Asia
Asia
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Iran
Reports indicate shortages of suitable drinking water, reductions in the quantity and quality of food, limitations on the operation of prison stores, shortages of medication, and a decline in medical services.
Asia
Minors
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Iran
According to information obtained by IranWire, individuals detained during the January protests in Mashhad are currently being kept in harsh and deteriorating conditions inside Vakilabad Prison.
Asia
Mental health
Material conditions
Torture
Social ties
Azerbaijan
Several incarcerated journalists from the Azerbaijani independent media outlet Meydan TV have announced that they will not see their visiting relatives in protest against the installation of a glass partition in visitation rooms.
Asia
Europe
Discipline
Health
Torture
Turkey
High-security prisons known as “well-type” facilities have drawn public criticism in Türkiye due to their severe isolation conditions.
Asia
Elderly prisoners
Europe
Minors
Health
Overcrowding
Turkey
As of February, 407,266 people are incarcerated in 403 prisons, which have a combined official capacity of 304,956, according to CİSST.
Women
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Myanmar (Burma)
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) reported that thousands of female political detainees across Myanmar are suffering from serious menstrual disorders and reproductive health complications.
Asia
Overcrowding
Alternatives
Sri Lanka
Minister of National Integration and Justice, Harshana Nanayakkara, announced that a new Act enabling selected incarcerated people to be placed under house arrest through electronic monitoring is being drafted to address severe prison overcrowding in the country.
Pre-trial detention
Women
Asia
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Sri Lanka
The emergency has been caused by a lack of adequate facilities and the extensive use of preventive detention pending trial. There are at least 40,000 people in prison on the island in facilities with a total capacity of only 10,500 places.
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Minors
Drugs
Violence
Singapore
The number of young and remand incarcerated people increased in 2025, contributing to a rise in assault incidents, said the Singapore Prison Service (SPS).
Asia
Europe
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Russia
Speaking at a meeting of the Russian Ministry of Justice’s collegium, she highlighted frequent appeals from women from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, who are seeking assistance in transferring their relatives to serve their sentences closer to home.