Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 14, 2017

Europe : le nombre de détenus baisse partout sauf en France

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Europe France

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March 10, 2017

Russia’s prison population hits all-time low

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Asia Europe Russia

The number of people in Russian penitentiary facilities has gone down to the lowest level since collapse of the USSR, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) told TASS on the eve of the Penitentiary Day, marked on March 12. Back in 1879, Emperor Alexander II established the prison department.

March 8, 2017

Hongrie : le cas d’Ahmed H., emprisonné pour dix ans, symbole de la politique sécuritaire d’Orban

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Europe Gambia

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March 7, 2017

Hungary: tout migrant entrant sur le territoire sera désormais placé en détention

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Europe Hungary

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March 7, 2017

En Hongrie, les migrants passeront obligatoirement par la case prison

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Europe Hungary

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March 7, 2017

La Hongrie va remettre tous les migrants en prison

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Europe Hungary

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March 6, 2017

France : découvrez le quotidien d'une gardienne de la prison du Havre

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Europe France

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March 6, 2017

Germany : prison forced to feed inmates McDonalds

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Europe Germany

Prisoners in a small German city are being served cheeseburgers in place of their usual fare after a food contract deal fell through. They can order items up to a value of 4 euros. Police in the western German town of Bergisch Gladbach have been ordering takeaway McDonalds for inmates after a food…

March 6, 2017

France, Tahiti : terrifié par ses codétenus, il se fait la belle de la prison

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Europe France

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March 5, 2017

France : après la prison en Syrie, elles témoignent sur scène au Vigan

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Culture Europe Middle East France

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March 5, 2017

France : En prison, le jazzman Vincent Courtois libère les démons

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Culture Europe France

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March 4, 2017

France : le dispositif d’escorte des détenus entre prison et tribunal revu pour éviter les couacs

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Europe France

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March 3, 2017

United Kingdom: une prison 4 étoiles pour 2 100 détenus britanniques

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Europe United Kingdom

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February 27, 2017

France : comment fonctionne le quartier d'évaluation de la radicalisation ?

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Europe Justice Facilities France

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February 27, 2017

Belgium: évasion à la prison belge de Lantin, le détenu a été aidé par trois complices

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Europe Protest Belgium

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February 23, 2017

Finland: rise in foreign inmates increases need for digital leap in prisons

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Europe Finland

A 56-percent increase in the number of foreign prisoners in the last decade has caused Finnish detention facilities to develop their electronic communicating capacity. Digital services have been piloted in prisons for some six months.

February 23, 2017

Ukraine: Rada on its way to amend so-called "Savchenko law"

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Europe Ukraine

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the first reading the amendments to Article 72 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on a calculation of prison term actually served by convicts, as the UNIAN correspondent.

February 22, 2017

La Belgique est le pays d'Europe avec le plus fort taux de suicide en prison

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Europe Suicide Belgium

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February 21, 2017

Fleury-Mérogis: la surpopulation s’aggrave dans la plus grande prison d’Europe

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Europe Overcrowding France

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February 19, 2017

France : des urnes dans les prisons ?

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Europe France

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February 17, 2017

Pinar Selek : "La Turquie passe par un tunnel d'horreur"

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Europe Turkey

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February 17, 2017

France : [Décryptage] Prisons d'Outre-mer : l'enfer derrière les barreaux

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Europe France

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February 15, 2017

Pays-Bas : les prisons mettent la clé sous la porte

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Europe Netherlands

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February 14, 2017

L'état des prisons britanniques

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Europe Drugs United Kingdom

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