Interview
Brazil: disregard for life
Interview
Africa
Access to legal rights
Justice
Protest
Rehabilitation
Tunisia
Better conditions of imprisonment, effective prison administration and security: a new face for Tunisian prisons. Yasmine Bouagga, sociologist, answers our questions.
Brazil: drugs, walls and being a woman
Interview
Women
Access to legal rights
Drugs
Brazil
Ranked as the world’s third-highest prison population, its number of imprisoned women is rising increasingly.
Unclear fates behind bars
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Türkiye: a life in isolation
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Europe
LGBTQI
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Facilities
Turkey
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prison…
Italian prisons: facing the crisis
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Coronavirus
Crises
Europe
Justice
Health
Violence
Italy
Mutinies after the suspension of family visits had a heavy toll on prisoners: 12 prisoners died in March. Prison Insider interviewed Antigone association about the management of the crisis by the authorities.
France: a prison without bars?
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Europe
Long-term prisoners
Facilities
Work
France
Casabianda is currently the only prison without bars on French soil. Guillaume Massart filmed a documentary La liberté (In the Open).
France: reintegration is everyone’s business
Analysis
Interview
Europe
Justice
Overcrowding
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
France
With more and more prisoners and a substantial recidivism rate, prison does not succeed in protecting society. Although reintegration is one of the missions of the prison administration, it is not considered to be of vital importance. Why?
Women in prison: a "tough place"
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Women
Europe
Health
Mental health
Women and girls make up 7% of the global prison population, in various proportions. While they represent 3% in African countries, it goes up to 8 % in the Americas, and 6 % in Europe. The highest proportions are found in Hong Kong-China (21%), Laos (18%) or Qatar (15%).
Europe
Justice
Alternatives
France
In France, restorative justice is a complementary practice to the criminal punishment for an offence. Maiana Bidegain is the codirector of Meeting my aggressor, a documentary that recounts the steps she took to meet the man who raped her when she was a child. We asked her three questions.
“Parodies of justice” in Iraq
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Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Death penalty
Torture
Violence
Iraq
The Iraqi justice system has some flaws – quick trials, non-existent legal assistance and judgements based on confessions rather than the evidence. Yet several countries have declined to repatriate their citizens who are accused of terrorism, putting them at risk of torture or the death penalty.
France: “wearing the prison mark”
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France: an elusive escape
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Uruguay: rethinking the prison system
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Madagascar: out of sight
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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.
France: prisons and mental health
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Europe
Health
Mental health
France
People with mental illness are over represented in the prison population. This group is particularly vulnerable and subjected to violence and abuse. Prison psychiatry is a sector that has undergone significant changes lately, in France and elsewhere. Where do we stand right now?
In July 2014, Adeli…
Uruguay: rebuilding life after prison
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