Prisons: prisoners are more at risk of dying from cancer
People who are incarcerated or recently released from prison have a higher risk of contracting and dying from cancer, compared ...
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Prisons: a report denounces the very complicated access to care
The International Prison Observatory denounces very complicated access to specialized care for prisoners. Focus on health in detention. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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This crypto mining factory is in a very remarkable place
It can always be crazier! So also with this crypto mining factory that is in a - let's say - ...
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Milk allergy: a teacher sentenced to suspended prison after the death of a student
A teacher was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence for feeding two pancakes to a 6-year-old pupil, allergic to lactose, ...
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Criminal drones really exist
Drones are used for criminal activities and there is little we can do about it. Read here how they are ...
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Measles: three cases identified in Vivonne prison, near Poitiers
Three cases of measles have been declared at Vivonne prison, near Poitiers, the Regional Health Agency announced on Thursday. A ...
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Prisons: a damning report on the central house of Château-Thierry
A report describes an "exercise of psychiatry that is more coercive than caring and unethical" in a detention center in ...
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Death penalty: Arkansas carries out questionable executions
The state of Arkansas executed two people within hours. Its stocks of midazolam, used for death sentences, will expire at ...
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Fresnes: justice seized on the insalubrity of the prison
The International Prison Observatory has seized the courts in order to oblige the State to put in place an "emergency ...
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Fleury-Mérogis: a context of extreme prison violence
While the supervisors of Fleury-Mérogis block the remand center, reports keep warning about the rise in prison violence.Europe's largest prison ...
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Leptospirosis: more than 600 cases identified in metropolitan France
In 2014-2015, the incidence of leptospirosis reached a level identical to that of 1920. The number of cases has doubled ...
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Prison: buried needle exchange programs
The harm reduction and addiction associations are calling for the implementation of needle exchange programs in prison.Promises are binding only ...
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Prison: one in two deaths is suicide
Half of the deaths recorded between 2000 and 2010 in French prisons were suicides, according to a study by Public ...
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Prisons: drug addicts could use syringes in cells
The health law has authorized this device, which reduces the transmission of diseases. The draft decree is currently being drafted.The ...
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Fire safety: the Prison Observatory is sounding the alarm
A dozen prisons in France have received an unfavorable opinion for opening to the public due to serious failures in ...
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Fresnes prison: “The risk of an epidemic is real”
INTERVIEW - The Controller General of Places of Deprivation of Liberty reviews the report and emergency recommendations issued after a ...
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Food poisoning: 45 detainees affected in Dijon
The preferred hypothesis for the moment is that of collective contamination by means of a fish dish.For a week, a ...
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Prison: individual confinement is a health necessity
INTERVIEW - The Minister of Justice has delivered his report on individual cells. An essential measure for the mental health ...
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Health in prison: report points to system shortcomings
Addictions, psychiatric or transmissible diseases: the health of prisoners leaves much to be desired and requires regular care. This is ...
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Prison: the return of strip searches opens a controversy
The Senate passed an amendment that would see the return of widespread strip searches in prisons. They had been banned ...
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The Valenciennes hospital treats detainees by telemedicine
The Valenciennes Hospital Center has just launched access to care for prisoners through telemedicine. The objective: to facilitate the care ...
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Psychiatry: French prisoners are poorly treated
An NGO points out the many shortcomings in France in the care of prisoners with psychiatric disorders. She denounces in ...
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Health of detainees: justice owes 36 million euros to hospitals
The Minister of Justice announced that the Ministry of Justice had a slate of 36 million euros from French hospitals.“Justice ...
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Health of detainees: places of detention pinpointed by the Comptroller General
In prison, in police custody or in a psychiatric establishment, the health of detainees is not always taken seriously. The ...
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Prison: women victims of discrimination
Women, a minority among the prison population, suffer a lot of discrimination compared to men, according to a report.To be ...
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Slap: 8 months suspended prison sentence for a violent father
A man was given a suspended sentence on Tuesday for inflicting a "big slap" on his child. A gesture that ...
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Prisons: detainees victims of ill-treatment
On the occasion of a European visit to French prisons, the OIP warns of inhumane conditions of imprisonment.It is said ...
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Passive smoking: a prisoner condemns the state
The only non-smoker in his prison cell, an inmate exposed to passive smoking lodged a complaint for "inhuman" conditions. And ...
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Prison: the rights of hospitalized prisoners are violated
Despite the advice of the Comptroller General on the issue of care given to detainees in health establishments, difficulties persist ...
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Mining Bitcoin during working hours? Do not do it!
An IT employee in New York had a lucrative business, namely mining Bitcoins during working hours. That was not helpful… ...
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