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November 4, 2017

Philippines : un mort lors d'une émeute dans une prison surpeuplée

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Asia Protest Overcrowding Violence Philippines

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

August 23, 2017

Australia: 'extraordinary overcrowding' at Alice Springs women's jail, investigation finds

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Women Oceania Overcrowding Australia

A new investigation into living conditions at the Alice Springs Women’s Correctional Facility (ASWCF) has found overcrowding has led to “at-risk” women being transferred to the men’s prison.

August 23, 2017

Salvador: denuncian hacinamiento extremo en cárceles de El Salvador

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Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding El Salvador

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

August 4, 2017

UK: prisons in crisis due to ‘perverse’ government overhaul

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Europe Drugs Overcrowding Violence United Kingdom

The president of the Prison Governors Association (PGA) has said prisons in England and Wales are in crisis due to a “perverse” government overhaul and a “toxic mix” of pressures.

August 3, 2017

Romania could introduce electronic monitoring to reduce prison overcrowding

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Overcrowding Romania

Romania’s Justice Ministry considers introducing electronic monitoring for convicts to reduce overcrowding in prisons, said justice minister Tudorel Toader yesterday, quoted by Mediafax.

July 11, 2017

Indonesia : Kerobokan prison escapees still on run as Indonesian officials tackle overcrowding concerns

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Asia Overcrowding Indonesia

A group of politicians in Jakarta has demanded a number of prisoners, including foreigners, be moved from Bali’s infamous Kerobokan prison to address overcrowding as police continue a hunt for two men who escaped in June.

June 12, 2017

Forgotten prisoners

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Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Health Material conditions Overcrowding Haiti

Prisoners are waiting. Most of them will never be judged because their files are missing. Many will die. Seyi Rhodes is a journalist. He comments some pictures he has shot.

June 9, 2017

Antigua and Barbuda: adjudicator takes note of harsh prison conditions

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Material conditions Overcrowding Antigua & Barbuda

High Court Justice Iain Morley has joined the many critics of prison conditions in concluding that overcrowding there has the potential to cause the easy spread of disease.

June 8, 2017

Honduras: overcrowding, abuse, and neglect: the reality of Honduran prisons

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Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Honduras

On May 11, 23 prisoners escaped from Honduras’ largest and most overcrowded correctional facility, the Tamara prison. The inmates were part of the “Scorpion” unit, which is reserved for members of the Barrio 18 gang, one of the most powerful and influential gangs in Latin America. Following the esc…

May 25, 2017

Iran: 333% increase of prison populace in 30 years

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Middle East Overcrowding Iran

Iran’s penitentiary chief refers to a 333 percentage increase in prisoner figures between 1985 and 2017. Accordingto Tasnim agency, Asghar Jahangiri said on Monday that Iran holds the second place for prison population among Islamic countries and 6th among Asian countries. Saying that Iran’s world…

May 21, 2017

Australia: 'huge frustration' as prison overcrowding sparks violence concerns

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Oceania Overcrowding Violence Australia

Staff at the state’s largest prison are meeting on Monday to address frustrations and fears over prisoner violence amid rapidly increasing overcrowding.

May 18, 2017

Zambia's 'substandard prisons violate human rights'

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Pre-trial detention Minors Overcrowding Zambia

Chairman of Human Rights Commission says Zambian prisons do not meet international human rights standards

May 17, 2017

Do you dare? - Open letter to Mr. Macron

Justice Overcrowding France

Pragmatically speaking, Mr. Macron, let’s together create the conditions that will allow pluralism and democratic vitality to be expressed. Prison, it works (very) badly, but prevention works. Do you really want to be pragmatic? Do you dare?

May 16, 2017

Massive break illustrates Indonesia’s prison dilemma

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Asia Protest Overcrowding Indonesia

Overcrowding, miserable sanitary conditions, corrupt guards contribute to chaos

May 16, 2017

Bolivia: improve monitoring and tackle high rate of pre-trial detention, UN torture prevention body urges

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Overcrowding Torture Bolivia

The UN torture prevention body urged Bolivia to focus more on making the body that monitors places of detention fully independent, effective and in line with the country’s international obligations.

May 11, 2017

Measures to overcome crowding in Guyana prisons

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Overcrowding Guyana

The government is tackling overcrowding in the prisons by looking for alternatives for pre-trial detention. This is a part of other measures outlined to address prison overcrowding in a timely manner.

May 9, 2017

Inmates in Romania, closer to having sentences reduced due to bad detention conditions

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Justice Overcrowding Romania

The inmates in Romania who are serving time in improper conditions may have their sentences reduced by 20%. The Chamber of Deputies adopted on Tuesday, May 9, the project that provides that, for every 30 days spent in improper conditions, an inmate would have his sentence reduced by six days.

April 28, 2017

Morocco: Human Rights Council debates pre-trial detention and prison overcrowding

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Overcrowding Morocco

The National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) organized on Tuesday a symposium on pre-trial detention, which leads to overcrowding in prisons.

April 26, 2017

New prisons to accommodate overcrowded inmates would cost Romania more than EUR 1 billion

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Facilities Overcrowding Romania

Marius Vulpe, the director of National Penitentiaries Administration (ANP), said Romania would need to build 8 modern prisons to solve the issue of prison overcrowding, News.ro reported. The new facilities could accommodate 8,000 to 8,500 inmates and would cost EUR 140 million each, resulting in to…

April 20, 2017

Waiting for justice

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Africa Pre-trial detention Minors Justice Overcrowding Sierra Leone

Children are incarcerated illegally in the maximum security prison of Pademba, in Sierra Leone. Fernando Moleres shares with us the daily lives of the minors in the Prison of Freetown.

April 11, 2017

Indonesia: prison population jumped by 12,000 in two months

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Asia Overcrowding Indonesia

The number of prisoners being held in Indonesia increased by 12,000 within two months this year, raising concerns about unresolved prison overcrowding problems.

April 11, 2017

France : surpopulation en prison, les derniers chiffres

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Europe Overcrowding France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

April 6, 2017

Guinée : prévue pour 50 personnes, la prison de N’Zérékoré accueille actuellement plus de 300 détenus

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Africa Overcrowding Guinea

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March 23, 2017

Annual penal statistics

Analysis Report

Europe Justice Overcrowding

SPACE I project is published. It released data about imprisonment use in the 47 member states of the Council of Europe.