Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

November 19, 2024

United Kingdom: La Moye prison facing mental-health crisis

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Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show that 38 of the prison’s 138, or 27.5% of incarcerated people, as of July 2024 are on medication associated with managing a diagnosed mental-health condition or addressing symptoms.

August 9, 2024

Türkiye: lawyers' association reports human rights violations in eastern Turkish prison

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Lawyers associations in Turkey visited the Batman closed prison to report human rights violations experienced by the group of youths arrested for dancing to Kurdish music. Accordingly, the group was strip searched and forced to listen to nationalistic marches as “punishment.”

December 6, 2021

Japon : Les prisons japonaises s’adaptent au vieillissement de leurs détenus

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

June 29, 2021

Australia: Ageing prisoners

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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’. Natasha Ginnivan discusses the ageing prison population in Australia.

June 16, 2021

United States: there’s an aging crisis in New York’s prisons and we need to solve it

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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’. Rodney Holcombe, New York State Director for Criminal Justice Reform, addresses the New York prison system and the it…

June 14, 2021

Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform

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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…

June 2, 2021

Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in ten countries

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An international research and policy project carried out by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London

September 29, 2020

Venezuela: los "pures" caen presos mientras intentan sobrevivirI

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

January 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

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The virus has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 31/12/2021