Burden of scabies in a Ghanaian penitentiary. by Yaw Ampem Amoako, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Dennis Odai Laryea, Gloria Kyem, Solomon Gyabaah, Abigail Agbanyo, Bernadette Agbavor, Nana Konama Kotey, Irene Dzathor, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Kingsley Asiedu, Richard Odame Phillips, Ymkje Stienstra

“…<h4>Background</h4>There is a dearth of information concerning the epidemiology of human scabies in prisons. Therefore, we aimed to assess the burden of scabies and ascertain if prevalence was high enough to warrant mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin in a medium security prison in central Ghana.…”
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Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre by Igor Mikeshin

“…The organisation of space in the rehabs very much resembles prison, while also following the common dogmatic principles of the program. …”
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Children in institutional re-socialisation and education – on the edge of contemporary trends by Justyna Kusztal, Sławomir Przybyliński

“…The system of juvenile re-socialisation in Poland, regulated by the Act on Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings of 1982, covers children and adolescents in connection with their depravation or with committing a punishable offence and it provides for institutional educational measures and reformatory measures in the form of sending a minor to a juvenile detention centre. Although a prison sentence passed on minors is an exception to the rule of adjudicating educational and reformatory measures, according to international regulations, the category of juvenile imprisonment is broader than serving a sentence in prison. …”
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POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND CENSORSHIP IN 19TH-CENTURY RUSSIA by Igor M. Chubarov

“…Thus, the main goal of this article is to make a comparative study of papers related to Russian prison and censorship and Foucault methods.…”
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Intolerance, Religious Lynchings and the Future of Indonesia by Andre Vltchek

“…Two days later, on February 8 in Temanggung, Central Java, a crowd stormed a local courthouse and vandalized three churches after a man – a former priest who allegedly insulted both Islam and Christianity in his pamphlet – was sentenced to five years in prison, the maximum sentence. Protesters demanded the death penalty. …”
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Les nuits carcérales, révélatrices des violences de l’enfermement by Naomi Fournier

“…This article shines a light on the life of female prisoners during nocturnal time in a French prison, in order to understand the operation of this punishment and marginalisation phenomenon. …”
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L’étude préalable et la conservation - restauration des graffitis des internés au camp de Drancy by Mélanie Curdy

“…During the Second World War, the Jewish prisoners of the transit camp in Drancy inscribed messages on the walls of their prison. …”
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Baptist ethics of conscientious objection to military service in South Africa: the watershed case of Richard Steele by F. Hale

“…Like his cousin and fellow Baptist, Peter Moll, he countered prevailing sentiments and practices within his denomination by going to prison rather than serve in the South African Defence Force. …”
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Nelson Mandela était-il communiste ? by Chloé Maurel

“…On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the abolition of apartheid in South Africa, which was won through a fierce struggle on June 30, 1991, it is interesting to look at the career of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), and the strong political committments which guided him throughout his extraordinary life and which helped him to keep hope throughout his 27 years in prison (August 1962 - February 11, 1990). How do his humanist and egalitarian convictions come close to communist ideas? …”
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“BYKHOV PERIOD” OF RUSSIAN GENERAL KORNILOV by N. V. Shevtsov

“…Markov and other prominent figures of the White movement were soon placed in a converted women’s gymnasium in a prison. There they were about a month and a half, and then, shortly after the October events of 1918, they left it going to the Don. …”
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La taupe et le serpent. Discipline et contrôle dans les tribunaux pour enfants aux États-Unis (xxe-xxie siècles) by Guillaume Périssol

“…Furthermore, what remains of the disciplinary society described by Michel Foucault when he proposed the prison as the analogic model for the enclosed milieux used for containing people in modern times? …”
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Eterotopie. Lo spazio tra potere e sapere nell’impresa genealogica di Michel Foucault by Sebastianelli, Pietro

“…However, we can observe how Foucault's works are studded with meticulous descriptions of spaces: from the asylum to the prison, from the hospital to the city, ending with the body as a surface for inscribing power relations. …”
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Diseases and causes of death among the popes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Unnatural causes comprise inter alia assassination, death in prison or in exile, casualties of war or public violence, poisoning and stoning during street violence. …”
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Peningkatan harga diri melalui layanan bimbingan dan konseling individu by Umar Latif, Zamratul Aini

“…The approach used in this research is Participatory Action Research. respondents involved in this study were all members of the Sigli Penitentiary Class III Prison Society. the results of the study found an increase in self-esteem in fostered citizens marked by the emergence of 5 of 7 aspects based on behavioral checklist indicators that are realistic, aware of strengths and weaknesses, aware of the position as a creature of God, assertive and independent.…”
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L’asile contre la santé ? Vie et mort des homosexuels sénégalais réfugiés en Mauritanie by Christophe Broqua, Gabrièle Laborde-Balen, Agathe Menetrier, Djamil Bangoura

“…In Senegal, where acts “against nature with an individual of the same sex” are punishable by prison, gay men live in fear of denunciation and are regularly victims of violence and discrimination. …”
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Theft and robbery in Chrysostom's time by H. F. Stander

“…Robbers were severely punished and for a single theft one could spend the rest of one’s life in prison. Prisoners were also dependent on their family or on the charity of Christians for food. …”
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Religion and its Role in Addressing Three Critical Social Issues in Africa: Gender-Based Violence, Crime, and Poverty by Maria Frahm-Arp

“…The articles in this edition look at Muslim communities, Christian communities, southern African language communities, and prison communities exploring what role religions play in helping ordinary people to deal with the challenges of GBV, crime, and poverty. …”
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“From in the light I touched the light” by Anne-Laure Tissut

“…As the protagonist gropes her way through the ceaselessly shifting volumes of a prison-house, her body undergoes ceaseless transformations and distortions, bringing to mind Francis Bacon’s works. …”
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“Some Real War Shit. … I Fucking Held the Camera”: Re-implacing Iraq in Roy Scranton’s War Porn (2016) by Barbara Kowalczuk

“…The fictional representation of re-implacing the Iraqi prison, now an incorporated foreign body, calls for an ethical response to the suffering of others and the ontological recognition of the grievability of lives (Judith Butler, Frames of War [2009]).…”
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Estação Carandiru e o mundo construído pelas formas de nomeação by Maria Aparecida Silva Ribeiro

“…In the context of the emergence of literary narratives about prison and violence, observed in late 1990s, Estação Carandiru, by Drauzio Varella, is published. …”
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