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Malta: "unbearable heat" in prison cells is "inhumane"
Prisoners are suffering “inhumane treatment” due to the “unbearable heat” that builds up in their cells during the hot summer months, according to the dean of the university’s social well-being faculty who called on the authorities to address the situation.Malta: government proposes rehab instead of prison term for persons already jailed over drugs
The Ministry for Justice has launched a public consultation process on a Bill which proposes that persons who were found in possession of drugs in jail, and in the meantime have already served a prison sentence and have rehabilitated themselves, can qualify to be tried by the drugs court.Malta: prison facility is on a “very good” track forward
Compared to the Corradino Correctional Facility of 15 years ago, Prisoner Welfare Commissioner Steve Libreri said that there has been a “considerable” improvement in supportive services, the prison environment, as well as a change in the culture of correctional officers, leading to a prison facilit…
Malta: inmate claims solitary confinement retribution after speaking out on ‘campaign of terror’ in prison
A prisoner who spoke out on breach of human rights and systematic terror within the prison facility, has been barred from contacting the outside world and thrown into solitary confinement. Correctional Services Agency denies allegationsMalta: the Corradino correctional facility is “diabolical” and the prison system should be completely revised
Dean of the Faculty of social wellbeing Andrew Azzopardi said that it is “bursting at the seams”. “A few years ago, we were speaking about 200 to 300 people spending time in jail. It is now full up“Malta: PN suggests temporary prisons to ease overcrowding and virus risk at Corradino
The government should consider setting up temporary prisons to ease overcrowding at Corradino prison and the related risk of the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, the shadow minister for home affairs said on Thursday. Beppe Fenech Adami said the prison authorities should segregate elderly prisoners a…Malta: changes to prison reform are slow to happen
Over the past weeks we’ve seen major changes done to Corradino Correctional Facility with regards to visitation rights and conjugal visits, but how much do we really know about the basic functions of a prison? Jeremy Micallef speaks with Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology Dr Sandra Sc…