News March 16, 2023 Hungary: There have never been so many behind bars The government explains this by the high number of traffickers caught, but does not talk about the failure of the prison expansion programme or the under-use of alternative sentences.
News May 25, 2017 Inside the Hungarian closed camp “I have spent three months stateside in the past year. The rest of my time has been split between Greece and Serbia where I have been volunteering with refugees. During this time, I have had the privilege of meeting some of the strongest, most resilient people I have ever met. The friends and conne…
News April 30, 2017 ‘It was an invasion’: how Hungary managed to erase illlegal immigration in just a few months When other countries welcomed refugees with open arms, Hungary decided it was time to eradicate illegal immigration at any cost. The country succeeded, but that success damaged relations with the European Union in the process.
News March 31, 2017 Mise en lumière du recours à la détention pratiqué par la Hongrie, alors que le Sous-comité des Nations Unies pour la prévention de la torture conclut sa visite Hungary should immediately address the excessive use of detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Friday at the end of an 11-day visit to the country.
News March 28, 2017 Hongrie: la détention des migrants commence This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
News March 7, 2017 Hungary: tout migrant entrant sur le territoire sera désormais placé en détention This article is not available in English. If you wish you can consult the French version
News March 7, 2017 Hungary to detain all migrants in border camps, despite UN warnings of 'terrible physical and psychological impact' Hungary approved plans on Tuesday to detain migrants in camps on its border, state news agency MTI said, a step which the United Nations said violates European Union law and will have a “terrible physical and psychological impact” on asylum seekers.
News March 7, 2017 En Hongrie, les migrants passeront obligatoirement par la case prison This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
News March 7, 2017 La Hongrie va remettre tous les migrants en prison This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
News March 2, 2017 Hungary uses prisoners to build massive border fence to block migrants Hungary has used prison inmates to build a second line of fencing along its southern border with Serbia in another move to block immigration into the country.
News February 7, 2017 Hungary to build eight new prisons until summer 2018 Eight new penitentiary facilities of European standard will be constructed in Hungary until the summer of 2018, Tamás Tóth, head of the Hungarian Prison Service told news agency MTI.
News February 7, 2017 Almost 90% of inmates study or work in Hungarian prisons More than 10,000 of Hungary’s prison inmates, or 88 percent, spend their sentence studying or working, national prison chief Tamás Tóth told a press conference on Tuesday.
News November 30, 2016 Hungarian court sentences migrant to 10 years in jail A Hungarian court has sentenced a migrant to ten years in jail for participating in rioting at the country’s southern border with Serbia last year.
News June 10, 2016 Hungary: Budapest detention facility "unsuitable for human habitation" Hungarian prisons have never met European standards, but a recent OPCAT study conducted by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights found that conditions of incarceration in Hungary are even worse than thought.
News May 12, 2016 Hongrie : les barbelés antimigrants fabriqués en prison This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
News April 29, 2014 COE report : Hungarian prisons crowded Many member countries of the Council of Europe have problems with overcrowded prisons, among them Hungary, a report released in Brussels today showed.