Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

October 22, 2019

India: death in prison increased by 5.49 % in 2017 against 2015

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Asia India

The number of unnatural deaths in prisons has increased by 15.7 per cent from 115 in 2015 to 133 in 2017.

October 22, 2019

France : l'Occitanie, triste championne de la surpopulation carcérale

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Europe Overcrowding France

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October 22, 2019

UK: ageing prison population "sees officers working as carers"

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Europe United Kingdom

The ageing jail population has left prison officers providing care for a growing number of older inmates “dying in front of them”, officers have said.

October 22, 2019

USA: N.J. must do more to help people after they leave prison, new report says

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North America United States

The group, formed last year by the Legislature and co-chaired by former Gov. Jim McGreevey, recommended 100 changes to New Jersey’s criminal justice system to ease the path out of prison.

October 21, 2019

Uruguay: Punta de Rieles, la prison des hommes libres

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South America Uruguay

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October 21, 2019

France : premier bilan du programme Pairs

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Europe France

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October 21, 2019

Haiti : dicey prison conditions made worse by crisis

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Haiti

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - With protests rocking the streets, some prison authorities in Haiti have confined inmates to cells that lack showers or toilets, in a country where most detainees are stuck awaiting trial for months or even years.

October 17, 2019

RDC : le personnel de la prison de Bukavu dénonce les conditions de détention

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Africa Material conditions Congo - Kinshasa

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October 17, 2019

Cameroon: "Some of the people sentenced to death go crazy"

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Africa Death penalty Violence Cameroon

A team of lawyers met 37 inmates who were sentenced to death and are being held in various Cameroonian prisons. Excerpts.

October 17, 2019

United States of America: an average day at the joint

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North America United States

Qwantay has been incarcerated for 16 years and will be released in 2034. He describes what a day in prison is like.

October 15, 2019

India : central prison to get its own radio station soon

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Asia India

The foundation has installed the equipment and connected them with 24 speakers in every nook and corner of the prison.

October 15, 2019

France: quatre détenus évadés lundi soir

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Europe France

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October 14, 2019

France: la première crèche en prison de France

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Europe France

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October 13, 2019

France: face aux suicides en prison, les détenus s’entraident pour libérer la parole

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Europe Suicide France

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October 13, 2019

UK: high-security prison opens up to visits from autistic children

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Europe Social ties United Kingdom

Maghaberry near Belfast houses republican and loyalist paramilitaries plus life sentence murderers behind its razor-wire fences and high walls.

October 13, 2019

France: "la prison est essentielle pour comprendre le djihadisme français"

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Europe France

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October 12, 2019

France: un match de football entre détenus et avocats à la prison de Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

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Europe France

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October 12, 2019

UK: prison officers told to knock on cell doors to make youth detention "child friendly"

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Europe United Kingdom

Prison officers have been told to knock before entering the cells of young inmates in order to make youth detention centres “more child friendly”.

October 12, 2019

Mexico: reclusas en San Luis Potosí demandaron a empresas maquiladoras por explotación laboral

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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October 11, 2019

South Africa: pollsmoor most overcrowded prison in the Western Cape

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Overcrowding South Africa

Cape Town - Pollsmoor prison has been pinpointed as the most overcrowded prison in the Western Cape. Medium B, which houses males, is more than 200% overcrowded.

October 11, 2019

USA: California now has the nation’s strictest private prison ban

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North America United States

The law prohibits any for-profit lockups—including immigration detention centers.

October 11, 2019

USA: how a prison play goes on Tour (photos)

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North America United States

Thirty Colorado inmates staged “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” for nearby prisons. For some, it was the first time in years they were outside 20-foot walls and razor fences.

October 10, 2019

Brazil: el escándalo de torturas que Bolsonaro considera una “tontería” y Moro, “un “malentendido”

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South America Torture Brazil

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October 10, 2019

UK: self-inflicted deaths rise in prisons in England and Wales

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Europe United Kingdom

Watchdog also finds drug use continues to plague jails despite agreed action plans.