Etiket: prisons
Transfers to medium security prisons | The conditions of detention of Magnotta and Bernardo will be scrutinized
(Ottawa) Concerned “that Justin Trudeau’s criminal justice system allows monsters like Luka Magnotta and Paul Bernardo to be released from the maximum security prisons in which they should be locked…
slang banned from prisons to improve the reintegration of prisoners
Experts have said part of the deterioration in the climate in a detention center is linked to prison slang. The Japanese Ministry of Justice has therefore decided to ban certain…
Marked increase of 87% in deaths in Quebec prisons
(Montreal) Deaths in Quebec prisons have increased by 87% in 13 years, reveals a research report published Wednesday by a team from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM). Posted…
The death rate in Quebec prisons jumped 87% between 2009 and 2022
Between 2009 and 2022, prisons under Quebec jurisdiction recorded an increase in the death rate of 87%, shows the work of a research team made public today. Behind the bars…
Women’s prisons, a false solution?
What is the point of imprisoning women for minor crimes, in Quebec as elsewhere? “Scientific studies tend to conclude that the criminalization profile of women rarely justifies their imprisonment,” writes…
France should be “very concerned about its prisons”, says the first president of the Court of Cassation
Published on 02/14/2024 11:11 Update on 02/14/2024 11:14 Video length: 9 min France should be “very concerned about its prisons”, says the first president of the Court of Cassation Christophe…
Federal Prisons | The work of correctional officers “increasingly dangerous”, says a union
The violent attack committed by an inmate against employees, which occurred Monday at the Port-Cartier prison, demonstrates that the profession of correctional officer “is becoming more and more dangerous over…
in some French prisons, inmates forced into system D to keep warm
Welcome Company Prisons In some prisons, whether old or more modern, cell temperatures can fall below 15°C. Inmates are forced to light hotplates to keep warm. Published on 01/13/2024 07:52…
A new record for French prisons, with more than 75,000 people incarcerated at the beginning of November
Welcome Company Prisons The country’s penitentiary establishments have only 60,975 operational places, and the overall prison density is therefore 123.2%. Published on 11/30/2023 10:51 Reading time : 1 minute Bonneville…
A new record for French prisons, with more than 75,000 people incarcerated at the beginning of November
Welcome Company Prisons The country’s penitentiary establishments have only 60,975 operational places, and the overall prison density is therefore 123.2%. Published on 11/30/2023 10:51 Reading time : 1 minute Bonneville…
Gazan workers denounce their conditions of detention in Israeli prisons
Welcome World Middle East War between Hamas and Israel Nearly 3,000 Gazans who worked in Israel before the Hamas assault have been allowed to return to Gaza, after spending several…
Gazan workers denounce their conditions of detention in Israeli prisons
Welcome World Middle East War between Hamas and Israel Nearly 3,000 Gazans who worked in Israel before the Hamas assault were allowed to return to Gaza, after spending several days…
Ukrainian women languish in prisons in Russian-occupied regions
Many of them are languishing in detention centers located in Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia. Sometimes without being able to give news to their loved ones. Often by being deprived…
Honduras | Military police launch operation to regain control of prisons
Sorry, your browser does not support videos Members of the Public Order Military Police operated in the National Penitentiary Center “Francisco Morazan” in Tamara after the government announced that the…
Politicians should not run prisons
In a kind of preemptive attack, federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino publicly expressed his dismay at the transfer of Paul Bernardo from a maximum security penitentiary to a “medium”…
a record number of 73,162 detainees in French prisons on May 1 for 60,867 places, an overcrowding of 120.2%
The number of detainees is the highest in the interregional directorate of the Paris penitentiary services, with 13,454 detainees. Article written by Posted on 05/30/2023 11:08 Reading time : 1…
Overcrowded prisons, violence, dilapidation… What to remember from the annual report of the Controller General of Places of Deprivation of Liberty
In his 2022 activity report, Dominique Simonnot draws up a detailed assessment of the state of French prison establishments. “There is no prison where no rights are violated.” The report,…
“There is a political will, but unfortunately it takes time”, estimates the former director of the prisons of Fresnes and Fleury-Mérogis
Joaquim Pueyo, PS mayor of Alençon, former director of the prisons of Fresnes and Fleury-Mérogis, reacts on franceinfo to the detailed assessment of the state of French penitentiary establishments drawn…
Overcrowded prisons, violence, dilapidation… What to remember from the annual report of the Controller General of Places of Deprivation of Liberty
In his 2022 activity report, Dominique Simonnot draws up a detailed assessment of the state of French prison establishments. “There is no prison where no rights are violated.” The report,…
Use of bare cells | Ottawa wants new limits on their use in prisons
(Ottawa) The federal government has pledged to change prison rules to limit the use of bare cells and improve the process of tracing and seizing contraband in correctional facilities. Posted…