Crises
Crises
Discipline
Health
Material conditions
Facilities
Violence
Cuba
In this testimonial published by the Cuban Prison Documentation Center, Carlos Michael Morales, incarcerated after 11J protests, shares his experience as a prisoner in Cuba.
Prison Insider in 2025
Activity report
Crises
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Social ties
Staying true to its mission, Prison Insider continues to shed light on prison conditions across the globe, year after year. Take a look at the activities carried out in 2025 by leafing through our activity report.
Africa
Crises
Access to legal rights
Health
Torture
Social ties
Libya
The Supreme Council of Sufism in Libya announced the discovery of the body of citizen Omar Al-Farsi (64) in the city of Benghazi, confirming that the victim had been arbitrarily detained prior to his death in prisons run by the “Madkhalis“, as it described.
Crises
Asia
Europe
Health
Mental health
Suicide
Russia
According to data from the human rights organization Memorial, more than 5,000 people in Russia are victims of political repression. At least 68 of them have died in custody over the past decade and a half, including at least six since the start of 2026.
Crises
Asia
Europe
Health
Material conditions
Russia
A former Moscow district official serving a long prison sentence in Russia for what he says were trumped-up political charges has declared a “dry hunger strike”, refusing both food and water.
Africa
Crises
Health
Congo - Kinshasa
Medical teams have been sent to the prison to treat the sick and carry out preventive measures, including vaccinations.
Crises
Asia
Justice
Health
Facilities
Iran
Tehran’s Evin prison was struck by Israel last June, leading to a UN investigation.
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.”
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.
Ecuador: breaking down the prison crisis
Interview
America
Crises
Health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Torture
Violence
Social ties
Ecuador
Ecuador is facing a penitentiary crisis marked by massacres and the militarisation of its prison system, a combination that has brought the institution to its breaking point. The consequences are disastrous, both within and outside of prisons. Interview.