News

Types

Topic

Geographic area

Country

Archives

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

November 2013

2012

October 2012
August 2012

2011

May 2011

2008

January 2008

Apply filters Reset

May 23, 2017

Crime groups control 65% of State prisons in Mexico

News

America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

Organized crime groups control 65 percent of state prisons in Mexico, according to a government report about prison conditions in the country published this week.

May 23, 2017

Indonésie : condamné à deux ans de prison, l’ancien gouverneur Ahok renonce à faire appel

News

Asia Indonesia

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

May 23, 2017

RDC : conditions difficiles des détenus de la prison centrale de Kongolo

News

Africa Material conditions Congo - Kinshasa

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

May 22, 2017

Thinking Allowed: Russian prison visitors - prison boundaries

News

Asia Europe Social ties Russia

Relatives of Russian Prisoners: Judith Pallot , Professor of the Human Geography of Russia at the University of Oxford talks to Laurie Taylor about her research into the experiences of the wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters who, as relatives of Russia’s three-quarters of a million prisoners, ar…

May 22, 2017

Swaziland: probe into 'inhumane' jail conditions

News

Africa Material conditions Torture Eswatini

A United Nations group is investigating prison conditions in Swaziland amid reports of inhumane conditions.

May 22, 2017

Canada: number of federal inmates who self-harm tripled in last decade

News

America North America Health Suicide Canada

The number of inmates in federal prisons who intentionally harm themselves has more than tripled over the past decade, spiking again last year, prompting Canada’s correctional investigator to call for changes to ensure such prisoners are treated as patients who require medical care.

May 22, 2017

United Kingdom: suicide jail failed to improve, says doctor

News

Health Suicide United Kingdom

Safety improvements were not made at a prison with the highest suicide rate in England and Wales despite a spate of deaths, a psychiatrist has told the BBC.

May 22, 2017

France : législatives, pas d'urnes en prison

News

Europe France

Cet article n’est pas disponible en français. Vous pouvez consulter la version anglaise.

May 22, 2017

United Kingdom: Wrexham super prison set to open another wing this month

News

Facilities United Kingdom

The Alwen wing which will house more than 700 men at the £212m HMP Berwyn is on schedule for May opening*

May 22, 2017

USA: Jeff Sessions wants to put more people in prison, his home state of Alabama is doing the opposite

News

Justice United States

Attorney General Jeff Sessions penned a memo to federal prosecutors in early May asking them to stop seeking lenient sentences for drug offenders and instead seek “the most serious, readily provable” charges.

May 22, 2017

United States: a wrongfully incarcerated artist discusses prison at the Brooklyn Public Library

News

America Culture North America United States

From May 23 to 25, Sherrill Roland will be on-site, hoping to facilitate more open dialogues about the US criminal justice system.

May 22, 2017

Swaziland: probe into 'inhumane' jail conditions

News

Africa Material conditions Eswatini

A United Nations group is investigating prison conditions in Swaziland amid reports of inhumane conditions.

May 22, 2017

Canada’s prison agency closes in on new solitary confinement rules

News

America North America Discipline Canada

Canada’s prison agency is close to establishing new rules that would prohibit the placement of vulnerable people in solitary confinement and increase the time segregated inmates can spend out of cells.

May 21, 2017

Australia: 'huge frustration' as prison overcrowding sparks violence concerns

News

Oceania Overcrowding Violence Australia

Staff at the state’s largest prison are meeting on Monday to address frustrations and fears over prisoner violence amid rapidly increasing overcrowding.

May 20, 2017

A prayer before dawn review – kickboxing Thai prison epic goes the full Midnight Express

News

Thailand

Based on the true life account by Billy Moore, Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s bloody, brutal film follows a British drug addict as he fights for survival

May 20, 2017

Turkey: nine percent overcapacity in prisons forces inmates to sleep in shifts

News

Europe Middle East Turkey

“There are currently 221,607 inmates in prisons. Prison capacity is 203,000, making them 9 percent over capacity”

May 20, 2017

RDC: témoignage de Jean Louis Kyaviro sur la prison d'Alcatraz-Makala

News

Africa Health Material conditions Congo - Kinshasa

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

May 20, 2017

South Africa prisons under pressure as number of long-term sentences surge

News

South Africa

Minister Michael Masutha says between 2003 & 2016 there was a decrease in short-term sentences, while those of between 10 & 15 years in jail rose by 77%.

May 19, 2017

France : la culture en prison contre la récidive

News

Culture Europe France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

May 19, 2017

RDC: la plupart des détenus s’évadent d’une autre prison au Kongo-Central

News

Africa Protest Congo - Kinshasa

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

May 19, 2017

Ukraine: SBU detains corrupt head of penal coloy in Zhytomyr region

News

Europe Ukraine

The SBU Security Service of Ukraine together with the Military Prosecutor’s Office have detained a deputy chief of a penal colony in Zhytomyr region for systematic bribery by taking money from prisoners’ relatives, the SBU reported.

May 19, 2017

RDC : après l’évasion de la prison de Makala, près de 70 autres détenus s’échappent de celle de Kasangulu

News

Africa Protest Congo - Kinshasa

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

May 19, 2017

United States: the Trump administration is expanding its use of for-profit prisons to house undocumented immigrants

News

America North America United States

The Bureau of Prisons has already started the process for acquiring at least one new private prison to house immigration offenders “in anticipation of population increases” following Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ crackdown on immigration.

May 18, 2017

Zambia's 'substandard prisons violate human rights'

News

Pre-trial detention Minors Overcrowding Zambia

Chairman of Human Rights Commission says Zambian prisons do not meet international human rights standards