Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

June 26, 2019

Greece: greek riot police break up prison melee

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Europe Greece

Greek riot police stormed Athens’ Korydallos prison on Tuesday evening to put a stop to the widespread brawling among inmates which erupted earlier in the day.

June 26, 2019

USA: the U.S. prison system can harm young brains, scientist warns

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North America United States

A teen’s brain does not magically mature into its adult form the night before someone’s 18th birthday. In fact, brain development will continue into a person’s 20s. This neural fine-tuning has serious implications for young people caught in the U.S. justice system, argues neuroscientist B.J. Casey.

June 26, 2019

USA : gangs ran this private prison

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North America United States

It was a prison brimming with violence, awash in weapons—and severely short on guards to patrol its cell blocks. But security-camera footage caught the action when Brad Fitch arrived in unit F at Mississippi’s Wilkinson County Correctional Facility on Jan. 31, 2018.

June 26, 2019

Paraguay: ministerio de Justicia cierra dos cárceles por superpoblación de presos

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South America Facilities Overcrowding Paraguay

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June 26, 2019

Sudan: Bashir’s regime protest prison conditions

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Africa Material conditions Sudan

Members of the regime of ousted president Omar Bashir who have been jailed in the Koper Prison in Khartoum since their removal from power in April, are protesting against their prison conditions.

June 26, 2019

France : l'enfer des prisons en période de canicule

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Europe France

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June 26, 2019

France : l’avenir du Genepi en suspens

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Europe France

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June 25, 2019

Argentina: peor el remedio que la enfermedad

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South America Argentina

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June 25, 2019

France: en immersion dans les unités pour détenus violents

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Europe Violence France

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June 24, 2019

USA: 100 prisoners In Shakopee wear blue to demand LGBTQ changes this pride

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North America United States

Inside Shakopee Prison last Saturday. Prisoners wore blue - the only color they can wear without getting in trouble - to protest in favor of changes demanded by LGBTQ prisoners

June 24, 2019

Chad: un mort et cinq blessés dans une tentative d'évasion

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Africa Protest Violence Chad

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June 21, 2019

Paraguay: más cárceles no solucionan el hacinamiento

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South America Material conditions Paraguay

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June 20, 2019

South Africa: watchdog investigating Goedemoed prison 'abuse'

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South Africa

Violent retribution allegedly perpetrated by warders on inmates at Goedemoed Prison in the Free State is being investigated by the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS).

June 20, 2019

Australia: Sydney PC assembler using prison labour

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Oceania Australia

An unidentified PC assembly company is using inmates at a Sydney prison to build some of its products.

June 20, 2019

USA: après la prison

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North America United States

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June 20, 2019

Australia: "I just need it to end"

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Oceania Australia

Ralph is a British citizen detained in a prison farm, in Kernet. He has been incarcerated for more than six years and is about to be released. He tells Prison Insider how a regular day goes by in prison.

June 18, 2019

Zimbabwe: prisons under siege as Zimbabwe’s economic woes persist

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Africa Zimbabwe

The Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare is crumbling at the seams, assailed by overcrowding and a critical shortage of medicines, food and other basics as the economically-crippled country battles to care for its inmates.

June 18, 2019

USA: Texas prison guards to get a small raise, but some doubt it will help with chronic understaffing

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United States

The state’s two-year budget provided $84 million to increase salaries for correctional officers and other prison employees as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice faces nearly 4,000 empty guard positions.

June 18, 2019

United States: prisons ban dozens of technology and programming books over security concerns

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North America United States

Oregon’s Department of Corrections has banned dozens of introductory technology and coding books from state prisons over security concerns.

June 18, 2019

UK: prison review says family contact reduces reoffending by women

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Women Social ties United Kingdom

Report finds that inmates who receive family visits are 39% less likely to break law again

June 18, 2019

USA: a prison death, a mysterious autopsy and official silence

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United States

A former paratrooper died after being restrained by guards in Pennsylvania. His body showed signs of violence, and his organs have not been returned after an autopsy.

June 17, 2019

Australia: Aboriginal man dies in custody days after jail was told he was suicidal

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Oceania Suicide Australia

An Aboriginal man has died in a Western Australian prison just days after his mother reportedly called the jail to warn that he was suicidal.

June 17, 2019

10 dead in Paraguay prison riot

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South America Drugs Violence Paraguay

At least 10 people died during a riot in the San Pedro prison here on Sunday, with five of them having been beheaded, state media has reported. Paraguayan newspaper reported that four people died due to sustaining burns since a long time, while one more died later in a hospital, after quoting prose…

June 16, 2019

Côte d'Ivoire: le taux de surpopulation carcérale atteint les 266%

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Africa Overcrowding Côte d’Ivoire

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