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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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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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