Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

November 19, 2018

France: Paris , il touche 16 000 euros pour 4 mois de détention provisoire abusive

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Pre-trial detention Europe France

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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 18, 2018

Spain: funcionarios de prisiones mantienen su huelga con bloqueos en varias cárceles

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Europe Spain

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November 17, 2018

France: justice, une réforme contestée

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Europe France

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November 16, 2018

France: la France Insoumise veut améliorer les conditions de détention des personnes trans’

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Europe LGBTQI France

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November 15, 2018

France: rétention d'enfants, un "traitement inhumain et dégradant". La lettre ouverte de 16 associations.

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Europe France

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November 12, 2018

United-Kingdom: 'Signs of improvement' at 'worst' prison

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Europe United Kingdom

A troubled prison that was taken over by the government is showing early signs of improvement, inspectors say. HMP Birmingham was removed from the control of G4S in August after it was said to be in a “state of crisis”. The Independent Monitoring Board said conditions inside the jail had been “squa…

November 11, 2018

France: soignants en psychiatrie, le « règne de l’absurde » ?

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Europe Mental health France

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November 11, 2018

Spain: el narcotráfico, causa del 30% de los ingresos en prisión acordados en Galicia en 2017

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Europe Spain

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November 10, 2018

Ireland: prison service defends luxuries in new violence reduction unit for country's most dangerous inmates

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Europe Violence Ireland

“If they don’t experience some normality in prison how are they going to behave normally outside?”

November 9, 2018

France: "La prison n’est pas la solution idéale"

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Europe France

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November 8, 2018

France: détenu passé à tabac à Strasbourg, trois surveillants en garde à vue

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Europe France

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November 7, 2018

United Kingdom: children in prison aren’t coping - but nobody seems to care

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Europe United Kingdom

Most young people in English jails feel isolated and take drugs to deal with stress, grief and anger – it’s a ticking time-bomb.

November 7, 2018

Italy: imagine a colourful prison...

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Europe Italy

Marco has been imprisoned for 16 years. He tells Prison Insider about a typical day as an inmate in Rebibbia prison, close to Rome.

November 6, 2018

United Kingdom: government reveals second new prison in England to be privately run

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Europe Facilities United Kingdom

Two new jails announced by the government are to be privately run, it has emerged, as the role of profit-making prisons comes under increased scrutiny after the crisis at the formerly G4S-operated HMP Birmingham.

November 6, 2018

Spain: COOO alerta del riesgo de privatización de las cárceles españolas

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Europe Spain

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November 5, 2018

France: face aux tarifs téléphoniques trop élevés, un détenu saisit le Conseil d'État

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Europe France

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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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November 3, 2018

France: Lavaur, la prison pour mineurs théâtre de graves violences

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Culture Europe Violence France

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November 1, 2018

United Kingdom: inspectors warn of worsening conditions for mentally ill inmates

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Europe Mental health United Kingdom

Mentally ill prisoners in the largest high-security jail in the UK face “totally unacceptable” delays in being transferred to a secure hospital, leading to a further deterioration in their conditions, inspectors have said.

October 31, 2018

France: Metz, plaintes en série des détenus "pointeurs"

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Europe France

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October 31, 2018

France: dans les parloirs de Fresnes

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Europe Social ties France

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October 31, 2018

Greece: underage refugees remain in police cells due to lack of housing

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Europe Greece

The organization, which provides social support to young people that are in difficulty or danger, said that there were currently only 1,195 beds available for 3,558 registered unaccompanied minors in Greece, based on data it received from the National Center for Social Solidarity (EKKA).

October 31, 2018

United kingdom: prison sentences for women of less than a year should be abolished, say mps and peers

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Women Europe United Kingdom

“It would save lives and reduce crime.”