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'Prison Valley' triumphs at 2010 Web Documentary Award
02/09/2010 - MEDIA

'Prison Valley' triumphs at 2010 Web Documentary Award

The second FRANCE24-Radio France International Web Documentary Award has been won by “Prison Valley”, a powerful production created by French journalists David Dufresne and Philippe Brault.
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Over a dozen killed in prison clashes
06/08/2010 - MEXICO

Over a dozen killed in prison clashes

At least 14 prisoners at a facility in Matamoros, northeast Mexico died on Friday after violence broke out between rival gangs, prison officials reported.
Nora Shourd, mother of Sarah Shourd (American prisoner in Iran)
21/07/2010 - THE INTERVIEW

Nora Shourd, mother of Sarah Shourd (American prisoner in Iran)

In this interview, our guest is the mother of Sarah Shourd, an american prisoner in Iran: Nora Shourd.
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Cuba’s political prisoners
09/07/2010 - TOP STORY

Cuba’s political prisoners

It emerged last night that the Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas had ended his 130 day long hunger strike, a decision that followed the news that the Cuban government was to free 52 political prisoners. It is to be the largest prisoner release for years in Cuba and it could prove to be a turning point in ties with the US and European Union.
Photography can make things change
24/06/2010 - CULTURE

Photography can make things change

Eve Jackson speaks to one of the world's leading photo journalists, Jane Evelyn Atwood. She's managed to penetrate worlds most of us do not know. Her work in prisons, with prostitutes and the victims of land mines has been published and exhibited worldwide. She is fighting for the release from jail of Gaile Owens, a woman who has been languishing on death row since 1986.
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Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, Hank Skinner's wife
23/06/2010 - THE INTERVIEW

Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, Hank Skinner's wife

In this interview, our guest is Hank Skinner's wife Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner.
French director Kim Chapiron dissects US juvenile prison system
25/06/2010 - CINEMA

French director Kim Chapiron dissects US juvenile prison system

A winner at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, French filmmaker Kim Chapiron’s Dog Pound uses a fictional correctional center to take a cold, hard look at the real American juvenile prison system. France24.com caught up with the director in Paris.
Prisons through the ages
16/06/2010 - CULTURE

Prisons through the ages

Our daily Culture magazine lifts the veil on the harsh and rough environment of French prisons. Could a photograph really help us understand the brutality of the place? The Musée Carnavalet in Paris is currently showing “L’impossible photographie, prisons parisiennes”. Jacqueline Salmon, one of the photographers, explains to Eve Jackson the difficulties she has encountered during her work in jail. Then, a masterpiece of dance being held at the Opéra Bastille in Paris: Kaguyahime.
Ruling denies Bagram detainees access to US civil courts
22/05/2010 - USA

Ruling denies Bagram detainees access to US civil courts

The US court of appeals ruled Friday that prisoners held at a US military base in Bagram, Afghanistan do not the right to challenge their detention in US civil courts, despite a 2008 Supreme Court decision enabling Guantanamo detainees to do so.
US Supreme Court curbs use of life sentences for juveniles
17/05/2010 - USA

US Supreme Court curbs use of life sentences for juveniles

The US Supreme Court rejected as unconstitutional the life imprisonment without parole sentence for juveniles who commit a crime other than murder. Some 111 young defendants have been sentenced to life in prison without parole for non-murder crimes.
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