April 26, 2017 Romania: Europe rights court blasts Romania prison conditions News Europe Justice Material conditions Romania The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.
April 26, 2017 Philippines: no resurrection of death penalty at the Senate News Asia Philippines The bill seeking to revive the death penalty is already “dead in the Senate.”
April 26, 2017 Guinée : des acteurs du milieu carcéral veulent "rendre la vie supportable" dans les prisons guinéennes News Africa Guinea This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 25, 2017 United States: privately run federal prison poses safety risks for inmates, says DOJ inspector general News North America United States A new report by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General says a privately-run federal prison in Kansas put the safety of its inmates in jeopardy because of understaffing, overcrowding and poor training.
April 25, 2017 United States: policy shifts reduce federal prison population News North America United States A decline in the number of federal prosecutions and in the severity of sentences for drug-related crime in recent years has resulted in a significant drop in the federal prison population, according to statistics from the Judiciary, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC), and the Bureau of Prisons (…
April 25, 2017 United States: Arkansas puts two inmates to death in state's first double execution since 2000 News North America Death penalty United States Jack Jones and Marcel Williams administered lethal injections after death penalty carried out on fellow convict Ledell Lee last week
April 25, 2017 United States: bill to eliminate death penalty in Louisiana advances past committee News North America Justice United States Every day and night, former Louisiana prosecutor A.M. Stroud thinks about Glenn Ford, the man he wrongfully sent to prison for almost half of his life and who would have been executed by the state had he not been exonerated 30 years after his conviction.
April 25, 2017 India: 404 prisoners in Odisha pass the test News Asia India 194 cleared NIOS exams, 187 completed IGNOU courses, says jail official
April 25, 2017 Tunisia parliament votes to ease harsh drug law News Justice Drugs Tunisia Tunisian parliament votes to ease country’s harsh drug laws aftercalls from rights groups, civil society for broader reform of ‘Law 52’.
April 25, 2017 Israeli prison allows homosexual conjugal visit for first time News Middle East Social ties Israel Tarlan Hankishayev, jailed for falsely incriminating suspect in a 2009 gay youth club shooting, wins long fight for rights
April 25, 2017 Bangladesh: life imprisonment means jail for rest of life News Asia Bangladesh The Supreme Court has published the full verdict commuting death sentences of two convicts to life imprisonment, making it clear that they will be imprisoned for the rest of their lives.
April 25, 2017 Tunisia parliament votes to ease harsh drug law News Drugs Tunisia Tunisian parliament votes to ease country’s harsh drug laws aftercalls from rights groups, civil society for broader reform of ‘Law 52’.
April 25, 2017 Australia: 'I always feel sad here': children tell of life inside Victoria's youth detention centres News Oceania Australia Young people speak of fear, boredom and injustice in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s troubled youth justice sector
April 25, 2017 Breaking the circle Portfolio Minors Rehabilitation Sierra Leone Minors released from prison have no access to reentry programs. Some go back to the streets and try to survive; others receive support from various organisations.
April 24, 2017 United States: we’re jailing way more people who’ve been convicted of exactly nothing News North America United States New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to close the notoriously overcrowded and brutal Riker’s Island jail made national news last month, but less famous policymakers all over the country struggle with jail overcrowding on a regular basis (see, for example, Kansas, Indiana and Upstate New Yor…
April 24, 2017 United States: fourth Arkansas execution in eight days prompts questions about inmate’s movements News North America Death penalty United States Arkansas executed a death-row inmate late Thursday in the state’s fourth lethal injection in eight days, concluding a frantic execution schedule officials said was necessary to carry out death sentences before one of their drugs expired.
April 24, 2017 Censura al amor, soledad y tortura: ser LGBT en una cárcel de Colombia News Torture Colombia This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
April 24, 2017 United States: women inmates file second suit against state prison doctor News North America Women Health United States Three inmates who claim they were sexually abused by a physician at the state women’s prison have filed a federal lawsuit against the doctor and two other medical staffers.
April 24, 2017 Iran abolishes death penalty for drug trafficking News Middle East Drugs Iran Iran’s Parliament has abolished the death penalty for dealers, distributors and traffickers of narcotic drugs, replacing this punishment with lifelong imprisonment.
April 24, 2017 Italy offers a glimpse of the international concern over violent extremism in prisons News Violence Italy During a phone conversation intercepted by Italian police, one prison inmate’s wife told her husband in no uncertain terms how incarceration was changing him for the worse.
April 24, 2017 Québec : plus de violence et de suicides en prison News Suicide Violence Canada This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 23, 2017 USA: how "schools not prisons" became a favorite rallying cry for criminal justice reformers News United States A bill winding its way through the Legislature proposes a creative way to fund early childhood education: imposing a tax on companies that do business with California’s prison systems.
April 22, 2017 Nepal: 7 injured in Dailekh prison clash News Asia Protest Nepal At least seven inmates were injured in a clash that broke out between two groups at the District Prison in Dailekh on Saturday morning.
April 21, 2017 United States: the price of justice doesn't cover the bills News North America United States The money cities generate from bail bonds and conviction fines and fees is not enough to be relied upon.