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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.
United Kingdom: six out of ten women leaving prison are homeless
A new report from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative exposes a failing system that leaves thousands of women released from UK prisons with £46, a plastic bag, nowhere to live and the threat of a return to custody if they miss their probation appointment. The initiative is a collabor…![actu_europe.png](/assets/f345x246-q80-p1/3817dc2d/actu_europe.png)
France: la prison, un milieu difficile pour le travail social
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United States of America: night terrors in prison
Kyle H. has been incarcerated since 2001 and is serving a life sentence. He is held at River North Correctional Center in the state of Virginia. He bravely tells how an ordinary day goes by, when voices cannot stop, and when he becomes a stranger to himself.United States: California kept prison factories open
California’s prison system has taken drastic measures to combat the coronavirus, halting rehab programs, religious services and educational classes. But correctional authorities kept one type of operation running through much of the last six months: prison factories.West Bank: thirty detainees join hunger strike in Ofer prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that thirty detainees held in Ofer Israeli detention center has launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras, who continues his strike for the 80th consecutive day. The PPS stated that the thirty detainees started the strike on Wed…![actu_europe.png](/assets/f345x246-q80-p1/3817dc2d/actu_europe.png)
Belgique: libérations anticipées et interruptions de peine, plus de 700 détenus sortis de prison lors de la première vague
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France : feu vert à la nomination de Dominique Simonnot comme Contrôleuse générale des prisons
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Argentina: advierten por los riesgos de contagio en las cárceles debido a la sobrepoblación
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Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias
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Estados Unidos: la paradoja de la pena de muerte
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France: la journaliste Dominique Simonnot nommée contrôleuse générale des prisons
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France: le Conseil constitutionnel exige une loi pour faire respecter la dignité humaine en prison
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France: des kits d'hygiène féminine distribués gratuitement aux détenues de la maison d'arrêt de Nîmes
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United Kingdom: lockdown conditions leave prisoners at risk of serving longer sentences
Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences. For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significa…United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment…Taste — 10/12
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…![actu_asie_sud.png](/assets/f345x246-q80-p1/3817dc2d/actu_asie_sud.png)
Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria
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Venezuela: el ministerio penitenciario ortogó 80 libertades con régimen de confianza en Guárico
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Argentina: por qué son cada vez más las mujeres presas por vender drogas
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