Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

September 7, 2019

Éthiopie: la tristement célèbre prison Maekelawi ouvre ses portes au public

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Africa Ethiopia

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September 6, 2019

USA: judge threatens to lock up Texas prison officials over air conditioning violation

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North America United States

A federal judge was visibly frustrated Friday as he suggested that putting state officials in uncooled cells might be the only way to get their attention after they broke a settlement agreement to keep some inmates in air conditioning.

September 6, 2019

Sénégal: ces photos ne montrent pas des détenus au Sénégal mais les conditions de détention y demeurent "extrêmement préoccupantes"

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Africa Material conditions Senegal

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September 6, 2019

Turkey: doble castigo para los presos LGTBI

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Europe Turkey

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September 6, 2019

France : les détenus condamnés pour terrorisme peuvent demander un aménagement de peine

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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September 6, 2019

Philippines: ombudsman to investigate prison officials

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Asia Philippines

The Office of the Ombudsman has created a team to investigate officials of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to determine their liability in the release of thousands of prisoners.

September 6, 2019

USA: Nebraska prison on lockdown, watchdog cites rising tensions

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North America United States

Nebraska’s largest prison was on lockdown Thursday so officers could comb through the facility, searching for drugs, alcohol, cellphones and weapons that officials blame for feeding a surge of violent assaults on staff members.

September 6, 2019

USA: justice for all: how Camp Grace strives to make prison safer

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North America United States

For an NBC News series shedding light on the nation’s criminal justice system, TODAY’s Craig Melvin travels to California’s Salinas Valley State Prison to learn about its Camp Grace program. The wives of two incarcerated men say the summer camp is offering inmates a chance at redemption.

September 6, 2019

USA: we must abolish prisons to rebuild communities fractured by mass incarceration

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North America Alternatives United States

It is sometimes said that we can’t be what we cannot see, so are we able to imagine a world without jails and prisons? The U.S. is the world’s leader in incarceration. But how and where would we even begin to dismantle this enormous so-called prison-industrial complex, and what are the real solutio…

September 5, 2019

UK: with parents in prison, kids at risk for lasting psychiatric problems

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Europe Mental health United Kingdom

Children who have a parent in prison may be more than twice as likely as other kids to have depression, attention problems and conduct disorders by the time they reach adolescence, a U.S. study suggests.

September 5, 2019

Finland: new women's prison to let inmates cook, use internet

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Women Europe Finland

The aim is to prevent former inmates from reincarceration by helping them adjust to life outside prison.

September 5, 2019

Australia: a third of the prison population has Hepatitis C, ice inquiry hears

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Oceania Australia

NSW prison inmates who had been previously cured of Hepatitis C were being reinfected up to three times, the ice inquiry has heard.

September 5, 2019

Armenia: government releases 177 million drams for prison repairs

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Armenia

The Armenian government decided today to allocate 176.7 million drams for repairs in various penitentiary institutions.

September 5, 2019

Germany: los 'menús de pena' que se sirven en las cárceles

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Europe Germany

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September 5, 2019

Philippines: Duterte fires Philippines prison chief

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Asia Philippines

The president fired the government’s top prison official amid outcry over a mass prisoner release.

September 4, 2019

USA: New York plan to close notorious prison clears hurdle

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North America United States

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September 4, 2019

Nigeria: miles de niños ilegalmente detenidos, acusados de yihadistas

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Africa Nigeria

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September 4, 2019

France: à Fleury-Mérogis, huit détenus formés pour empêcher les suicides en prison

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Europe Suicide France

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September 4, 2019

Turkey: fourteen inmates died due to epidemic in İzmir prison

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Europe Turkey

MP Sertel has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the claims that fourteen inmates died in eight months in an overcrowded prison for seriously ill people.

September 4, 2019

Mexico: el fin de Topo Chico, la tenebrosa y violenta prisión cerrará sus puertas

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Mexico

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September 4, 2019

USA: let’s fight for freedom from electronic monitors and e-carceration

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North America United States

I spent a whole year on that monitor, devoting a lot of that e-confinement time to considering the meaning of freedom. People kept asking me, “Well it’s better than prison, isn’t it?” I laughed and told them that that was the wrong question.

September 3, 2019

UK: Big rise in assault and self-harm incidents at Highpoint Prison prompts call for the number of people in prison to be reduced

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Suicide United Kingdom

Incidents of assault and self harm at Highpoint prison have risen in recent years, amid warnings that England and Wales’ prisons have been asked “to do too much with too little for too long”.

September 3, 2019

UK: full Sutton prison inmates handed hundreds of extra days behind bars for breaking rules

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United Kingdom

Full Sutton Prison inmates were handed hundreds of extra days behind bars for breaking rules last year, new figures reveal.

September 3, 2019

Nigeria: group lauds president for signing prison reform bill into law

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Africa Nigeria

Says it will reform Nigerian Prisons for better.