Minors
Belgium : prisons in 2023
Analysis
Pre-trial detention
Women
Europe
Minors
Foreign prisoners
LGBTQI
Long-term prisoners
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Justice
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Suicide
Overcrowding
Torture
Violence
Activities
Social ties
Work
Belgium
All there is to know about Congolese prisons in 2023. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.
France : prisons in 2022
Analysis
Pre-trial detention
Women
Europe
Minors
Foreign prisoners
LGBTQI
Long-term prisoners
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Justice
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Suicide
Overcrowding
Torture
Violence
Activities
Social ties
Work
France
All there is to know about French prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.
Africa
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Access to legal rights
Health
Material conditions
Social ties
Togo
What is the response to offences committed by minors? In many cases, it is detention. Civil society actors express concern over the situation of minors in conflict with the law. Three key questions shed light on this issue.
Syrie : des experts de l'ONU consternés par la mort d'un jeune australien dans un centre de détention
News
Minors
Middle East
Syria
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Africa
Minors
Access to legal rights
Justice
Guinea
Nordine Drici is a historian and legal expert on prisoners’ rights. He wrote an overview of the penitentiary situation in Guinea, examining access to justice in the country. This expert evaluation formed part of a training programme (under the RESPECT project) that he provided for Lawyers Without B…
USA: inside the kids’ cells
Interview
North America
Minors
Material conditions
United States
They are 60,000. Who? The minors incarcerated in America’s prisons. Richard Ross is a photographer. His ‘Juvenile in Justice’ work has been giving them a voice for the past two decades.
USA: "This is the real Miami"
Insights
Focus
Lebanon : prisons in 2022
Analysis
Pre-trial detention
Women
Minors
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
LGBTQI
Long-term prisoners
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Justice
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Suicide
Overcrowding
Death penalty
Torture
Violence
Activities
Social ties
Work
Lebanon
All there is to know about Lebanese prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.
Syrie : une dizaine de mineurs français dans la prison attaquée par l’EI
News
Minors
Middle East
Syria
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Mental health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
France
The Controller-General for Places of Deprivation of Liberty feels ‘useful everywhere’. One year after taking office, Dominique Simonnot responds to our questions in a candid interview.
Years in the Row
Analysis
Thematic paper
Africa
Women
Asia
Europe
Minors
Foreign prisoners
Discipline
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Death penalty
Torture
Some people fear death every morning. Others are sentenced to death in countries that no longer carry out executions. At least 483 executions were documented in 2020. Prison Insider publishes an overview of practices in nine countries that have not abolished the death penalty.
Comoros: “The walls are crumbling by themselves”
Testimonial
Africa
Minors
Overcrowding
Violence
Comoros
Chamoun was incarcerated at Moroni Prison in Comoros. He tells us about the dilapidation, the starvation, the debauchery, and the violence.
Global Prison Trends 2021
Report
Africa
Coronavirus
Women
Asia
Europe
Minors
Middle East
Oceania
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Death penalty
More than eleven million people are imprisoned around the world. Of this number, 70% are awaiting trial, a percentage that has been continuously increasing since 2000.
Myanmar : les tribunaux de la junte ont prononcé 65 condamnations à mort
News
Women
Asia
Minors
Protest
Death penalty
Torture
Myanmar (Burma)
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Activities
Rehabilitation
South Africa
While South Africans commemorated the youth of 1976 which sparked a revolution, many youngsters charged with violent crimes are still incarcerated in government facilities.
Africa
Women
Minors
Material conditions
Social ties
Kenya
Thirty years after the adoption of the charter, we still have a long way to go in accelerating the implementation of Agenda 2040: fostering an Africa fit for children.
Bielorrusia: las autoridades atacan a menores de edad para reprimir la disidencia
News
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Minors
Protest
Violence
Belarus
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Arabia Saudí: la conmutación de la pena de muerte impuesta a tres activistas chiíes detenidos cuando eran adolescentes, un avance positivo
News
Minors
Middle East
Justice
Death penalty
Saudi Arabia
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Minors
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Violence
Iran
“The situation is terrible. The water is undrinkable, the washing facilities are faulty, and bathroom breaks are rationed. There’s hot water for half an hour a day. The ward is dirty and full to bursting. A ladleful of lentils and stones, and frozen rotten sausages, is all we get to eat. There are…
Irán: detengan la ejecución de un joven arrestado a los 16 años y obligado a “confesar” bajo tortura
News
Minors
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Justice
Protest
Death penalty
Torture
Violence
Iran
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
China: jóvenes de Hong Kong en peligro de tortura tras su sentencia condenatoria en un juicio injusto
News
Asia
Minors
Access to legal rights
Justice
Protest
Torture
Violence
China
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Chine : jusqu'à trois ans de prison pour les HongKongais arrêtés en mer
News
Asia
Minors
Access to legal rights
Justice
Protest
China
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French