Africa
Global prison crisis
Interview
Africa
Coronavirus
Crises
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
Overcrowding
The world prison population is still increasing. How does the COVID-19 crisis differ from other ongoing or future crises? Are prison environments doomed to be in perpetual crisis?
Africa
Death penalty
Sierra Leone
Parliament voted on 23 July to abolish the death penalty in Sierra Leone
Marruecos: presos saharauis denuncian "deplorable" situación en cárceles marroquíes
News
Africa
Foreign prisoners
Long-term prisoners
Torture
Violence
Morocco
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Côte d'Ivoire : l'ancien-Premier ministre Guillaume Soro condamné à la perpétuité
News
Africa
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Côte d’Ivoire
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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.
Africa: informal governance and healthcare access in prison
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Discipline
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Carole Berrih, a lawyer specialising in public law, focuses on the role of prisoners in the maintenance of order in N…
Africa: health beyond epidemics
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Coronavirus
Health
Material conditions
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Frédéric Le Marcis focuses on epidemic responses in prison environment in different African countries.
Africa: a regional campaign to decriminalise petty offences
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Access to legal rights
Justice
Overcrowding
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Louise Edwards reflects on the works and challenges of the regional campaign to decriminalise petty offences.
Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Asia
Elderly prisoners
Europe
Oceania
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key p…
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Niger
Some civil society organizations (CSOs) in Enugu State have decried the deplorable condition of awaiting trial inmates in correctional centers and police custody following the judicial workers strike.
Rehumanising pretrial justice
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
North America
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Access to legal rights
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Jago Russell focuses on the impact of pretrial defence
Kenya: finding Kafka in the criminal justice system
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Kenya
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Gilbert M. Omware, Defence lawyer and criminal justice researcher, discusses the injustices faced by vulnerable group…
Africa
Crises
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Elderly prisoners
Europe
Access to legal rights
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Social ties
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Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme
News
Africa
LGBTQI
Justice
Cameroon
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Argelia: condenada a dos años de cárcel una destacada activista por insultos al presidente y ofensas al islam
News
Africa
Women
Justice
Protest
Algeria
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Niger: the cost of living
Testimonial
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Health
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Violence
Niger
Two prisoners attest to their conditions in overpopulated prisons. A way to survive: pay, every month, for access to better prison conditions.
Guinée : après sept mois de détention arbitraire, le militant Oumar Sylla doit être libéré
News
Africa
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Health
Guinea
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Africa
Drugs
Protest
Death penalty
Violence
Social ties
Niger
Some death row prisoners at Kurmawa Prison in Kano have staged protests over confiscation mobile phones, marijuana and other prohibited items smuggled to them by visitors.
Africa
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Ghana
The Ho central prison infirmary has been upgraded to a health centre to properly serve the health needs of inmates and officers of the prison.