Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 3, 2023

France: "a change of tactics"

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In 2020, the French government was found to have violated the European Convention on Human Rights, due to demeaning detention conditions in French prisons. What is the state of affairs today? The National Human Rights Advisory Commission speaks on the issue.

January 25, 2023

Iran: seen in the press / 2023

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Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.

January 25, 2023

Belgium: seen in the press / 2023

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Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.

January 24, 2023

United Kingdom: seen in the press / 2023

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Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

January 24, 2023

Netherlands: Ultra-secure prison to get its own courtroom

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A courtroom will be built within the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught, where the country’s most serious convicted criminals and suspects are detained.

January 24, 2023

Egypt: 22 minors sentenced to lengthy prison terms

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Rights groups denounce the sentencing of teenage boys to up to 15 years in prison after a ‘politically motivated’ mass trial.

January 11, 2023

United States: seen in the press / 2023

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Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

January 11, 2023

India: Delhi HC says undertrial prisoners can’t be detained in custody for an indefinite period

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The court says the object of jail is neither ‘punitive nor preventive’ and that deprivation of liberty is considered a punishment.

January 2, 2023

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All there is to know about Congolese prisons in 2023. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

December 30, 2022

France : prisons in 2022

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All there is to know about French prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

December 8, 2022

Luxembourg: Third prison inaugurated

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The inauguration of the Sanem prison took place on Wednesday, in the presence of the Grand Duke. The facility will separate accused and convicted individuals in Luxembourg’s prison system.

December 8, 2022

Colombia: El Ministerio de Justicia anuncia un plan para reformar el sistema penitenciario en 2023

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December 1, 2022

Mujeres en prisión: una población vulnerable

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December 1, 2022

Argentina: El Gobierno respondió al informe sobre la situación de los detenidos en comisarías

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November 29, 2022

Argentina: el papa Francisco criticó “el deterioro de las condiciones de detención”

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November 29, 2022

Argentina: debate por mejorar las condiciones en cárceles y alcaidías bonaerenses

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November 29, 2022

Argentina: elaboración de un informe sobre las condiciones de detención en Entre Ríos

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November 28, 2022

India: prisoners on life term can be freed after 14 years

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The Pushkar Singh Dhami-led state cabinet on Monday gave its approval to a home (prison) department proposal that recommends release of prisoners serving life imprisonment after completing a 14 years’ jail term on the grounds of good conduct.

November 7, 2022

France: in search of freedom

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Kevin Dubost is a photographer and social worker who led the project “À traversé” between 2019 and 2021: a series of photographs capturing the moments when people being released from prison experienced freedom. He describes one of his photographs.

November 7, 2022

Narratives of mass incarceration around the globe

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Dr. Dreisinger is the founder of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN), an international community that works to support, instigate and popularize prison reform efforts around the world. Prison Insider met her in Lyon during a joint screening of the docuseries. We asked her three questions in a v…

October 3, 2022

Brazil: voting rights are flouted

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Brazil, 2022, electoral year. The law provides that prisoners in pre-trial detention are allowed to vote. There is an ongoing legal battle for the right to vote for people in pre-trial detention.

September 30, 2022

Israel: human rights lawyer in Israeli prison goes on hunger strike

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Salah Hamouri stages protest against being imprisoned without charge for the last six months

September 30, 2022

Ecuador: UN Torture Prevention Body to visit the country amid prison crisis

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The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Ecuador from 25 September to 1 October 2022 in light of recent prison riots and violence.Rights experts from the SPT were alarmed by the ongoing violence within Ecuador’s prison system, which has led to the death of hundreds of inmates i…

September 30, 2022

Russie : Alexeï Nalvany détenu dans des conditions toujours plus dures

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Les conditions dans lesquelles est détenu le militant politique russe Alexeï Navalny semblent empirer, selon des informations et des photos publiées récemment.