Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

November 7, 2022

Narratives of mass incarceration around the globe

Interview

Africa Culture Asia Europe Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Drugs Overcrowding Rehabilitation

Dr. Dreisinger is the founder of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN), an international community that works to support, instigate and popularize prison reform efforts around the world. Prison Insider met her in Lyon during a joint screening of the docuseries. We asked her three questions in a v…

October 18, 2022

Argentina: debaten habeas corpus en audiencia tras denuncia de irregularidades en la cárcel de Mujeres

News

Central America and the Caribbean Women Overcrowding Argentina

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October 18, 2022

Argentina: agravamiento de las condiciones de detención en la Unidad 32 de Florencio Varela

News

South America Material conditions Overcrowding Argentina

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September 30, 2022

Congo : conditions de vie terribles dans la prison de Mbujimayl

News

Africa Material conditions Overcrowding Congo - Kinshasa

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September 13, 2022

Prison Insider in 2021

Activity report

Coronavirus Health Overcrowding

Day after day for five years now, Prison Insider has been publishing essential information on prison conditions around the world. Take a look at all our activities realised in 2022 by leafing through our activity report.

September 5, 2022

Venezuela: gobierno reconoce sobrepoblación en cárceles y ordena excarcelaciones

News

Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Venezuela

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September 5, 2022

Guatemala: el país tiene la tasa de ocupación más alta en cárceles de Latinoamérica

News

Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Overcrowding Guatemala

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September 5, 2022

Salvador: the country builds giant prison complex for 40,000 gang members

News

Central America and the Caribbean Facilities Overcrowding El Salvador

The so-called Terrorism Confinement Center will be ready within 60 days, Bukele said in a post on Twitter, accompanied by a video of construction work at the site.

September 5, 2022

Haïti : aggravation des conditions de détentions, 97 détenus ont trouvé la mort.

News

Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Haiti

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July 4, 2022

Canada: "a drop in the ocean"

Interview

Coronavirus North America Health Facilities Overcrowding Canada

“Since prisons are such confined and notoriously unsanitary places, vaccinating the prisoners was an urgent matter. At the very least, vaccinating the oldest and most vulnerable among them was a top priority.”

June 28, 2022

España: Acaip afirma que la cárcel de Picassent está "al borde de la saturación"

News

Europe Overcrowding Spain

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June 28, 2022

Argentina: récord de detenidos en la carcel de Buenos Aires

News

South America Overcrowding Argentina

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June 22, 2022

Palestine: death penalty in a forgotten country

Interview

Pre-trial detention Asia Middle East Overcrowding Death penalty Palestinian Territories

Human rights organisations in the region feel like they are fighting alone against capital punishment. People are still sentenced to death and executed regularly. What is the situation in Palestine?

June 15, 2022

Salvador: la CIDH exige a El Salvador mejorar las condiciones de sus cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding El Salvador

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June 13, 2022

Myanmar: prison inmates tortured and starved in Myanmar's Hpa-an

News

Overcrowding Violence Myanmar (Burma)

Authorities punished at least 60 prisoners, including children, after a jailbreak.

June 2, 2022

Ecuador: 100 policías se incorporan para reducir hacinamiento en cárceles de Ecuador

News

South America Overcrowding Ecuador

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June 2, 2022

Salvador: LPG Datos | El 28.5 % de los ciudadanos conoce de alguna detención que considera injusta

News

Justice Overcrowding El Salvador

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June 2, 2022

Nepal: “There are prisons inside prisons”

Interview

Asia Health Material conditions Overcrowding Nepal

What is going on inside Nepalese prisons? No one can say for sure. But basic human rights such as access to water and healthcare are rarely respected, and violence is everywhere. Here is an overview of the situation.

May 31, 2022

Israel: inmates hit 15,000 mark

News

Middle East Overcrowding Israel

Prison overcrowding: the number of inmates has grown by 900 in the past three months. 40% of the prison population is now made of people in pre-trial detention.

May 24, 2022

France: "There is a good amount of wandering around in my line of work"

Interview

Europe Material conditions Facilities Overcrowding France

Thierry Chantegret is a photographer with the French National Preventive Mechanism team. He spoke with us about the role of photography, his approach, and how he gets down to the facts.

May 19, 2022

Salvador : Incrementa el peligro en las cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding El Salvador

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April 26, 2022

Pre-trial detention Women Minors Middle East Foreign prisoners LGBTQI Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Suicide Overcrowding Death penalty Torture Violence Activities Social ties Work Lebanon

All there is to know about Lebanese prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

April 26, 2022

Lebanon’s prisons

Portfolio

Pre-trial detention Middle East Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon

In 2011, Lebanon had 24 prisons and Haitham Moussawi was the only Lebanese photographer to visit all of them.

February 10, 2022

Austria: through the lens of the incarcerated

Investigations

Coronavirus Europe Foreign prisoners Overcrowding Alternatives Rehabilitation Work Austria

Prisons might be one of the most severely underreported spheres in our otherwise heavily investigated world. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into Austrian prison issues.