June 15, 2017 Turkey: jail sentence to UN judge Aydin Sefa Akay News Europe Middle East Turkey A Turkish court has sentenced top UN judge Aydin Sefa Akay to more than seven years in jail over alleged ties to a group blamed for a failed coup attempt. The UN war crimes court in The Hague says the move is illegal.
June 5, 2017 Russia : Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $1,200 to man tortured by police News Asia Europe Torture Violence Russia The Supreme Court of Tatarstan has ordered Russia’s Interior Ministry to pay 70,000 rubles ($1,200) to a man tortured in a police office, lawyer Andrey Suchkov told RAPSI on Monday.
June 5, 2017 France : "La prison, un espace qui tente de réinsérer des individus en les mettant à l’écart" (Olivier Milhaud) News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
June 5, 2017 France : à Ensisheim, prison de plusieurs tueurs en série, quatrième prise d'otage depuis 2010 News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
June 1, 2017 South-Eastern European NPMs share concerns over treatment of persons with mental disabilities in detention News Europe Mental health Among the main issues, NPMs expressed concerns about two worrying trends: the increasing use and abuse of the concept of “dangerousness” enabling institutions to violate people’s rights; and the important lowering of the threshold for depriving someone of his/her liberty on psychiatric grounds.
May 27, 2017 France to scrap prison terms for cannabis users News Europe France France will introduce a law by year’s end that will end prison terms for cannabis use, although consuming the drug will remain a criminal offence, a government spokesman said on Friday.
May 24, 2017 Suisse : prison à vie, internement à vie, internement ordinaire, quelles sont les différences ? News Europe Justice Switzerland This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 22, 2017 Thinking Allowed: Russian prison visitors - prison boundaries News Asia Europe Social ties Russia Relatives of Russian Prisoners: Judith Pallot , Professor of the Human Geography of Russia at the University of Oxford talks to Laurie Taylor about her research into the experiences of the wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters who, as relatives of Russia’s three-quarters of a million prisoners, ar…
May 22, 2017 France : législatives, pas d'urnes en prison News Europe France Cet article n’est pas disponible en français. Vous pouvez consulter la version anglaise.
May 20, 2017 Turkey: nine percent overcapacity in prisons forces inmates to sleep in shifts News Europe Middle East Turkey “There are currently 221,607 inmates in prisons. Prison capacity is 203,000, making them 9 percent over capacity”
May 19, 2017 France : la culture en prison contre la récidive News Culture Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 19, 2017 Ukraine: SBU detains corrupt head of penal coloy in Zhytomyr region News Europe Ukraine The SBU Security Service of Ukraine together with the Military Prosecutor’s Office have detained a deputy chief of a penal colony in Zhytomyr region for systematic bribery by taking money from prisoners’ relatives, the SBU reported.
May 18, 2017 France : François Bayrou en finira-t-il avec "la culture du cachot" ? News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 15, 2017 "A sa place, je me serais suicidé", dit l'avocat du seul interné à vie de Suisse News Europe Suicide Switzerland This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 13, 2017 Spain: Cañamero reclama la instalación de aparatos de aire acondicionado en las cárceles News Europe Spain This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
May 11, 2017 "La prison suisse, c'est le paradis, comme un hôtel" News Europe Switzerland This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 2, 2017 France: "des urnes dans les prisons, un problème de volonté politique" News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 29, 2017 En direct de l'Europe. Prisons : la détention provisoire en dernier recours News Pre-trial detention Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 26, 2017 France : sortir de l'inflation sécuritaire News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 26, 2017 United Kingdom: teen's detention breached prison rules, Liz Truss admits News Europe United Kingdom A 16-year-old boy held in solitary confinement for four months was a victim of procedural “failings”, Liz Truss has admitted.
April 26, 2017 Romania: Europe rights court blasts Romania prison conditions News Europe Justice Material conditions Romania The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.
April 17, 2017 34 Tunisiens y sont détenus : voyage au cœur de la prison italienne de Rebibia News Africa Europe Italy This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 France : prisons, un débat verrouillé News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 Turkey: le journaliste allemand Deniz Yücel se marie en prison News Europe Middle East Turkey This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
