Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

September 12, 2018

France: the government to stop sending petty criminals to prison

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Europe Overcrowding France

France’s Minister for Justice has unveiled a plan to stop overcrowding in the country’s prisons that will scrap short sentences and create 7,000 extra places for more serious offenders.

September 10, 2018

France : douzième suicide de l’année à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Health Suicide France

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September 5, 2018

France : les maux de la prison

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Europe France

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September 5, 2018

Belgique : chaque prison devra se doter d'un organe de concertation dès mi-septembre

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Europe Belgium

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August 27, 2018

Turkey: former NATO officer speaks of torture after failed coup

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Europe Torture Turkey

More than 150,000 civil servants were purged after Turkey’s 2016 failed coup. Officers at NATO bases were ordered back and many were jailed.

August 24, 2018

France : les détenus mettent de la couleur en prison

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Europe France

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August 22, 2018

France : en Corse, le détenu disparu de la "prison ouverte" de Casabianda retrouvé mort

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Europe Violence France

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August 21, 2018

Jailed filmmaker Oleg Sentsov on day 100 of Russia hunger strike

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Asia Europe Russia

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov on Tuesday entered day 100 of his hunger strike, as he languishes in a Russian Arctic prison on terror charges with little hope of release.

August 21, 2018

France : face à la "bataille perdue" du portable en prison, l'ambitieux chantier de la chancellerie

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Europe France

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August 21, 2018

France : isoler ou "réinsérer" ? Le dilemme de la prison face aux personnes impliquées dans des affaires de terrorisme

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Europe Discipline Rehabilitation Religion France

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August 17, 2018

France : voile interdit lors d’une visite en prison, "l’arbitraire, premier problème des familles"

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Europe Social ties France

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August 13, 2018

Beaten, not broken: the Russian ex-inmate covering the torture trial of former jailers

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Ruslan Vakhapov says ‘desire for revenge in a legal way’ led him to expose brutality in prison system. He recognised all the prison guards on trial last month for the brutal torture of an inmate in a Yaroslavl prison. They used to be his jailers too.

August 13, 2018

France : le "vivre ensemble" s’affiche à la prison de Tours

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Europe France

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August 13, 2018

Russie : "Oleg Sentsov est en train de mourir dans une prison parce qu'il dit des choses qui dérangent", affirme Françoise Nyssen

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Asia Europe Russia

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August 8, 2018

France : suicides en série à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis, les associations dénoncent l'inaction des pouvoirs publics

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Europe Suicide France

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August 7, 2018

Russia: widespread torture, extortion detailed in St. Petersburg prisons

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Asia Europe Torture Violence Russia

Allegations of torture in correctional facilities across Russia have gained national attention after a leaked video showed the violent beating of an inmate at a prison in Yaroslavl. A number of prison guards and wardens have since been detained and some convicted, while the Federal Prison Service v…

August 7, 2018

France : avec la canicule, "l'air étouffant crée un climat de tension et des violences supplémentaires"

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Europe Violence France

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August 6, 2018

France : à Nîmes suite à l'agression d'un surveillant de prison par un détenu, Nicole Belloubet se déplace à la maison d'arrêt

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Europe Violence France

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August 6, 2018

France : 70 710 personnes incarcérées, 53 prisons en surpopulation extrême, 1 667 matelas au sol

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Europe Overcrowding France

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August 6, 2018

Sharp rise in the number of prisoners in England and Wales

Analysis Report

Europe Justice Overcrowding

The prison population has risen by 77% in the past thirty years. It comes as the result of an increasing use of custodial measures.

August 3, 2018

Russian ex-prisoners speak out over torture after leaked video

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Alexander Zarechnev is one of a growing number of Russians to break their silence over violence and torture in Russian prisons after a widely shared video of guards beating an inmate shocked the country.

July 31, 2018

France: intimacy inside four walls

Testimonial

Women Europe Social ties France

Celine’s partner is serving a sentence of ten years. After months of visits in the regular visitation rooms, permission for a nine-hour stay is granted. Céline tells the story.

July 31, 2018

Ukraine's decrepit prisons languish despite promised reform

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Europe Ukraine

KIEV: Around 20 men are crammed into the foul-smelling cell, where cockroaches wander across the walls and barred windows.

July 31, 2018

Belgique : mini-prisons, le projet de Koen Geens se précise

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Europe Belgium

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