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Élise, prison visitor, listening to inmates
For almost seven years, Élise has been a prison visitor. An unusual commitment for a young woman of 34, who goes almost every Saturday to the Nanterre remand center, in…
Correctional officers are convicted of violence against inmates
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A carer is sentenced to fines and damages for abusing an inmate at the Skänninganstalten. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT A correctional officer at Skänningenstalten…
spectacular escape of around thirty inmates from Moroni prison
On Thursday April 11, the Comoros witnessed a massive escape from Moroni prison. Thirty-eight detainees escaped. The authorities confirmed that this escape was facilitated by failures in the security system.…
67 inmates released from the largest prison, “a small signal because the work has only just begun”
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 67 inmates were released on March 28, 2024 from the largest prison in the DRC, Makala, near Kinshasa, where nearly 15,000 inmates are…
Inmate’s death inquest jury suggests nine changes at the Sarnia Jail
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A coroner’s inquest jury has recommended making nine changes to how the Sarnia Jail operates after hearing five days of evidence surrounding the death…
Inmate’s death inquest jury mulling potential suggestions for changes at the Sarnia Jail
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A coroner’s inquest jury was mulling Friday more than a dozen potential recommendations about how the Sarnia Jail is run in response to an…
‘Nothing abnormal’ before Sarnia Jail inmate’s body found, inquest hears
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News When Lindsay Doxtator started her Sarnia Jail night shift on Dec. 4, 2020, she noticed Travis Havers was a new inmate in the area…
The correctional service is preparing for inmates to live in gymnasiums
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Photo: Janerik Henriksson / TT / TT News Agency There is an acute shortage of places in Swedish prisons, detention centers and detention cells. Therefore,…
Two inmates from Fleury-Mérogis prison on the run, an improvised escape?
Pretending an urgent desire, the two inmates who were taking part in a running outing in the Fontainebleau forest on Tuesday afternoon left. A manhunt is now underway to find…
the number of inmates in prisons once again reaches an all-time high
Prison overcrowding has broken a new record since on July 1, 74,513 people were detained in French prisons. This is the sixth time since November 2022 that this sad record…