Africa
Senegal: The Life of a Woman in Prison
Interview
Africa
Health
Material conditions
Suicide
Overcrowding
Congo - Kinshasa
The Congolese Prison Observatory published a report in December 2019. It reported six deaths and one suicide attempt that year within this prison.
Togo : Les détenus privés de visite depuis le début de la pandémie de Covid-19
News
Africa
Coronavirus
Social ties
Togo
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Burkina Faso : “Des bombes à retardement“ : d’anciens détenus relâchés sans aucun suivi
News
Africa
Violence
Burkina Faso
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Nigeria : 800 détenus s’évadent après une attaque dans une prison
News
Africa
Nigeria
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Rejection of LGBTQI+ people in Burkina Faso
Testimonial
Africa
Pre-trial detention
LGBTQI
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Violence
Burkina Faso
Karel tells us about detention conditions in Ouagadougou’s central police station and the treatment of incarcerated LGBTQI+ individuals.
Africa
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
South Africa
Derrick Thulani Ndlovu discusses South Africa’s justice system and prison conditions with Danielle Louw, of Ndifuna Ukwazi (‘Dare to know’), a social justice activism group based in Cape Town.
Congo kinshasa : Nord-Kivu, 17 détenus libérés de la prison centrale de Butembo
News
Africa
Overcrowding
Congo - Kinshasa
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A very disturbing situation
Interview
Africa
Europe
Middle East
Torture
Violence
The torture and abuse of prisoners have become commonplace over the years. How did these excesses come about? A recently published report takes up this topic.
Global Prison Trends 2021
Report
Africa
Coronavirus
Women
Asia
Europe
Minors
Middle East
Oceania
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Death penalty
More than eleven million people are imprisoned around the world. Of this number, 70% are awaiting trial, a percentage that has been continuously increasing since 2000.
Global prison crisis
Interview
Africa
Coronavirus
Crises
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
Overcrowding
The world prison population is still increasing. How does the COVID-19 crisis differ from other ongoing or future crises? Are prison environments doomed to be in perpetual crisis?
Africa
Death penalty
Sierra Leone
Parliament voted on 23 July to abolish the death penalty in Sierra Leone
Marruecos: presos saharauis denuncian "deplorable" situación en cárceles marroquíes
News
Africa
Foreign prisoners
Long-term prisoners
Torture
Violence
Morocco
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Côte d'Ivoire : l'ancien-Premier ministre Guillaume Soro condamné à la perpétuité
News
Africa
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Côte d’Ivoire
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Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Activities
Rehabilitation
South Africa
While South Africans commemorated the youth of 1976 which sparked a revolution, many youngsters charged with violent crimes are still incarcerated in government facilities.
Africa
Women
Minors
Material conditions
Social ties
Kenya
Thirty years after the adoption of the charter, we still have a long way to go in accelerating the implementation of Agenda 2040: fostering an Africa fit for children.
Africa: informal governance and healthcare access in prison
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Discipline
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Carole Berrih, a lawyer specialising in public law, focuses on the role of prisoners in the maintenance of order in N…
Africa: health beyond epidemics
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Coronavirus
Health
Material conditions
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Frédéric Le Marcis focuses on epidemic responses in prison environment in different African countries.
Africa: a regional campaign to decriminalise petty offences
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Access to legal rights
Justice
Overcrowding
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Louise Edwards reflects on the works and challenges of the regional campaign to decriminalise petty offences.
Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Asia
Elderly prisoners
Europe
Oceania
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key p…