February 10, 2017 Japan: justice chief targets Juvenile Law so 18-year-olds can be charged as adults News Asia Japan Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda has consulted an advisory panel about the possibility of lowering the age of criminal adulthood to 18 from 20, a move critics claim could deprive 18- and 19-year-old offenders of the rehabilitation opportunities guaranteed by the Juvenile Law.
February 8, 2017 Taiwan’s first solar power prison News Asia Taiwan Taiwan’s first renewable energy prison is set to begin generating power this year, with an estimated capacity of one million kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year.
February 2, 2017 Myanmar: three prisons to double their inmate capacity News Asia Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar is expanding its prison capacity in an effort to relieve chronic overcrowding pressures. New wings are set to double the size of three facilities, a prisons department official said.
January 31, 2017 Cambodia: drug campaign nets 1,000 News Asia Drugs Cambodia More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the first dozen days of the government’s drug crackdown, in what critics have labelled a heavy-handed campaign that could have unintended consequences.
January 31, 2017 Guerre antidrogue aux Philippines : possible crime contre l'humanité News Asia Drugs Philippines This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 30, 2017 Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison News Asia Thailand Theerayut Charoenpakdee was terrified when police stopped her outside a mall in Pattaya, a Thai resort famous for its sordid nightlife. A urine test on the spot revealed meth coursing through her veins.
January 19, 2017 Nepal: new bill proposes open jail News Asia Justice Nepal A parliamentary panel is close to finalizing a bill on sentencing, which envisions an open jail system for the first time in the country.
January 15, 2017 Japon : pour les vieux détenus, la prison est un refuge News Asia Japan This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 13, 2017 Nepal: 11 prisoners die within 5 months this year due to lack of treatment News Asia Nepal At least 11 prisoners have died within 5 months of this fiscal year due to lack of proper medical treatment and government hospitals failing to provide free treatments of the inmates.
January 10, 2017 USA : president Obama’s parting reminders on criminal justice reform News Asia United States Last week, President Obama surprised criminal justice reformers with an article in the Harvard Law Review on The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform. While the President spends more of the article summarizing his efforts to reform the criminal justice system than sharing an analys…
January 6, 2017 Chine : Enfermé vingt-trois jours dans une prison secrète, il livre un récit glaçant News Asia China Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.
January 4, 2017 More than 150 inmates escape in Philippine prison break News Asia Philippines More than 150 inmates have escaped from a south Philippines prison after gunmen launched an attack. The authorities suspect the gunmen are linked to Islamist separatist groups. Around 100 armed men stormed the jail and engaged in a shoot-out with guards, as prisoners fled in the chaos. A guard and…
January 3, 2017 China : A human rights activist, a secret prison and a tale from Xi Jinping's new China News Asia China Peter Dahlin spent 23 days in a ‘black prison’ in Beijing, where he says he was deprived of sleep and questioned with a ‘communication enhancement’ machine. Here he tells the story of his incarceration and expulsion from the People’s Republic
January 2, 2017 India: video evidence of corruption in various jails in Maharashtra News Asia India The Anti-Corruption Bureau is in possession of video evidence of corruption in various jails in Maharashtra. The clips were submitted by a person who was not allowed to meet his relative lodged in Thane Jail until he paid a bribe to the jail staffers. Taken aback by the demand for the bribe, scienc…
December 14, 2016 Philippines : Prisons and rehab overcrowding News Asia Overcrowding Philippines As death toll rises, Philippine prisons and drug rehab centres fill to capacity as many try to avoid the same fate.
December 5, 2016 Des activistes philippins entament une grève de la faim en solidarité avec les prisonniers politiques News Asia Philippines In support of the campaign calling for the release of political prisoners in the Philippines, activists launched a solidarity fast — a protest that was staged in conjunction with the political prisoners themselves, and with their relatives. The fast began on December 3, 2016 and will last until Hum…
November 28, 2016 Japan : Asahikawa prison revamped for elderly inmates News Asia Japan Should prison facilities be friendly to aging inmates or remain punitively hard for criminals? It is a question that was faced by Asahikawa Prison in Hokkaido, which was remodeled and reopened earlier this year. The three-story, reinforced concrete building has about 500 private cells, each equippe…
November 25, 2016 Cambodge : Deux ex-dirigeants khmers rouges condamnés définitivement à la prison à vie News Asia Cambodia Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.
November 23, 2016 Philippines : Ici, les détenus ne sont pas derrière les barreaux News Asia Philippines Sorry, this article is not available in English. You consult the French version.
November 21, 2016 Philippines : Des enfants de neuf ans bientôt en prison ? News Asia Philippines Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.
November 21, 2016 China : ‘Over 2,000 Nigerians dying in Chinese prisons’ News Asia China Man deported from China smuggles notes from Dong-guan prison. Three days after Chijioke Obioha, a 38-year-old Nigerian, was executed in Singapore for drug trafficking, The Guardian has received a prison note smuggled out of Dong-guan prison in China by a source, which gave graphic details of the pl…
November 9, 2016 Philippines drug war turn jail into a haven News Asia Drugs Overcrowding Philippines Jason Madarang, awaiting trial on a charge of drug use, is in a muggy, windowless cell in a Manila prison so overcrowded that inmates must sleep in halls and stairwells and share each toilet with 150 other men.
November 3, 2016 Inde : une évasion digne d’un mauvais scénario de film News Asia Protest India Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
November 1, 2016 Russia : jailed activist alleges torture, threats in prison letter News Asia Europe Torture Russia A jailed Russian opposition activist has accused a prison warden of overseeing the systematic torture of inmates and of threatening to kill him, allegations made in a desperate letter to his wife that he asked her to publish to save his life.