Crises
Crises
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Social ties
Myanmar (Burma)
The Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM) reported on 19 May that budget reductions in military-controlled prisons are worsening conditions for incarcerated people, with severe food shortages leading to rising malnutrition and health complications, particularly in Myingyan Prison.
Crises
Europe
Discipline
Material conditions
Violence
Greece
A fire broke out at the Corfu prison, after incarcerated people reportedly set fire to mattresses and plastic in protest against intensive cell checks, according to kerkyrasimera.gr. The protest is concentrated in the E and G wings of the facility.
Crises
North America
LGBTQI
Justice
Material conditions
Death penalty
Alternatives
United States
Since taking office, the Trump administration has taken actions to eviscerate due process and the rule of law, make prison and jail conditions worse, expand the use of extreme sentences and harsh law enforcement tactics, eliminate oversight, undermine solutions that reduce incarceration.
Crises
Women
Middle East
Health
Material conditions
Violence
Israel
Israeli occupation authorities are reportedly holding two Palestinian women, both five months pregnant, under harsh conditions at Damon Prison, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club reported.
Crises
North America
Discipline
Justice
Health
Material conditions
United States
The MacArthur Justice Center filed a class-action case on behalf of six incarcerated people at Algoa Correctional Center. All of them are especially sensitive to heat due to their age or underlying medical conditions, or have spent time in solitary confinement.
Australia: violent assaults, self-harm incidents, use of 'chemical agents' occuring at Darwin prison
News
Crises
Oceania
Discipline
Health
Overcrowding
Violence
Australia
Violent assaults and incidents of self-harm are occurring regularly inside Darwin’s overcrowded prison, with government documents also revealing the use of “chemical agents” by officers.
El Salvador: anguished families are losing hope as they can’t reach loved ones sent to mega-prison
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Crises
Central America and the Caribbean
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Social ties
El Salvador
Carmen Bonilla has barely slept for nearly two months, her mind filled with terrifying thoughts about what might be happening to her son, whose dream to go to the United States for a better life has turned into a waking nightmare.
Crises
Women
Middle East
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Social ties
Religion
Iran
Blood runs down prison corridors. Sewage seeps beneath cell doors. Drugged women drift in and out of consciousness. The women’s ward of Sepidar prison, in southern Ahvaz, houses around 400 women, mostly Arab, denied even the most basic human dignities afforded elsewhere in Iran’s penal system.
Crises
Minors
Middle East
Health
Material conditions
Israel
Several Palestinian advocacy organizations have issued an urgent call to the World Health Organization (WHO), raising alarm over what they describe as a growing health and humanitarian crisis inside Israeli prisons.
Crises
Middle East
Justice
Social ties
Egypt
Ahmed Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, whose father is also in prison, faces up to 10 years behind bars after being arrested in New Cairo.
Crises
Middle East
Justice
Health
Mental health
Iran
Political prisoner Davood Hadadinia has begun a hunger strike in Yasouj Prison to protest his continued detention and the lack of progress in processing his case.
Crises
Minors
Middle East
Long-term prisoners
Health
Mental health
Torture
Israel
Israeli authorities released 23-year-old Ahmad Manasra from Nafha Prison in the Negev Desert, ending 10 years of imprisonment. Ahmad Manasra’s lawyer told Al Mayadeen that his client was released in a highly fragile mental state.
Crises
North America
Justice
Health
Material conditions
United States
United States District Judge Robert Pitman called the lack of air conditioning in incarcerated people facilities “plainly unconstitutional,” but he stopped short of requiring action.
Crises
Asia
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Social ties
Myanmar (Burma)
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), more than 2,000 political prisoners have died in Myanmar’s prisons since the country was plunged into conflict by a military coup more than four years ago.