Filaki- Prison World (english subs)

Documentary from Greece about the prison society, its role in social control and the ongoing rebellion against it… The film focuses on the prison uprisings against the political repression and social war against the comrades in Greece as well as the hunger strikes against the Type-F prisons in Turkey which soon spread to engulf many …

Twelve-hour riot after detainee dies at Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre (Lincolnshire, UK)

A brief spark of revolt was seen from those incarcerated in Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre near Lincoln after a Bengali man, who had been in the prison only three days, died on September 5. Disorder broke out at breakfast on September 6 and staff were forced to flee, withdrawing to a “place of safety”. …