Foreign prisoners
Europe: criminalisation of existence
Interview
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Justice
How do security policies target migrants, the economically vulnerable, or racialised individuals? A workshop examined the decriminalisation of migration and poverty and the challenges civil society faces in presenting a counter-narrative. Lawyers Without Borders reflected on the discussions.
Asia
Foreign prisoners
Material conditions
Japan
“We don’t really give them special treatment just because they are foreign nationals,” said Atsushi Takada, an official at the prison. “But since the environment and culture in which they were brought up is too different from that of Japan’s, we need to treat them differently.”
Türkiye: prisons in 2024
Analysis
Pre-trial detention
Women
Europe
Minors
Foreign prisoners
LGBTQI
Long-term prisoners
Mental health
Material conditions
Facilities
Suicide
Torture
Activities
Social ties
Alternatives
Work
Turkey
All there is to know about Turkish prisons in 2024. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.
North America
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador has informed the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that it will no longer incarcerate people detained solely for immigration purposes in its provincial jails as of March 31, 2025, according to information obtained by Radio-Canada.
Women
Europe
Minors
Foreign prisoners
Activities
Finland
There were an average of 3,143 prisoners in Finland last year, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Prison and Probation Service.
Lebanon: from bad to worse
Interview
Crises
Pre-trial detention
Women
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Lebanon
Prisoners are suffering the consequences of the socio-economic crisis: access to medical care, food and water is no longer guaranteed. The proportion of people in remand detention far exceeds the global average and contributes to prison overcrowding. Interview.
South Africa: prisons in 2023
Analysis
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Women
Minors
Foreign prisoners
LGBTQI
Long-term prisoners
Mental health
Material conditions
Facilities
Suicide
Death penalty
Torture
Activities
Social ties
Alternatives
Work
South Africa
All there is to know about South African prisons in 2023. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Women
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
Congo - Brazzaville
All there is to know about Congolese prisons in 2023. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.
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.
Ukraine : battu, poignardé, un Britannique capturé par l'armée russe raconte son calvaire
News
Asia
Foreign prisoners
Torture
Violence
Ukraine
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
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.
Austria: through the lens of the incarcerated
Investigations
Coronavirus
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Overcrowding
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Work
Austria
Prisons might be one of the most severely underreported spheres in our otherwise heavily investigated world. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into Austrian prison issues.
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.
Myanmar : Insein, le visage carcéral de la junte birmane
News
Asia
Foreign prisoners
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Myanmar (Burma)
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Marruecos: presos saharauis denuncian "deplorable" situación en cárceles marroquíes
News
Africa
Foreign prisoners
Long-term prisoners
Torture
Violence
Morocco
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
North America
Pre-trial detention
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Violence
Canada
Thousands held, systemic change needed.
Yemen: detainees tortured and arbitrarily detained for years then forced into exile upon release
News
Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Torture
Violence
Yemen
The Huthi de facto authorities in Yemen must not use arbitrarily detained prisoners as pawns in ongoing political negotiations, a new report by Amnesty International said today.
Italia: detenidos en Francia siete exmiembros de las Brigadas Rojas italianas
News
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Violence
Italy
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Irán impone otro año de cárcel a Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, la iranobritánica que liberó el pasado marzo
News
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Material conditions
Iran
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France: les détenus étrangers sous-protégés, notamment dans les Outre-mer, selon l’Observatoire international des prisons
News
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
France: la galère des familles de détenus après la suppression d’un arrêt de bus desservant la prison de Fleury-Mérogis
News
Women
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Material conditions
Social ties
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
France: en 2019, près de 54 000 étrangers sans titre de séjour ont été enfermés
News
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Justice
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French