Material conditions
North America
Justice
Material conditions
United States
A tentative settlement in the amount of $4 million was presented on Thursday with regard to a class action lawsuit alleging inhumane living conditions and unethical treatment incurred by inmates at Southern Regional Jail.
Africa
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Material conditions
Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged prison officers to be disciplined and uphold human rights principles when handling inmates in the course of their duties.
North America
Health
Material conditions
United States
Democratic lawmakers are introducing a package of legislation that they say will counter inhumane conditions in Wisconsin’s prisons and county jails.
Europe
Health
Material conditions
United Kingdom
Prisoners in some facilities forced to defecate in buckets overnight, a practice outlawed in 1996.
North America
Material conditions
United States
The Missouri Justice Coalition is about to launch its first town hall tour focusing on state prison conditions.
North America
Mental health
Material conditions
United States
The position appears to have been eliminated last year.
Mental health
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
World Day Against the Death Penalty is observed every year on 10 October. This year, the day is dedicated to the inherent connection between the death penalty and torture. To mark the occasion, Marie Salphati and Xavière Prugnard described their work for FIACAT on recognising this connection.
DRC: tackling the death penalty head-on
Interview
Africa
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Congo - Kinshasa
The death penalty is still in force in the DRC. Death sentences continue to be imposed despite a de facto moratorium on executions. ACAT-DRC is performing long-running advocacy work to achieve abolition. Interview.
Europe
Material conditions
Work
United Kingdom
Dartmoor Prison is failing to provide adequate living conditions, education and work opportunities for its inmates, says an inspectors’ report.
Middle East
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Israel
One in every five Palestinians has been arrested and charged under the 1,600 military orders that control every aspect of the lives of Palestinians living under the Israeli military occupation. That incarceration rate doubles for Palestinian men — two in every five have been arrested.
United Kingdom: prisoners sleeping on matresses "wedged next to lavatories" due to overcrowding
News
Europe
Material conditions
Overcrowding
United Kingdom
Inspector criticises “degrading” conditions in prisons in correspondence to Government
North America
Pre-trial detention
Health
Material conditions
United States
South America
Women
Material conditions
Colombia
“The system is failing women, with often devastating impacts on our families, mental or reproductive health. But those who have been inside can change it for the better – if we are allowed.”
Panama: fighting for my life
Testimonial
Central America and the Caribbean
Women
Health
Material conditions
Social ties
Panama
Yonta J. was incarcerated in a Panamanian prison for three years, from March 2015 to January 2018. She faced hardships that still impact her life today. This is the story of her daily life in prison.
Europe
Material conditions
United Kingdom
Urgent action has been demanded over conditions at Wakefield’s high-security jail
North America
Minors
Material conditions
United States
Children, some as young as 15, incarcerated at notorious Angola prison, which has reputation for brutality and violence.