Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

September 22, 2020

Ouganda: vaste chasse à l'homme pour retrouver 200 prisonniers échappés

News

Africa Coronavirus Health Protest Uganda

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September 18, 2020

Kenya: the dehumanisation and exploitation of inmates in state prisons

News

Africa Health Material conditions Torture Violence Work Kenya

Kenyan prisons today carry the DNA of their forebears – the colonial prisons and Mau Mau detention camps. They are about brutalising prisoners into submission and scaring the rest of society into compliance with the state. And like their colonial predecessors, they are also sites of forced labour.

September 14, 2020

Mapping the 'Blind Spots'

Interview

Africa North America Women Asia Death penalty

What are maps for? How are they produced?

September 9, 2020

Africa: the impossible confinement

Interview

Africa Coronavirus Crises Health Material conditions

In Africa, the COVID-19 epidemic is evolving differently compared to Europe or America. Is the lockdown a solution to the spread of the epidemic?

September 7, 2020

Tunisia: prisons reforms through international influence

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.

July 27, 2020

Egypt: le personnel de santé harcelé et emprisonné

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Africa Coronavirus Middle East Justice Health Egypt

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July 27, 2020

Niger: Surpeuplées, les prisons sont des incubateurs pour les djihadistes

Africa Health Overcrowding Niger

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July 23, 2020

Nowhere to turn

Investigations

Africa Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Morocco

Some fight for freedom, others try to get it back. Migrants and prisoners often share the same experience: their freedom has been taken away from them. Morocco’s overcrowded hidden prisons: an investigation into the migration routes.

July 22, 2020

DRC: les prisons considérées comme des mouroirs

News

Africa Health Material conditions Torture Congo - Kinshasa

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July 8, 2020

Morocco: le champion mondial de la détention préventive

News

Africa Pre-trial detention Morocco

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July 2, 2020

South Africa: Pietermaritzburg prisoners fear Covid-19

News

Africa Coronavirus Long-term prisoners Health Material conditions Overcrowding South Africa

Inmates serving lengthy sentences for serious and violent crimes say basic regulations to combat the spread of the coronavirus are being flouted, putting their lives at risk.

July 2, 2020

Egypt: ‘It would spread quickly in those cells’

News

Africa Coronavirus Health Egypt

Families of prisoners at notorious Tora complex concerned publicised efforts to contain virus are purely cosmetic

July 1, 2020

Cameroon : à Douala, déboires et espoirs des mineurs de la prison

News

Africa Coronavirus Minors Health Cameroon

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June 18, 2020

Global Prison Trends 2020

Report

Africa Asia Europe Middle East Oceania Material conditions Overcrowding

Over 11 million people are held in prisons worldwide. Many face substandard detention conditions. Sentences keep getting longer, in underfunded justice systems. PRI has published its annual report on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment: Global Prison Trends 2020.

May 19, 2020

Burkina Faso: douze détenus suspectés de terrorisme retrouvés morts dans leurs cellules

News

Africa Burkina Faso

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May 19, 2020

Guinea: plongée dans l'enfer du camp militaire de Soronkoni

News

Africa Material conditions Violence Work Guinea

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May 19, 2020

Togo: mutinerie à la sinistre prison de Lomé

News

Africa Coronavirus Health Protest Togo

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May 19, 2020

Unclear fates behind bars

Interview

Africa Pre-trial detention Asia Europe Middle East Oceania

”Since 2000, the overall number of pre-trial detainees has increased by 30%”. They are now up to three million people to be held awaiting trial around the world. What is the purpose of pre-trial detention? How it is used around the world?

May 14, 2020

Sudan: riot in Darfur prison amid pandemic

News

Africa Coronavirus Protest Sudan

Prison authorities gradually release prisoners to stem coronavirus transmission

May 14, 2020

Coronavirus: distintos países del mundo descongestionan las cárceles

News

Africa Coronavirus North America Europe Middle East Oceania Justice

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May 13, 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo: dans les prisons surpeuplées, un risque de contaminations en chaîne

News

Africa Coronavirus Health Overcrowding Congo - Kinshasa

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May 13, 2020

Côte d'Ivoire: un journaliste tabassé et menacé de mort pour une enquête sur la prison d'Abidjan

News

Africa Violence Côte d’Ivoire

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May 6, 2020

Sierra Leone: riot breaks out in coronavirus-struck prison

News

Africa Coronavirus Health Protest Sierra Leone

Reports of casualties after riot at Pademba Road Prison in Freetown, where a COVID-19 case was earlier confirmed.

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April 30, 2020

Central African Republic: a woman and a prison director

Testimonial

Africa Women Justice Health Central African Republic

Training, life in prison, lack of staff and budget, security, armed conflicts: Gisèle explains, based on her own experience, how incarceration is managed in a country where resources are scarce, and demands are abundant.