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Europe
Mental health
Suicide
United Kingdom
Inquests flag up gaps in the care of prisoners in relation to at least nine deaths in custody since 2021.
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Mental health
Suicide
United Kingdom
Nine self-inflicted deaths of prisoners serving IPP sentences in 2022 was highest number since controversial introduction.
Europe
Material conditions
United Kingdom
Urgent action has been demanded over conditions at Wakefield’s high-security jail
North America
Minors
Material conditions
United States
Children, some as young as 15, incarcerated at notorious Angola prison, which has reputation for brutality and violence.
North America
Discipline
Material conditions
United States
A prison in the US state of Minnesota was placed into lockdown on Sunday after dozens of inmates refused to return to their cells.
Middle East
Material conditions
Protest
Bahrain
The suspension of the strike comes before the crown prince’s visit to the United States, and as Bahrain vows to improve conditions.
North America
Activities
Social ties
United States
Missouri Prisons have unleashed a new form of cruelty—banning books sent by friends and family to incarcerated individuals. This is more than just a policy, it’s an attack on freedom and human dignity.
Women
Oceania
Health
Australia
Africa
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Zimbabwe
Former inmates of Zimbabwe’s overburdened prisons say the conditions are inhumane. Activists say government neglect and economic woes are to blame.
North America
Mental health
Torture
United States
The research is clear – it’s bad for prison violence, terrible for inmates and poses increased risks for society.
North America
Minors
Facilities
United States
California’s three remaining youth prisons closed their reinforced steel doors for good today, marking the demise of what was once the nation’s largest network of youth prisons.
Oceania
Torture
Australia
Central America and the Caribbean
Overcrowding
Torture
El Salvador
New rules passed by El Salvador’s congress Wednesday will allow courts to try accused gang members in mass trials, in an effort to expedite tens of thousands of cases for those detained under the country’s crackdown on street gangs.
North America
Justice
Facilities
United States
The state cut incarceration in half, while crime plummeted.
South America
Violence
Ecuador
Europe
Mental health
Torture
United Kingdom
Inspectorate calls for urgent improvements, particularly in treatment of prisoners with mental health problems.