Corrections International

The Corrections International topic provides American correctional officers with corrections news from around the world, focusing on the latest developments and events in other countries and how prisons in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America operate.

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A rare look inside France's prison system
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France 24 looks into the challenges faced by France's penitentiary system. They take a closer look at the initiatives being tested to avoid repeat offences and help inmates prepare for life after detention through sport, but also French classes.
NZ inmates refurbish donated bikes
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Prisoners at Christchurch Men's Prison Youth Unit are asking for more bikes so they can repair them and pass them onto released prisoners to use to get to work.
Brazilian inmates caught using mouse to smuggle contraband
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Inmates use a mouse to ferry contraband between cells
Firsthand look into Canadian correctional officer training practices
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This video gives an introduction to COBT at the Whitehorse Correctional Center in Yukon, Canda.
Feb 17, 2015 Correctional Officer Rally
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Feb 17, 2015 Ontario Correctional Officer Rally
Belgian murderer, rapist 'granted permission to die'
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A Belgian rapist and murderer serving a life sentence will be allowed to die later this week after his request to be put to death was granted.
Italy's prison panettone offers a sweet way to cut crime
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Padua's prison is all fired up as inmates employed in the bakery prepare traditional panettone cakes to be sold over the Christmas period. Tara Cleary reports.
The Norden
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James Conway, retired Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility in New York, visits four Nordic prisons and facilities. What methods are used in the correctional facilities of the Nordic countries? How do they differ compared to the US? Host: Joakim Rundt.
A look at a booking center inside a UK facility
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This documentary shows the wide variety of criminals -- from an 11-year-old thief to a much older pervert -- that one booking center in the UK sees on a daily basis.
A look inside a Norwegian prison
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A short clip shows what life is like at Bastoy Prison, in Norway.
Brazil prison riot: Inmates beheads two, pushes one off roof
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Two prisoners were beheaded and another killed during a riot over conditions at a jail in southern Brazil. Inmates of the penitentiary in Cascavel took at least two other agents and a number of other inmates hostage in the uprising on Sunday.
Brazilian Prisoners Film Tunnel Jail Break On Phone
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Police say the guard on duty had not bothered to inspect the cell for about two months before the inmates' brazen escape.
Inmate found stuck in wall trying to escape prison
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Brazilian COs found an inmate stuck in a wall in an apparent escape attempt. Two inmates were behind the man waiting for their turn, but they'll have to wait a little longer.
Corporal punishment
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A British documentary on the use and development of corporal punishment throughout history.
Inside South Africa's notorious prison
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Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military base.
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