Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

November 30, 2018

France : ces codétenus qui "apaisent" pour prévenir le suicide

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Europe Suicide France

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November 30, 2018

United Kingdom : A third of prisons hold at least one transgender inmate, MoJ says

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Europe LGBTQI United Kingdom

Official data shows that 114 prisoners identified as female and 19 as male

November 29, 2018

Ireland : Cork Prison officers criticised over cell checks

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Europe Ireland

Officers at Cork Prison have been criticised over their failure to regularly inspect an inmate who was found hanging in his cell within hours of arriving in the jail.

November 28, 2018

United Kingdom : The scandal of ex-prisoners released into a new life – on the streets

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Europe United Kingdom

Figures obtained by the Guardian show a 25-fold increase in rough sleeping among those who served sentences of less than six months

November 28, 2018

Infographics

Insights

Europe Violence Turkey

We have invited the graphic designer Headwar to visualise our work. The below infographics summarise prison population figures in Türkiye, and help us to understand the problems associated with incarceration.

November 26, 2018

France : un surveillant de prison filmé en train de frapper un détenu

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Europe France

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November 20, 2018

France: une agence du travail d’intérêt général pour développer les alternatives à la prison

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Europe France

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November 20, 2018

France : un jury littéraire derrière les barreaux

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Culture Europe France

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November 19, 2018

United Kingdom: rise in prison suicides prompts calls to tackle overcrowding

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Europe Suicide Overcrowding United Kingdom

Seventy-one inmates have killed themselves in English or Welsh jails so far this year.

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...

Testimonial

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.