Drugs
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Minors
Drugs
Violence
Singapore
The number of young and remand incarcerated people increased in 2025, contributing to a rise in assault incidents, said the Singapore Prison Service (SPS).
America
Pre-trial detention
Women
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Argentina
Prison population grew 7.1% in 2024, with property crimes and short sentences driving overcrowding; five provinces exceed the national incarceration average, authorities warn that tougher laws and short sentences are fuelling sustained rise in numbers.
Europe
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Violence
United Kingdom
An unannounced inspection to a prison found it was being targeted by organised crime gangs. It found that drones were being used to get large quantities of drugs and contraband into the prison.
America
Drugs
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Torture
Activities
Social ties
El Salvador
El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) has become a symbol of President Nayib Bukele’s government propaganda. Folha spent two hours inside the prison complex, which houses around 20,000 incarcerated people—mostly gang members—under extreme conditions.
United States: for those with addiction, going into and coming out of prison can be a minefield
News
America
Health
Mental health
Drugs
United States
At the Ninilchik Community Clinic, patient was there to treat her opioid use disorder – a shot she thought might be her last for a while since there was a warrant out for her arrest. The Alaska Department of Corrections does not provide comprehensive access to this life saving medication.
Ecuador: breaking down the prison crisis
Interview
America
Crises
Health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Torture
Violence
Social ties
Ecuador
Ecuador is facing a penitentiary crisis marked by massacres and the militarisation of its prison system, a combination that has brought the institution to its breaking point. The consequences are disastrous, both within and outside of prisons. Interview.
India: Telangana prisons see 12% rise in incarcerated people in 2025, cybercrime cases jump 135%
News
Women
Asia
Foreign prisoners
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Facilities
Overcrowding
India
Telangana prisons recorded 42,566 admissions in 2025, marking an 11.8% increase compared to the previous year, with sharp rises seen in cybercrime and drunk driving cases.
America
Mental health
Drugs
Activities
Social ties
United States
Young men housed in Connecticut’s adult prisons have spent long periods in isolation, receiving almost no programming or mental health services, few visits, little recreation and frequent strip searches.
Europe
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Social ties
Rehabilitation
Work
United Kingdom
Shared cells in an overcrowded South Yorkshire prison are “often too small to maintain decency and privacy”, inspectors have reported.
North America
Pre-trial detention
Women
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Canada
Ontario jails are heading toward a record year for overcrowding, remand populations and lockdowns just as politicians debate bail reforms that could lead to a further influx of accused behind bars, data analyzed by CBC News reveals.
Central America and the Caribbean
Women
Access to legal rights
Drugs
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Social ties
El Salvador
Former incarcerated people recount arbitrary arrests and months of torture, while families of current ones demand answers.
Elderly prisoners
Europe
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Ireland
There were 31 deaths in custody in 2024, the highest number since the office of the Inspector of Prisons was established in 2012.
Europe
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Suicide
United Kingdom
Forest Bank prison in Salford has seen 27 deaths in just five years, raising serious questions about the safety and care of incarcerated people. Paul Britton reports.
Asia
Drugs
Overcrowding
Death penalty
Sri Lanka
In response to the Prisons Commissioner’s remarks that drug traffickers sentenced to death should be hanged, the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) criticised the statement, saying that executions are not the solution to Sri Lanka’s prison overcrowding.
Europe
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
A quarter of people leaving Norwich prison earlier this year were released homeless, according to a watchdog’s report.
Europe
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
An incarcerated man died from the effects of drugs the day after he was released from prison with no accommodation to go to, a report found.
Europe
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
Ireland
Data provided to the department by the Irish Prison Service (IPS) shows that there have been 269 drug seizures in Cork Prison since 2020.
Europe
Drugs
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Violence
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
About 25% of incarcerated men released from a jail in a county find themselves homeless, according to a report.