Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 7, 2020

Turkey: we are not likely to be freed from prison before the outside world becomes free

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Women Europe Activities Turkey

Arrested in Kandıra Type F Prison, former HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ says that she has started playing a musical instrument in prison: “I make no claim in arts, my days in prison are turning into a lively and smooth life.”

February 7, 2020

France: le contrôleur des prisons demande d’ouvrir un « accès contrôlé » à Internet

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January 17, 2020

France: à la prison de Réau, les détenus s’évadent par la danse

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Culture Europe Activities France

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January 2, 2020

France: à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis, les détenus reçoivent leurs cadeaux de Noël

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Europe Activities France

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January 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

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The virus has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 31/12/2021

December 27, 2019

New Zealand: prison-grown fresh veggies feeding families in need

News

Activities Work New Zealand

Fresh vegetables can be expensive at Christmas time, but needy Auckland families will be able to get some for free this year courtesy of New Zealand’s toughest prison. Boxes filled with fresh prison-grown veggies have been donated to the Salvation Army to distribute among families and individuals.

December 20, 2019

Pāri mūriem

Portfolio

Europe Minors Activities Religion Latvia

Behind the walls of the juvenile detention centre of Cēsis, the prisoners are getting bored. Jérémie Jung leads photography workshops with 10 of them but is confronted with censorship by the prison administration.

December 5, 2019

France: an elusive escape

Interview

Culture Europe Activities France

Natacha Galvez taught art history to inmates at Fleury-Mérogis. She is head of communications for the organisation Art et Prison. She is studying for her doctorate in philosophie esthétique and her thesis is on the creation of art in the prison environment. The following is our interview with her.

October 7, 2019

Madagascar: out of sight

Interview

Africa Women Material conditions Activities Social ties Madagascar

Elise Maillot is 30 years old. She has been visiting prisons for the last two years. She was in Madagascar, her home country, at the end of 2018. There, she visited the Manjakandriana prison for women. Prison Insider asked her three questions.

August 5, 2019

Canada: new music project allows women to tell their stories from prison

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Culture North America Women Activities Canada

Singing My Way Home pilot project helps female inmates in Miramichi compose their own songs.

May 24, 2019

Brazil: la Fashion Week entre en prison à Sao Paulo

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South America Drugs Activities Rehabilitation Brazil

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May 5, 2019

Malaysia: taiping prison opens handicraft gallery at Bukit Merah Laketown Resort

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Asia Activities Malaysia

Visitors will be spoilt for choice to see and buy various handicrafts showcased in a gallery at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort here.

April 17, 2019

France: "Prison Breakfast", une émission où l'on "invente des recettes à partir des repas fournis aux détenus"

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Europe Activities France

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May 23, 2018

Italy: challenges ahead

Report

Pre-trial detention Europe Foreign prisoners Health Overcrowding Activities Italy

The opportunity of a reform approval is now lost. Read Antigone’s full report.

March 21, 2018

USA: new creative writing course challenges inmates at State Penitentiary

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Activities United States

It’s a new program as part of student research teaching creative writing to inmates nearing the end of their sentence. So far, it’s making a profound difference.

August 2, 2017

Radio and prison

Investigations

Culture Europe Activities Social ties

They get life on the outside to come inside – radio broadcasts for and by detainees and their families. The fundamentals are often the same: anybody can call in to relay a message to a brother, a daughter, a friend in prison, or simply to express support. So, through the walls pass words of hope, o…

November 20, 2016

Children in prison - not a minor problem.

Minors Activities

At least one million children are in prison around the world, according to UNICEF. The conditions of their detention are, for the most part, deplorable.