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.
France: Extraction judiciaire, "ne pas s'arrêter"
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Belgium: égaux face au système pénitentiaire ?
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Jihadistes détenus en Syrie : "Au lieu d'organiser une justice, on met ce problème dans un étouffoir"
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France: "le système carcéral est éloigné du respect de la dignité"
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Haiti: des détenus pourraient "mourir de faim", faute de nourriture dans les prisons
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Uruguay: rethinking the prison system
It was a risky gamble that paid off for Luis Parodi, director for seven years now of Unit 6 of the Punta de Rieles prison in Montevideo. According to him, “Prison denies debate, and consequently denies life. There are absurd orders all the time.” This unit, which aims to resemble the outside world,…
Syria: cómo es la prisión kurda donde están encerrados miles de terroristas del Estado Islámico
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USA: prisons are not the answer to preventing crime
Each day in the United States and Canada, it seems like the news media reports another shooting or act of violence that ends in tragedy. As a result, politicians and the public often leap to the conclusion that violence is on the rise and that the answer is to throw more people behind bars.
Belgium: “complete failure” of the section for radicalised prisoners
Belgium was condemned on 24 April 2019 and will have to compensate several prisoners in the De-Radex section of the Ittre prison. Prisoners suspected to be recruiting members for jihadist organisations are isolated in these sections. Nicolas Cohen is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and a member of the…
DRC : grève suspendue à la prison centrale de Bukavu
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