Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 9, 2018

France: indignity in prison

Testimonial

Europe France

Hunger strikes, violence, unsanitary conditions. Samy, incarcerated in France, tells the story of his daily life.

April 4, 2018

Türkiye: fading away

Testimonial

Europe Turkey

“I am about to forget my native language” Havre comes from Iran. He has been detained in Türkiye for six years. His story is one of deprivation. Deprivation of his liberty, his family, his mother tongue.

March 29, 2018

Türkiye: prison diseases

Testimonial

Europe Turkey

“*We feel as though we were buried alive here. We struggle to survive”.* Serhat is incarcerated in a prison F, in Izmir. This is the letter he wrote.

March 28, 2018

France: "la densité carcérale est passée de 114% à 117%" en un an

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Europe Overcrowding France

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March 28, 2018

Comment Casanova Agamemnon est devenu le plus ancien détenu de France

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Europe France

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March 28, 2018

France: surpopulation, réinsertion difficile...

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Europe Overcrowding France

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March 20, 2018

Turkey: more than 50,000 inmates employed in prison workshops across the country

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Europe Middle East Turkey

The number of workshops employing inmates in jails across Turkey has reached to 1,700, with more than 50,000 prisoners working under the program overseen by the Ministry of Justice.

March 20, 2018

Welcome to LTP

Portfolio

Europe Health Mental health Drugs Material conditions Belarus

In Belarus, people are locked up to wean them off alcohol. These are strange places where time seems to have stopped after the fall of Soviet Union.

March 11, 2018

Suisse: liberté conditionnelle, 2% des internés en bénéficient

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Europe Switzerland

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March 8, 2018

Suisse: faits et chiffres de la libération conditionnelle

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Europe Switzerland

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March 8, 2018

Belgique: le rapport critique du Conseil de l'Europe

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Europe Belgium

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March 7, 2018

France : hausse des placements d'enfants en rétention administrative

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Europe Protest France

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March 5, 2018

France: la double peine d’un détenu infirme

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Europe France

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March 3, 2018

France: prison de Fleury-Mérogis, une crèche va ouvrir pour les enfants des femmes détenues

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Women Europe Social ties France

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February 28, 2018

France : des "conditions indignes" au CHU de Saint-Étienne

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Europe Health France

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February 27, 2018

Belgique : le Keelbeek contre la prison

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Europe Protest Belgium

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February 23, 2018

France : prévention de la radicalisation, un virage à 180 degrés de la doctrine pénitentiaire

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Europe Discipline Justice France

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February 21, 2018

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Romania

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Europe Torture

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Romania from 7 to 19 February 2018. It was the Committee’s eleventh visit to the country.

February 20, 2018

France : des associations dénoncent les comparutions immédiates

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Europe Overcrowding France

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February 18, 2018

Plus de 1 950 Algériens détenus en France

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Africa Europe France

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February 17, 2018

France : un jeune homme part en prison trois jours après sa majorité

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Europe Justice France

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February 16, 2018

Plus d'un détenu sur cinq en France est de nationalité étrangère

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Europe

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February 15, 2018

France : le travail en prison, clé de la réinsertion

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Europe France

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February 14, 2018

Serbia: (PHOTO) perros, terapeutas en las cárceles

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Europe Serbia

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