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🇱🇻 Visit to Latvia: A Dialogue on Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners and Informal Prison Hierarchies

🇱🇻 Visit to Latvia: A Dialogue on Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners and Informal Prison Hierarchies

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yagunov10.04.202610.04.2026

Yesterday, I had the great honour and privilege of speaking with staff from the Prison Service of the Republic of…

Lyu Azbel, Mary Tate, Dan Bromberg and Frederick Altice: Resisting Methadone: Criminal Subculture and Methadone Implementation in Moldovan Prisons

Lyu Azbel, Mary Tate, Dan Bromberg and Frederick Altice: Resisting Methadone: Criminal Subculture and Methadone Implementation in Moldovan Prisons

DrugsExpertsInformal prisoner hierarchiesMoldovaPrison gangPrison gangsResearch
yagunov21.10.202521.10.2025

Maintenance treatment with methadone (MMT) is globally recommended as a key strategy for HIV prevention and addiction treatment in prisons,…

Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons

Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons

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yagunov23.07.202523.07.2025

In this expert blog, PRI’s Tinatin Uplisashvili explores the persistence of informal prison hierarchies across post-Soviet penitentiary systems, structures that…

Camille Graham Camp: Prison Gangs – Their Extent, Nature and Impact on Prisons

Camille Graham Camp: Prison Gangs – Their Extent, Nature and Impact on Prisons

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yagunov13.05.202513.05.2025
Hispanic Street and Prison Gangs in the United States: Economics, Subculture, Hierarchies, Case Law and Political Discourse

Hispanic Street and Prison Gangs in the United States: Economics, Subculture, Hierarchies, Case Law and Political Discourse

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yagunov04.03.202504.03.2025

This article focuses on Hispanic street and prison gangs, which – along with other gangs – constitute a significant and…

Dmytro Yagunov, Dmytro Tupchienko: Criminal Law: Defining the Concept)

Dmytro Yagunov, Dmytro Tupchienko: Criminal Law: Defining the Concept)

Dmytro YagunovExpertsInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrison hierarchiesPrison subculture
yagunov23.02.202523.02.2025

Сriminal law is a set of laws that define the list, characteristics and classification of acts that are defined by…

The Phenomenon of Informal Prison Hierarchies and the Simulacrum of Prison Subculture in Contemporary Power Relations

The Phenomenon of Informal Prison Hierarchies and the Simulacrum of Prison Subculture in Contemporary Power Relations

Dmytro YagunovExpertsInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subculture
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024
The Prison Gang as a «Brand» (an Overview of Informal Prison Hierarchies in Modern Prison Systems)

The Prison Gang as a «Brand» (an Overview of Informal Prison Hierarchies in Modern Prison Systems)

Dmytro YagunovExpertsInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subculture
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

The paper is devoted to the study of prison gangs as the main form of organized crime in many foreign…

A Simulacrum of the Prison Subculture in the Practices of the ECtHR and the CPT

A Simulacrum of the Prison Subculture in the Practices of the ECtHR and the CPT

CPTECHREuropeExpertsInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subculture
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

Taking into account the social consequences caused by imprisonment, prisons and other total institutions cannot be considered only as formal…

Gergely Fliegauf: A Short Genealogy of Prison Hierarchy in Hungary in the 1980s

Gergely Fliegauf: A Short Genealogy of Prison Hierarchy in Hungary in the 1980s

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yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

We are pleased to present a short overview of the genealogy of prison hierarchy in Hungary in the 1980s by…

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