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The platform includes articles from external sources to supplement its available information. Reporting on the state of prisons around the world is a complex, laborious task. The Prison Insider team develops a weekly press review in three languages in order to provide wider coverage of current events in the world’s prisons. This monitoring process helps promote journalism by various media and reflects a commitment to transparency and collaboration.
Lebanon: Roumieh prison, deadly overcrowding and blatant neglect
Warnings are mounting of an imminent humanitarian disaster inside the prison, after several deaths linked to the widespread outbreak of tuberculosis.
Source: Enab Baladi (09/01/2026)