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Riicara Janel Dior is a trans woman currently serving time at the Grafton Correctional Institution — a men’s prison in Lorain County.
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United Kingdom
The data, covering April 2024 to March 2025, shows that nearly half (49.6%) of prisons in England and Wales were rated as a concern or serious concern for overall performance.
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Mexico
Authorities in the Mexican state of Veracruz said they have restored order in a prison where seven incarcerated people were killed and 11 were injured in a riot that broke out.
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Myanmar (Burma)
At least 17 political prisoners have died in Myanmar prisons so far in 2025 due to being denied proper medical treatment, according to the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPNM).
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United Kingdom
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to create over 30,000 new prison places if he becomes the next Prime Minister, and to send Britain’s “worst offenders to jail in El Salvador” as part of a five-year plan to halve crime rates.
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Iran
Human rights groups have expressed serious concern over the growing number of executions of Afghan migrants in Iran, warning of rising injustice and lack of fair trials.
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Iran
Guards at Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj violently raided the political prisoners’ ward and executed two people, according to social media reports from a political prisoner.
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Trinidad & Tobago
Between 2020 and 2025, amid growing public pressure and a criminal justice system in crisis, the PNM Government announced several plans to modernise the nation’s prisons.
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Egypt
Mohamed al-Beltagy launched an open-ended hunger strike in Badr 3 prison, slamming years of isolation, medical neglect, and systematic abuse of incarcerated people.
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Australia
Western Australia’s Inspector of Custodial Services has called for an inquiry into the “entirely unacceptable” conditions at Hakea Prison.
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El Salvador
Venezuela has announced an investigation into claims migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador from the US suffered human rights abuses.