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April 3, 2023

North Korea: torture, forced abortions and insects for food inside North Korean jails

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Asia Material conditions Torture Violence North Korea

Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so hungry some turn to eating insects.

March 23, 2023

United States: what prisoners get paid for forced labor in every state

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North America Work United States

March 16, 2023

Turkey: Inmates in Kütahya province provided two hours of water

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Middle East Material conditions Facilities Turkey

Inmates in a prison in western Turkey’s Kütahya province have limited access to water, the Bold Medya news website reported

March 16, 2023

Hungary: There have never been so many behind bars

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Europe Overcrowding Hungary

The government explains this by the high number of traffickers caught, but does not talk about the failure of the prison expansion programme or the under-use of alternative sentences.

March 16, 2023

Ireland: Prisoners to be given access to fertility treatment

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Europe Health Ireland

Prisoners are set to be given access to fertility treatment while behind bars.

March 16, 2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commuting a prison sentence into a fine is possible in Republika Srpska

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Europe Justice Bosnia & Herzegovina

A sentence of imprisonment that does not exceed one year of imprisonment will be replaced by a fine at the request of the convicted person

March 16, 2023

Australia: Queensland judge to receive apology after department refused to detail confinement of boy

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Minors Oceania Justice Australia

The boy’s case follows several others where the Queensland children’s court has raised concerns about inappropriate conditions in overcrowded and understaffed youth detention centres.

March 16, 2023

Australia: prison is no place for those trapped by mental illness

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Oceania Mental health Australia

Prison is no place for intellectually impaired individuals, nor for those with chronically acute disordered thinking and ailments such as schizophrenia and psychoses.

February 22, 2023

Nicaragua: The country frees hundreds of political prisoners to the United States

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Central America and the Caribbean Justice Nicaragua

The authoritarian government of Daniel Ortega handed over 222 prisoners as a way to signal a desire to restart relations with the United States, according to officials.

February 22, 2023

India: Physiotherapy centre set up in Berhampur jail

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Asia Material conditions India

A physiotherapist voluntarily provided some basic equipment to make the unit functional

February 22, 2023

India: Illiterate once, Ajmer jail inmates now write letters

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Asia Material conditions India

Ensuring that illiterate prisoners return home as educated people is the motto of this social reform programme in jails

February 22, 2023

Egypt: The country's model prison rife with abuses

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Africa Access to legal rights Torture Violence Egypt

The new prison of Badr which Egypt touted as a model for reform denies inmates healthcare

February 22, 2023

Turkey: Families call on ministry for conditional release of prisoners in provinces hit by earthquake

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Middle East Justice Material conditions Turkey

In previous major earthquakes, prisoners were allowed to participate in rescue efforts and other work in the earthquake zone

February 8, 2023

Syria: Members of ISIS escape ‘Black Prison’ after earthquake devastates area

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Middle East Facilities Syria

Some twenty former members of ISIS have escaped a prison located in Rajo in northeastern Syria after powerful earthquakes devastated the region and neighbouring Turkey.

February 8, 2023

Poland: Prisoners beaten, suffocated and waterboarded

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Europe Torture Violence Poland

Inmates at Barczewo prison have faced physical and mental torture, including beatings, suffocation and waterboarding, according to a new report.

February 8, 2023

Myanmar: Activists fight on in belly of the beast

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Asia Protest Myanmar (Burma)

Political prisoners have continued to express dissent from inside, often with violent consequences, as tensions simmer with prison officials.

February 8, 2023

Japan: Death row inmates' lawyers call for discussion on executions

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Asia Death penalty Japan

A group of lawyers representing three people on death row in Japan criticized the secrecy shrouding the country’s executions.

February 8, 2023

El Salvador: A visit to new 'mega-prison' points to severe conditions

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Central America and the Caribbean Facilities El Salvador

Conditions inside a huge new mega-prison designed to house 40,000 alleged gang members will be particularly severe.

February 7, 2023

Canada : seen in the press / 2023

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North America Women Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Canada

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.

January 25, 2023

Russia: seen in the press / 2023

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Asia Torture Work Russia

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.

January 25, 2023

Iran: seen in the press / 2023

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Women Middle East Justice Death penalty Torture Iran

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.

January 25, 2023

Belgium: seen in the press / 2023

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Women Europe LGBTQI Long-term prisoners Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Work Belgium

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.

January 24, 2023

United Kingdom: seen in the press / 2023

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Women Europe Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding United Kingdom

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

January 24, 2023

Turkey: 520 children under the age of six in prison with their mothers

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Minors Middle East Turkey

Turkish prisons host some 14,000 women, 470 of whom are accompanied by their children.