Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 26, 2018

France : nouveau record dans les prisons françaises avec 70.710 personnes incarcérées au 1er juillet

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Europe France

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July 25, 2018

France : comment la prison s'adapte à ses vieux détenus

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Europe France

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July 24, 2018

Russia: guard accused of suffocating inmate to death

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Asia Europe Russia

A prison guard in western Russia’s Bryansk region has been detained on suspicion of suffocating an inmate to death by binding his face with a piece of cloth.

July 24, 2018

Russia: rare witness to horror of Stalin's Gulag prisons dies

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Asia Europe Russia

A rare survivor of the harshest Stalin-era labour camps has died aged 89 in Russia’s far east.

July 23, 2018

Six arrested in wake of leaked Russian prison torture video

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Six prison employees have been arrested and at least 17 fired following the release of a 2017 video showing a detainee being tortured at a prison outside Moscow.

July 23, 2018

Italy: a government plan for harsher prison conditions

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Europe Mental health Italy

Only vendetta and no justice in the Five Star Movement - Lega’s governing contract for Italy

July 19, 2018

Suisse la prison de Thoune renonce à détenir des migrants de moins de 15 ans

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Europe Switzerland

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July 17, 2018

Suisse : trois détenus se sont échappés de la prison de Favra

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Europe Switzerland

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July 12, 2018

Violence on the rise in Sweden's nearly-full prisons

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Europe Violence Sweden

Sweden’s prisons are nearing capacity and as a result both violence against correctional workers and the presence of illegal weapons are on the rise, according to a report by broadcaster SVT.

July 12, 2018

En Suisse, l'évasion n'est pas condamnée : "on ne peut leur reprocher de vouloir vivre en liberté"

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Europe Switzerland

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July 5, 2018

Luxembourg : Le Luxembourg veut des prisons plus dignes et plus humaines

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Europe Luxembourg

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July 4, 2018

Belgique : Grève dans les prisons: des détenus de St-Gilles attaquent l'Etat

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Europe Belgium

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July 4, 2018

France : Prisons : Macron avait promis 15.000 nouvelles places en cinq ans... il n'y en aura que 7000

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Europe France

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July 2, 2018

France : Evasion de Redoine Faïd : "Il avait dans l'idée de se faire la malle, c'était connu de tous"

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Europe France

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June 29, 2018

France : la prison de Fresnes va être rénovée

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Europe France

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June 27, 2018

Belgique : se réinsérer sans dents?

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Europe Belgium

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June 27, 2018

France : trois questions à Olivia, militante du Genepi, sur la situation des personnes LGBT+ en prison

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Europe France

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June 26, 2018

France : inconstitutionnalité du régime de restriction des communications en détention

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Europe Justice France

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June 26, 2018

Pays-Bas : forcés de fermer des prisons car il y manque de détenus

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Europe Netherlands

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June 26, 2018

Turkey: torture has increased, prisons are at capacity

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Europe Middle East Torture Turkey

NGOs in Amed have issued a statement saying that with the State of Emergency in Turkey,, torture has increased, prisons have reached capacity and people have been abducted, and pointed out the importance of solidarity.

June 21, 2018

Torture committee tells Serbia to curb police violence

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Europe Torture Violence Serbia

The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee has called on Serbia to stop its police from habitually using violence to force suspects to confess to crimes.

June 21, 2018

Belgique : droits des détenus en temps de grève … un minimum syndical

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Europe Access to legal rights Belgium

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June 20, 2018

Russia: lawmakers finally move forward with legislation that could release 100,000 prisoners

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Asia Europe Russia

After 10 years, the State Duma has adopted a second reading of legislation that would mean less time behind bars for Russians convicted of many crimes.

June 20, 2018

France: insalubrité et sur-occupation à la maison d'arrêt des femmes de Mulhouse

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Women Europe France

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