Asia
Asia
Drugs
Overcrowding
Death penalty
Sri Lanka
In response to the Prisons Commissioner’s remarks that drug traffickers sentenced to death should be hanged, the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) criticised the statement, saying that executions are not the solution to Sri Lanka’s prison overcrowding.
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
India
If anything, India should study the basic living standards in select foreign prisons and improve the domestic conditions. The jails that are there are almost impossible to expand.
Asia
Mental health
Death penalty
Torture
Violence
India
“I was once a professional and a free mind. Now I am not,” says Asif Khan who was on death row and was acquitted in the 7/11 Mumbai blasts case.
Pre-trial detention
Women
Asia
Foreign prisoners
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Violence
Rehabilitation
India
Karnataka’s prisons continue to face overcrowding. Of the total population, over 76% are undertrials, reflecting the prolonged pendency of criminal cases and slow judicial processes.
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Tajikistan
On September 24, Tajikistan’s Ombudsman, Umed Bobozoda, visited the YS 3/1 correctional facility in Vahdat to inspect the conditions under which incarcerated people are held.
Crises
Asia
Europe
Violence
Georgia
A member of the Georgian opposition party, Gela Khasaia, has been placed in pre-trial detention on charges of intentional acts of violence. He reported degrading treatment during detention, while his supporters were forcibly removed from the court building during his hearing.
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.
Asia
Health
Social ties
Tajikistan
Relatives of Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzod, a Tajik journalist, report that they have not received information about his condition for the past six months. Two months ago, they complained that they had not received any news about his health and could not meet with him in Khujand prison.
China: draft revision to prison law review, including provisions for foreign incarcerated people
News
Asia
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Social ties
Rehabilitation
China
A draft revision to China’s Prison Law was submitted to the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) for its second reading.
Asia
Discipline
Health
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Social ties
Myanmar (Burma)
A recently released political incarcerated person from Hpa-An (Taung Kalay) prison revealed that 12 political imprisoned people who had asked for more nutritious food were placed in solitary confinement and tortured by prison officials. This brutal treatment resulted in the death of one of them.
Asia
Europe
Health
Mental health
Suicide
Torture
Social ties
Azerbaijan
There have been “suicide attempts” among incarcerated Armenian held in Azerbaijan. The suicide attempts were reported following recent phone calls between the Armenian and their relatives.
Asia
Europe
Health
Mental health
Azerbaijan
Vicken Euljekjian, who was taken captive during the 44-day war in 2020, has been on a hunger strike in Baku prison for 20 days.