Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

November 16, 2016

France : de plus en plus de femmes radicalisées en prison

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Women Europe Discipline Religion France

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November 11, 2016

France : lancement d’une campagne pour un droit de vote effectif dans les prisons

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Europe France

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November 7, 2016

UK : Bedford Prison Riot VideoPrison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

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Europe Protest United Kingdom

Video shows inmates whooping with excitement during six-hour rampage.Prison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

November 7, 2016

France : un appel pour des urnes dans les prisons

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Europe France

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November 3, 2016

Vatican : mille prisonniers attendus au premier « jubilé des détenus »

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Europe Italy

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November 2, 2016

France : faute d'agents, un détenu sur quatre ne peut être présenté au juge

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Europe France

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November 2, 2016

UK : Truss to hold talks with prison officers over violence

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Europe Violence United Kingdom

Justice Secretary Liz Truss is due to hold urgent talks with leaders of the Prison Officers Association as concerns grow about safety in jails. The union had planned meetings outside each jail on Tuesday, to highlight fears over increasing violence and suicides in English and Welsh prisons. The mov…

November 1, 2016

Russia : jailed activist alleges torture, threats in prison letter

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

A jailed Russian opposition activist has accused a prison warden of overseeing the systematic torture of inmates and of threatening to kill him, allegations made in a desperate letter to his wife that he asked her to publish to save his life.

November 1, 2016

Turquie : lettre de prison d'Asli Erdogan

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Europe Turkey

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November 1, 2016

Russia activist Ildar Dadin accuses prison of torture

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Russian officials are investigating claims that a well-known opposition activist has been repeatedly beaten and threatened in prison. Ildar Dadin is serving two and a half years for a series of street protests. He told his lawyer that he had been strung up by his handcuffed wrists, had his head sho…

October 29, 2016

Turkey : Erdogan says death penalty will be soon brought back

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Europe Death penalty Violence Turkey

Thousands of people were arrested after failed coup in July. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the government will soon submit a bill to Parliament to reinstate the death penalty amid calls for the execution of the plotters of a failed coup in July. Addressing crowds in Ankara on Saturday…

October 27, 2016

France : plan prisons, les millions d'euros que les politiques s'arrachent

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Europe France

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October 26, 2016

France : prison, la grande muette ? [radio]

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Europe France

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October 26, 2016

France to scrap special prison wings for dangerous jihadists

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Europe Discipline Justice Facilities Religion France

France’s Minister of Justice, Jean-Jacques Urvoas, announced on Tuesday the end of French prison wings for radicalized inmates, promising a new “regime” instead. France has five prisons with experimental de-radicalisation wings for dangerous Islamist extremists, and all these units will be shut dow…

October 24, 2016

La Turquie est devenue la championne d’Europe de l’emprisonnement

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Europe Turkey

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October 24, 2016

France : réinsertion, favoriser l'accompagnement plutôt que la construction de prisons

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Europe France

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October 24, 2016

France : Villepinte, la prison où l'on confie les clés aux détenus

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Europe France

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October 22, 2016

France : comment vit-on dans une prison surpeuplée ?

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Europe Overcrowding France

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October 21, 2016

France : prolifération de rats en prison

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Europe France

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October 20, 2016

France : pourquoi les enfants de l’immigration sont surreprésentés en prison

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Europe France

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October 20, 2016

Belgique : 300 morts en six ans dans les prisons

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Europe Violence Belgium

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October 17, 2016

France : retour au calme après une tentative de mutinerie à la prison d'Aiton (Savoie)

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Europe Protest Violence France

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October 13, 2016

Turquie : la torture de retour, et dans les prisons de femmes

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Women Europe Torture Turkey

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October 12, 2016

Suisse : un guide sur les droits des détenus est boudé

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Europe Access to legal rights Switzerland

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