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Editorial
Prison Insider's editorial
The members of Prison Insider periodically put forth their critical points of view -- different opinions from different people are the assets of the Prison Insider team.
USA: Terminal Island prison inmates went without heat during the coldest February in decades
Hundreds of inmates at the Terminal Island federal prison on the harbor front spent one of the coldest periods in decades in frigid cells with no heat and only blankets for warmth before they were transferred temporarily to another facility.![actu_asie_nord.png](/assets/f345x246-q80-p1/3817dc2d/actu_asie_nord.png)
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France : surpopulation, violence, contrebande et troubles psychiatriques dans les prisons de La Réunion
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Équateur : 26 bandas criminales operan en las cárceles
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Argentina: las cárceles y el ideal de reinserción
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Bolivia: un informe advierte de que las cárceles acogen 225 % más de reos
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Spain: la lucha antiterrorista se reforzará con el control a retornados y en las cárceles
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France : nouvelle hausse du nombre des détenus au 1er février
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Belgium: 447 décès en prison en 8 ans: des prisonniers à la santé précaire
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France : Liberté conditionnelle pour bâtir au plus vite des places de prison
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France : "c'est une prison sans barreaux"
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USA: Gangs, lack of guards spark teen riot at understaffed Texas juvenile prison
Spurred by boredom, gang conflicts and anger over a lack of guards, teens at a North Texas juvenile prison rioted for six days, assaulting officers and each other during a mass disturbance that boiled over during a football game.![actu_moyen_orient.png](/assets/f345x246-q80-p1/cf530a85/actu_moyen_orient.png)
Turkey: les peines de prison de journalistes du quotidien d’opposition Cumhuriyet confirmées en appel
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France : les “mardis noirs” des gardiens de prison
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France : le défi du suivi des "radicalisés" et des "revenants" hors des prisons
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France: from the pen to the polls
As of 1994, convicted people are no longer stripped of their civil rights. In principle, the majority of prisoners retain their right to vote. However, only 2% of them were able to vote during the last presidential elections. Incarceration prevents many prisoners from exercising this right. The Ro…![actu_amerique_centrale.png](/assets/f345x246-q80-p1/3817dc2d/actu_amerique_centrale.png)
Mexique : cárceles no reintegran
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Guatemala: en 10 años creció en 300% la prisión preventiva
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Un avocat égyptien jeté en prison pour un gilet jaune
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La Belgique dispose de 20 ans pour rénover les cellules de ses prisons
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