On August 1st, French prisons reached a new record with 89,668 inmates, marking an alarming increase of 43.5% compared to the previous year and highlighting the ongoing crisis of prison overcrowding. (translated)
Unreal. Welcome to the privatization of prisons- they get paid by the day. Hence keeping (illegally) people in as long as possible #PrisonReform #CriminalJustice #EndPrivatePrisons #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.
REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN NOW. 🇮🇷 A government that answers protest with prison, torture and executions has no moral legitimacy. The Islamic Republic has had decades to reform. Instead, it has built a system of fear around the IRGC, political prisons, censorship and the gallows. The https://t.co/ooOHHOcF4w #IranProtests #RegimeChange #HumanRights #IR
Russia’s recruitment isn't going as planned. Independent Russian media Verstka says new soldiers are brought in from prisons or picked up off the streets. Half of them can't carry full kit, some units are at only 30–40% strength, and many desert at the first opportunity. Most #Russia #MilitaryRecruitment #Desertion #RU
The Brussels prosecutor's office faces three major obstacles in the fight against shootings and violent crime, including the ineffective management of prisons allowing criminals to continue their activities from within, the leniency towards petty offenders linked to drug trafficking, and a lack of resources to deal with the multitude of active criminal networks. (translated)
Brussels prosecutor, Julien Moinil, warns against the persistence of shootings related to drug trafficking as long as the heads of networks are not arrested, specifically calling for the communication of incarcerated drug traffickers to be jammed after a summer marked by assassination attempts from within prisons. (translated)
🇪🇸🇲🇦 One in ten prisoners in Spain is Moroccan, despite Moroccan nationals accounting for just 2% of the country’s population. Their numbers in Spanish prisons rose 13.4% in a year to 6,188—five times their share of the general population.
The administrative court of Marseille is urgently examining the conditions of detention at the Baumettes prison, marked by alarming overcrowding and temperatures reaching 50°C on the ground, following a complaint filed by several organizations. (translated)
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella proposes to build floating prisons at sea to detain the most dangerous drug traffickers in the country, raising concerns among human rights organizations. (translated)
The justice system is examining the conditions of inhuman detention at the Aix-Luynes prison, criticized for their unsanitary conditions, including mattresses on the floor and cockroaches, following a legal action aimed at obtaining emergency measures to improve the situation of the inmates. (translated)
In Strasbourg, the suspension of emergency helicopter landings at the Hautepierre University Hospital due to drone deliveries to inmates poses a vital risk to patients, leading to delays of 30 to 40 minutes for the transport of the sick. (translated)
In Strasbourg, clandestine drone deliveries to the Elsau prison are preventing helicopters from landing at the emergency department of Hautepierre Hospital, jeopardizing patient care and provoking anger among healthcare workers. (translated)
This meeting with the president of the Iraqi Supreme Court is very important considering that out of over 5000 Syrians transferred to Iraq, many have been wrongfully accused of belonging to ISIS, just like the majority of Syrian detainees in the prisons of the SDF. (translated)
sorry... what do you mean Chris Watts who slaughtered his wife and three kids back in 2018... is getting married?! american prisons are something else allowing that type of bs #ChrisWatts #TrueCrime #PrisonReform #US
A drone delivery network was dismantled in French prisons, revealing growing security issues in these establishments, as discussed in the show by Marschall Truchot. (translated)
The gendarmes dismantled a network of drug deliveries by drones to the prison of Villefranche-sur-Saône, arresting five people, including a minor, and seizing drugs and a drone used for these deliveries. (translated)
🇫🇷⚖️⛓️ FLASH | Une juge a ordonné le TRANSFÉREMENT du criminel Rédoine Faïd vers une autre prison, estimant que ses conditions de détention à Alençon-Condé-sur-Sarthe demeurent « contraires à la dignité humaine ». La magistrate relève notamment le maintien des parloirs avec hygiaphone, l'absence d'accès à une unité de vie familiale, des restrictions aux appels téléphoniques ainsi qu'un accès très limité au sport, au travail, à la formation et aux activités culturelles. Le parquet a fait appel, suspendant pour l'instant cette décision. (Le Parisien) #Justice #DroitsHumains #Prisons
The administrative court of Bordeaux ordered urgent measures to improve the conditions of detention at the Bordeaux-Gradignan prison, due to insufficient sanitary conditions and overcrowding reaching almost 200%, demanding actions against the proliferation of pests, necessary repairs, and better treatment of detainees, especially those suffering from mental disorders. (translated)
A 28-year-old inmate committed suicide in his cell at the Béthune prison, where he was held in provisional detention after a motorcycle accident in June that seriously injured his 3-year-old son. (translated)
