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March 11, 2026

Iran: mounting pressure on incarcerated people, shortages of water, food, and medical care

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Asia Health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Iran

Reports indicate shortages of suitable drinking water, reductions in the quantity and quality of food, limitations on the operation of prison stores, shortages of medication, and a decline in medical services.

March 10, 2026

Cyprus: audit report exposes systemic deficiencies in prison system

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Asia Europe Discipline Cyprus

Serious irregularities in sick leave, overtime payments and operational procedures within the prison system were highlighted in a report by the audit office covering the last two years.

March 9, 2026

Türkiye: Eskişehir prison delays release of political prisoners

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Crises Asia Europe Health Turkey

Eskişehir Type-H Closed Prison has postponed the release of five political prisoners who have completed their sentences, citing “continued organizational behavior” and “lack of repentance“ in what has become a broader practice in recent years.

March 9, 2026

Sierra Leone: incarcerated women win freedom through football-based reform project

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Africa Women Rehabilitation Sierra Leone

The women were released following an intervention by the Football for Reform Initiative, a gender empowerment programme that uses football as a tool for social change and rehabilitation.

March 9, 2026

Iran: January protesters held in harsh conditions at Mashhad’s Vakilabad prison

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Asia Minors Health Material conditions Overcrowding Iran

According to information obtained by IranWire, individuals detained during the January protests in Mashhad are currently being kept in harsh and deteriorating conditions inside Vakilabad Prison.

March 5, 2026

Venezuela: Argentina's freed Border Guard alleges "psychological torture" in prison

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America Crises Foreign prisoners Mental health Torture Venezuela

Nahuel Gallo, the Argentine Board Guard officer who was freed after 448 days in a Venezuelan prison said that he had been held in a facility of “psychological torture.”

March 5, 2026

Fiji: plans to relocate Suva prison

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Oceania Facilities Overcrowding Fiji

The Fiji Corrections Service (FCS) has confirmed plans to relocate Suva Prison to Naboro because of deteriorating infrastructure, overcrowding, and persistent flooding risks.

March 4, 2026

United Kingdom: the scandal of women handcuffed while in labour, "I was so shocked when the restraints weren’t removed"

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Women Europe Justice Health United Kingdom

Pregnant incarcerated women in England are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births.

March 4, 2026

Russia: prison population falls to historic low, deputy chief justice says

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Russia’s prison population has fallen to a historic low, the newly appointed first deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court said, coming after years of the Russian military’s recruitment of incarcerated people to fight in Ukraine.

March 4, 2026

United Kingdom: new report finds Glasgow prison “breaching core human rights”

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Europe Health Mental health Material conditions Suicide Overcrowding Activities United Kingdom

A Glasgow prison is “breaching core human rights” and its incarcerated people are “unable to shower daily”, according to a new report on Scottish prisons.

March 4, 2026

Mexico: Cefereso No.16, the "cemetery of the living"

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America Crises Women Justice Mental health Facilities Suicide Social ties Mexico

Designed as a maximum security facility, Cefereso No. 16 is Mexico’s only federal women’s prison, and concern over its living conditions is rising. Interview with Algaraza.

March 3, 2026

Iran: Tehran’s Evin prison falls under special forces control as officials flee

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Crises Asia Material conditions Iran

Tensions are mounting inside notorious Evin Prison in Tehran after reports emerged that the facility has been taken over by a police special unit, with prison authorities abandoning the site.

March 3, 2026

United States: suicide hotline now available in Washington state prisons

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America Mental health Suicide United States

Some welcome the resource while others fear violations of privacy and punishment for sharing their thoughts.

March 2, 2026

United Kingdom: prison failing children in custody, says charity

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Europe Minors Activities United Kingdom

The charity, which aims to tackle social injustice, said the monthly average time children were out of their cells and in education at England’s three YOIs had barely improved since early 2024.

March 2, 2026

Bahamas: unable to wash incarcerated people' clothes, prison seeks to outsource

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America Health Material conditions Bahamas

Doan Cleare, commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, said only two of eight washing machines are working at the Fox Hill prison and they are not able to handle the load of the more than 1,800 incarcerated people.

March 2, 2026

Australia: "degrading" prison strip-searches rarely find anything and should be banned, advocates say

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Oceania Discipline Australia

Human Rights Law Centre analysis finds more than 15,000 strip-searches are conducted on average each month, but just 0.58% result in contraband being found.

March 2, 2026

France: prison population reaches record high

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Europe Material conditions Overcrowding Violence France

As of February 1, French prisons were housing more than 86,000 incarcerated people, despite having a capacity of around 63,000. This brought the occupancy rate to 136.9%. Overcrowding forced 6,596 imprisoned people to sleep on mattresses on the floor.

March 2, 2026

United States: lawsuit accuses Illinois prison of forcing pregnant woman into induced labor

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America Women Mental health Violence United States

A woman is suing the Illinois Department of Corrections, claiming she was forced to give birth before her due date while she was incarcerated in 2024.

March 1, 2026

Haiti: the health and humanitarian situation at Jérémie prison is worrying

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America Minors Health Mental health Material conditions Haiti

The conditions of detention are marked by serious deficiencies in sanitation, food, and social services, and a large and vulnerable prison population.