unveiled by minister for Justice Helen McEntee and her colleague, minister for Higher Education Simon Harris.

February 10, 2021

Singapore: recidivism rate at all-time low, more inmates serving part of jail term in community

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The recidivism rate in Singapore has dipped to an all-time low and more inmates are serving part of their jail term in the community, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Wednesday (Feb 3).

January 27, 2021

Colombia: repair, educate, reconcile

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The prison population in Latin America continues to grow. Is restorative justice a viable alternative to redress this situation?

January 7, 2021

France : “je me dois de vous dire que la dite réinsertion est un combat de tous les jours”

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December 8, 2020

United Kingdom: investing in yet more prison places is not the way to cut crime

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The chancellor’s £4bn to imprison more criminals in England and Wales should be spent helping people live a life outside crime.

December 7, 2020

United States: think private prison companies are going away under Biden? They have other plans

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CoreCivic and GEO Group have been shifting away from prisons toward other government contracts, like office space and immigration detention.

December 7, 2020

United States: no escape, the trauma of witnessing violence in prison

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A recent study of recently incarcerated people finds that witnessing violence is a frequent and traumatizing experience in prison.

November 30, 2020

France : la fin annoncée des CRP pour les auteurs de violences contre les policiers

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November 25, 2020

Canada: why Covid-19 shows it’s time to consider prison abolition

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It is time to recognize alternatives to incarceration and radically rethink the prison system

November 24, 2020

United States: 2,258 N.J. prisoners will be released in a single day

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By march, officials expect to have reduced the state’s prison population by about 35 percent since the start of the pandemic.

November 23, 2020

Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos

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November 20, 2020

France : la prison, quel rôle ?

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November 20, 2020

France : "ils sont surveillés de près"

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November 20, 2020

Belgique: près de deux tiers des détenus vont à fond de peine

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November 12, 2020

France: dans les prisons, le défi de la prise en charge des détenus radicalisés

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October 29, 2020

France : une autre prison est possible

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October 26, 2020

Turkey: 60 percent of jailed youth return to prison after being released

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Recidivism is high among youth criminals in Turkey as more than half of released minors eventually end up back in prison due to a lack of opportunities and support structures upon their release, said the Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey (TÇYÖV).

October 23, 2020

United Kingdom: six out of ten women leaving prison are homeless

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A new report from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative exposes a failing system that leaves thousands of women released from UK prisons with £46, a plastic bag, nowhere to live and the threat of a return to custody if they miss their probation appointment. The initiative is a collabor…

October 23, 2020

France: la prison, un milieu difficile pour le travail social

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October 9, 2020

United States: prison labor is on the frontlines of the covid-19 pandemic

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States like California, New York, and Arizona have relied on prisoners to continue working, with little pay and in precarious conditions, during the coronavirus pandemic.

October 9, 2020

United Kingdom: lockdown conditions leave prisoners at risk of serving longer sentences

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Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences. For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significa…

September 29, 2020

France: "escaping the prison diktat"

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The number of prisoners is increasing, short sentences are numerous, the recidivism rate is high. How can the entire prison system be rethought?

September 29, 2020

Afghanistan: life in prison, looking to the future from behind bars

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For many people, prison is only a place where criminals serve their sentence. But there are also prisoners who are transformed during their imprisonment, deciding to abandon their past and change their future. Recently the directorate of prisons initiated a new program called “Prisoners’ Literacy a…