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January 25, 2019

United States: transgender inmate moved to women’s prison

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Women LGBTQI United States

For the first time in the state, a transgender inmate has been moved from an all-male prison to the state women’s prison, MCI-Framingham (above) to be housed according to her gender identity.

January 24, 2019

France: surveillants de prison, le risque d’un nouveau front social

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Europe France

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January 23, 2019

Belgium: surpopulation carcérale et nouvelles prisons, l'Etat va-t-il droit dans le mur?

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Europe Overcrowding Belgium

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January 20, 2019

Spain: los funcionarios de prisiones demandan más recursos

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Europe Spain

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January 20, 2019

Mexico: Veracruz, con incremento de mujeres en las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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January 19, 2019

Colombia: Consejo de Estado obliga a autoridades a mejorar cárcel Peñas Blancas

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South America Colombia

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January 19, 2019

Argentina: más de 300 guardias entrenan para la primera cárcel juvenil

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South America Argentina

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January 17, 2019

France: grand débat national, les détenus pourront-ils participer aux discussions ?

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Europe France

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January 17, 2019

France: justice pour mineurs, quand le gouvernement court-circuite le Parlement

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Europe France

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January 17, 2019

Norway: punir autrement [video]

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Europe Norway

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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 16, 2019

Les conditions de détention continuent de se dégrader en Afrique et dans le monde

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Material conditions

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January 16, 2019

Belgium: la place des psychotiques en prison au coeur des débats

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Europe Belgium

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January 16, 2019

United Kingdom: wales has highest incarceration rate in western Europe – study

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Europe United Kingdom

Prison population in 2017 was 154 per 100,000 in Wales, compared with 141 in England.

January 14, 2019

Iceland: no prison psychiatrist in five years

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Europe Mental health Iceland

There hasn’t been a psychiatrist working in Icelandic prisons for more than five years, despite that fact that prisoners are guaranteed mental health services by law, RÚV reports. Three individuals incarcerated in Icelandic prisons have committed suicide in the last two years, a fact that is being…

January 14, 2019

Japan: de plus en plus de japonais âgés se font arrêter pour profiter de la prison

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January 13, 2019

United Kingdom: inmates in Scottish prisons ‘packed like sardines’

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Europe United Kingdom

The majority of Scotland’s prisons were at or beyond their maximum capacity last month, figures show.

January 13, 2019

Spain: humanizar las cárceles

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Europe Spain

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January 13, 2019

Dominican Republic: cárceles tradicionales son las más sobrepobladas

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Overcrowding Dominican Republic

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January 13, 2019

Spain: un 67%, a favor de la prisión permanente revisable, incluida la mayoría de votantes de Podemos

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Europe Spain

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January 12, 2019

Argentina: civiles reemplazarán a los guardiacárceles en el trato con los presos

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South America Argentina

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January 12, 2019

Uruguay : presos con celulares, comercios e industrias, un modelo para bajar la violencia en las cárceles

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South America Violence Uruguay

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January 12, 2019

Brazil: unos 17 presos "peligrosos" se fugaron de una cárcel

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South America Brazil

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January 12, 2019

United Kingdom: se acabaron los barrotes en las cárceles de Inglaterra y Gales

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Europe United Kingdom

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