Overcrowding
Central America and the Caribbean
Overcrowding
Honduras
On May 11, 23 prisoners escaped from Honduras’ largest and most overcrowded correctional facility, the Tamara prison. The inmates were part of the “Scorpion” unit, which is reserved for members of the Barrio 18 gang, one of the most powerful and influential gangs in Latin America. Following the esc…
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Overcrowding
Zambia
Chairman of Human Rights Commission says Zambian prisons do not meet international human rights standards
Asia
Protest
Overcrowding
Indonesia
Overcrowding, miserable sanitary conditions, corrupt guards contribute to chaos
Waiting for justice
Portfolio
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Justice
Overcrowding
Sierra Leone
Children are incarcerated illegally in the maximum security prison of Pademba, in Sierra Leone. Fernando Moleres shares with us the daily lives of the minors in the Prison of Freetown.
Annual penal statistics
Analysis
Report
South America
Overcrowding
Colombia
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