Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

January 17, 2019

France: Bonneville, l’administration « désencombre » la prison au prix des liens familiaux et de la réinsertion

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Europe Social ties France

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January 8, 2019

France: prisonniers, au pied de la lettre

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Europe Social ties France

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January 8, 2019

United Kingdom: prison praised for installing photobooth for inmates and visitors

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Europe Social ties United Kingdom

Families can use booth to take group shots as part of effort to improve visits for children.

January 7, 2019

Canada: prison drug scans for visitors potentially unreliable and keeping families apart, researcher says

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North America Drugs Social ties Canada

Ion scanners cause stress for families of prisoners, research shows.

December 24, 2018

Belgium: les détenus pourront bientôt téléphoner pour des prix moins élevés

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Europe Social ties Belgium

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December 24, 2018

United Kingdom: campaigners call for landline phones in prison cells

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Europe Social ties United Kingdom

There are calls for landline phones to be installed in prison cells in Scotland to help keep families connected.

December 12, 2018

Togo: les visiteuses sont victimes d'attouchements dans une prison

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Africa Social ties Togo

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October 31, 2018

France: dans les parloirs de Fresnes

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Europe Social ties France

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October 29, 2018

France: un téléphone fixe par cellule, une bonne idée ?

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Europe Social ties France

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October 29, 2018

USA: prisons are using video visitation as punishment

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Social ties United States

While the technology has its uses in the criminal justice system, it’s no substitute for in-person contact. Recently, a feel-good video circulated on Twitter. “Orleans Parish Inmates Get Surprise Visit From Family for Good Behavior” showed incarcerated fathers holding their newborns for the first t…

September 26, 2018

USA: Virginia backtracks on tampon ban for prison visitors

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Social ties United States

The Virginia Department of Corrections has decided to hold off implementing a controversial new policy that would have barred women from visiting state prisons wearing tampons or menstrual cups.

September 5, 2018

USA: a mega-merger in the prison phone industry is in the FCC's hands

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Social ties United States

Securus has had more than its share of negative headlines. In the past few years, the company, which provides technology services to prisons and jails, has been slammed by inmates’ families who say they’re charged outrageous prices to phone loved ones.

August 20, 2018

México: los niños que viven en las cárceles con sus madres, también regresan a clases

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Central America and the Caribbean Social ties Mexico

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August 17, 2018

France : voile interdit lors d’une visite en prison, "l’arbitraire, premier problème des familles"

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Europe Social ties France

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July 31, 2018

France: intimacy inside four walls

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Women Europe Social ties France

Celine’s partner is serving a sentence of ten years. After months of visits in the regular visitation rooms, permission for a nine-hour stay is granted. Céline tells the story.

July 30, 2018

USA: a prison phone giant’s ploy to further exploit inmates

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Social ties United States

Securus Technologies’s attempt to merge with a competitor would let a company known for price-gouging inmates become larger and even more powerful.

July 10, 2018

Dans les prisons britanniques, bientôt un téléphone par cellule

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Social ties United Kingdom

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July 10, 2018

UK: prisoners to get phones in cells in bid to curb violence

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Violence Social ties United Kingdom

Thousands of prisoners will be able to make calls from their cells, as part of government plans to reduce violence and crime in prisons in England and Wales. The move is part of a £30m package of measures to be announced later today by Justice Secretary David Gauke. The scheme, already in place at…

June 4, 2018

France : Fleury-Mérogis, dans le quotidien des familles de détenus, "captives à l’extérieur"

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Europe Social ties France

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May 15, 2018

Belgique : détention d’enfants migrants, les premières photos du centre pour familles

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Europe Social ties Belgium

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April 9, 2018

USA: video visitation system fails at Virginia Beach jail, preventing visits for more than a week

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Social ties United States

Virginia Beach’s jail replaced face-to-face visits between inmates and their family and friends with a video visitation system in 2005. The system, however, has become increasingly unreliable and will be replaced with a new web-based one that no longer will require visitors to come to the facility.

April 9, 2018

France : demandes de visites en hausse et visiteurs de prison pas assez nombreux

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Europe Social ties France

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March 3, 2018

France: prison de Fleury-Mérogis, une crèche va ouvrir pour les enfants des femmes détenues

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Women Europe Social ties France

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February 13, 2018

Children of imprisoned parents: the increased risk of premature mortality

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Violence Social ties

A new study has shown that children who experience parental imprisonment during their youth are more likely to die prematurely.