Explore
North America
Women
Health
United States
It truly is a man’s world, even in a women’s prison. In an environment where nothing is private, even the most basic aspects of personal care become luxuries. For incarcerated women, managing a menstrual cycle is not just a routine part of life — it is often a monumental struggle.
Guantánamo: what torture does to people
Testimonial
North America
Justice
Death penalty
Torture
United States
Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years in Guantánamo, enduring torture, humiliation and degrading treatment. He came to share his story at Concertina alongside Sylvain Savolainen, a lawyer who became his friend.
Africa
Justice
Health
Material conditions
Ethiopia
A cross section of Nigerians whose relatives are in Kaliti Prison, Ethiopia, have appealed to the Federal Government to intervene to secure the release or transfer of their loved ones.
Crises
South America
Women
Minors
Health
Torture
Violence
Venezuela
The United Nations released a report exposing Venezuela’s deepening rights abuses. Authorities hold 823 political prisoners, including about 100 women and nearly 90 foreign nationals.
Hostile territory
Analysis
Inside Outside
Africa
Crises
North America
South America
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Prison Insider, represented by Clara Grisot, contributed twelve compositions to the book InsideOutside to articulate, in a few words, the current challenges of prison life. Tenth piece: the climate challenge.
The shadow of colonialism (I)
Analysis
Thematic paper
Africa
America
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Justice
Prison Insider is dedicating a long-format, three-part article to the colonial heritage of prison systems. Part one: the origin of a system.
North America
Women
Material conditions
Overcrowding
United States
With Vermont’s prisons reaching capacities they haven’t hit since the onset of COVID-19, Vermont Department of Corrections officials are grappling with how to handle the influx of people incarcerated.
North America
Justice
Violence
United States
Four prison guards pleaded guilty in the death of a black incarcerated man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison was captured on bodycam videos.
North America
Justice
Rehabilitation
United States
Encouraged by Trump, some lawmakers are championing cash bail, undercutting reforms that advocates say made the system fairer for poor people.
Africa
Health
Material conditions
Facilities
South Sudan
More than 50 incarcerated people at Wau Central Prison in Western Bahr el Ghazal State are suffering from skin diseases amid a growing shortage of medical supplies.
North America
Health
Material conditions
Facilities
United States
All state prison living units will, in theory, have chilled air for our triple-digit summers by 2032. Until then, we sweat.
North America
Women
Justice
Mental health
Violence
United States
Seven women filed federal lawsuits against correctional officers and internal investigators at Logan Correctional Center. Their attorney Elizabeth Payne calls the pattern of sexual abuse “an epidemic.”
Europe
Drugs
Overcrowding
Violence
United Kingdom
A report has said staffing levels at a prison are having a negative impact on incarcerated people welfare and progression.
South America
Material conditions
Protest
Overcrowding
Bolivia
Incarcerated people climbed onto the roof holding pot lids and signs, shouting slogans about hunger as they called for better conditions.
North America
Women
Health
Material conditions
United States
The Georgia Department of Corrections has started an investigation after Sheqweetta Vaughan, an incarcerated woman serving a two-year sentence at Lee Arrendale State Prison, was found dead in her single-person cell.