Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

September 5, 2022

Singapour : les condamnés à mort sont priés de sourire avant leur exécution

News

Asia Justice Death penalty Singapore

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

September 5, 2022

Nicaragua: envejecidos, pálidos y escuálidos: las huellas del orteguismo en los presos políticos

News

Central America and the Caribbean Justice Nicaragua

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

September 5, 2022

España: el caos se apodera de las prisiones vascas desde que las gestiona el gobierno de Vitoria

News

Europe Justice Spain

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

September 5, 2022

Colombia: la propuesta de menos cárcel refleja los fracasos de sus políticas de justicia.

News

South America Justice Colombia

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

September 5, 2022

Tajikistan: autonomous region protesters denied fair trials

News

Middle East Justice Tajikistan

Dozens of residents of an autonomous region in Tajikistan detained since May 2022 protests are facing closed, unfair trials, Human Rights Watch said today. Defendants are being tried on serious charges often without access to lawyers or the evidence against them in violation of their due process ri…

September 5, 2022

Nigeria: prison inmates may vote in 2023

News

Africa Justice Nigeria

The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, expressed optimism that inmates in Nigeria Correctional Centres might vote during the 2023 general election.

July 13, 2022

Guinea: child victims of “punitive justice”

Interview

Africa Minors Access to legal rights Justice Guinea

Nordine Drici is a historian and legal expert on prisoners’ rights. He wrote an overview of the penitentiary situation in Guinea, examining access to justice in the country. This expert evaluation formed part of a training programme (under the RESPECT project) that he provided for Lawyers Without B…

July 13, 2022

Afghanistan: IEA releases 285 detainees from Kandahar central prison

News

Middle East Justice Afghanistan

The leadership of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) released almost 285 detainees from the central prison of Kandahar province on Friday, based on the order of the IEA supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada. These prisoners had been arrested on charges of criminal offenses and drug addictio…

July 12, 2022

Salvador: un líder pandillero condenado a más de mil años de cárcel

News

Central America and the Caribbean Justice Violence El Salvador

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

July 11, 2022

Arabie saoudite : le terrible sort réservé aux dissidents en prison.

News

Middle East Justice Saudi Arabia

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

July 11, 2022

Africa: the threat of punishment

Interview

Africa Justice Alternatives Rehabilitation

The prison and criminal justice systems established on the African continent during the colonisation raise many questions.The book « L’Afrique en prisons » proposes to distinguish and rethink a coercive system based on the threat of punishment. Interview.

June 27, 2022

France: Concertina, the second edition uses escapes as its theme

Interview

Culture Europe Justice France

How can we talk about imprisonment at convivial summer gatherings? That is the challenge of Concertina, the annual event that brings together people from near and far to discuss the many issues raised by freedom deprivation. Interview.

June 3, 2022

Algeria: seeing things from the other side

Testimonial

Africa Access to legal rights Justice Torture Violence Rehabilitation Algeria

Rachid M. was imprisoned in Algeria from 1996 to 1999. After previously discussing the conditions in prison and what Ramadan is like there, he now talks about his release and his human rights activism.

June 2, 2022

Salvador: Denuncian torturas a capturados durante régimen de excepción

News

Justice Torture El Salvador

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

June 2, 2022

Salvador: LPG Datos | El 28.5 % de los ciudadanos conoce de alguna detención que considera injusta

News

Justice Overcrowding El Salvador

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

May 19, 2022

South Sudan : Islamic Council, Somali community release 7 inmates from Juba Prison

News

Africa Justice South Sudan

The inmates are said to have been jailed for petty crimes including failure to pay debts and court fines. Their release was concluded during Eid-el Fitr celebrations.

May 19, 2022

Nigeria : Kano: Ganduje pardons 90 prisons inmates

News

Africa Justice Nigeria

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the freedom of ninety prison inmates across correctional centres in the state.

May 18, 2022

Équateur : Le gouvernement n’arrive pas à enrayer les massacres à répétition dans les prisons

News

South America Justice Violence Ecuador

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

May 18, 2022

Tunisia:  Silent abuses

Interview

Middle East LGBTQI Justice Violence Tunisia

Arbitrary detention, lack of medical care, stigmatisation, and violence: LGBTQI++ prisoners are subjected to all kinds of untold abuse.

May 17, 2022

USA: "This is the real Miami"

Insights Focus

North America Minors Justice United States

Richard Ross has been working on incarcerated minors for almost two decades. He is commenting a picture which encapsulates his commitment to this subject. A picture to tell what the country is doing with his youth.

April 28, 2022

Liban : Des proches de détenus manifestent devant la prison militaire de Rihanié

News

Middle East Justice Lebanon

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

April 26, 2022

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.

April 21, 2022

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Poland

News

Europe Justice Material conditions Facilities Poland

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Poland from 21 March to 1 April 2022. It was the Committee’s seventh periodic visit to this country.

March 24, 2022

Ireland: Prisoner takes court action over period of ‘almost solitary confinement'

News

Europe Justice Ireland

Constitutional rights breached of man jailed for assault on ex-girlfriend, court told