Justice
America
Justice
Health
Suicide
Violence
United States
The New York State Police are investigating three deaths at separate prisons in the North Country over the last week.
Crises
Asia
Justice
Health
Facilities
Iran
Tehran’s Evin prison was struck by Israel last June, leading to a UN investigation.
Women
Europe
Justice
Health
United Kingdom
Pregnant incarcerated women in England are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births.
America
Crises
Women
Justice
Mental health
Facilities
Suicide
Social ties
Mexico
Designed as a maximum security facility, Cefereso No. 16 is Mexico’s only federal women’s prison, and concern over its living conditions is rising. Interview with Algaraza.
America
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Facilities
Death penalty
United States
A US federal judge temporarily halted a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to move 20 former federal death row incarcerated people to the country’s most restrictive correctional facility.
America
Justice
Mental health
United States
The number of Missourians waiting in jail for services from the state’s mental health department continues to rise, with a backlog of more than 500 people with stalled cases.
Gabon: existing and surviving in prison
Interview
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Gabon has a particularly high rate of incarceration: 226 people are imprisoned per 100,000 inhabitants. Overcrowding is a flagrant issue, and the living conditions are considered extremely concerning. SOS Prisonniers Gabon provides an overview.
Who makes the rules in prison?
Analysis
Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Alternatives
The public has numerous preconceived assertions surrounding prison. One in particular comes up often: that incarcerated people call the shots on the inside. Does this perception reflect the reality in Europe? Read on to find the answer in the last piece of our fact-checking series.
Africa
Justice
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
South Sudan
A presidential pardon initiative intended as a gesture of reconciliation has been manipulated into a pay-for-freedom scheme at Juba Central Prison.
Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Violence
Ireland
The State’s human rights commission and the prisons’ inspector are to discuss legal concerns over potential breaches of European laws caused by the prison overcrowding crisis.
Europe
Discipline
Justice
United Kingdom
Three more prison staff have been arrested or convicted in relation to criminal offences – while new figures from the Ministry of Justice showed that over 1,000 prison or probation staff in England and Wales have faced disciplinary action in the latest 12-month period.
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
South Sudan
Incarcerated people at the Torit Central Prison in Eastern Equatoria State have voiced concerns about exorbitant legal fees, which have left many of them locked up for over five years without trial.
Locking up the opposition
Analysis
Africa
America
Asia
Europe
LGBTQI
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Torture
In this long-format article, Prison Insider explores how defending human rights can become a reason for incarceration, in every part of the world.
The shadow of colonialism (III)
Analysis
Africa
America
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Justice
Facilities
Prison Insider is dedicating a long-format, three-part article to the colonial heritage of prison systems. Part three: Prison, a registered design.
The shadow of colonialism (II)
Analysis
Africa
America
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Justice
Facilities
Prison Insider is dedicating a long-format, three-part article to the colonial heritage of prison systems. Part two: post-independence, a sense of unfinished business.
