Report
Africa
Health
Material conditions
Suicide
Overcrowding
Congo - Kinshasa
The Congolese Prison Observatory published a report in December 2019. It reported six deaths and one suicide attempt that year within this prison.
Global Prison Trends 2021
Report
Africa
Coronavirus
Women
Asia
Minors
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Death penalty
More than eleven million people are imprisoned around the world. Of this number, 70% are awaiting trial, a percentage that has been continuously increasing since 2000.
Coronavirus
Health
Overcrowding
Amnesty International has released a new report, produced in collaboration with Prison Insider. The spread of COVID-19 in prisons and other detention facilities has thrown into stark relief systemic threats to health in detention such as overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions
Global Prison Trends 2020
Report
Africa
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Over 11 million people are held in prisons worldwide. Many face substandard detention conditions. Sentences keep getting longer, in underfunded justice systems. PRI has published its annual report on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment: Global Prison Trends 2020.
Coronavirus
Europe
Health
Material conditions
Social ties
Hungary
The Hungarian penitentiary institutions have become even more closed and less transparent since the COVID-19 outbreak. On 5 April 2020, a Government Decree introduced tighter measures for prisons. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee updates us on the situation.
Human rights in the Argentine criminal system
Analysis
Report
South America
Access to legal rights
Argentina
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LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: ring the warning bell
Analysis
Report
LGBTQI
Access to legal rights
Justice
Gang rapes, harassment, inhumane treatment, insults: LGTBI people are victims of physical and verbal abuse. Imprisonment exposes them to more risks.
DRC: insufficient health care at Makala Prison
Analysis
Report
Africa
Health
Overcrowding
Congo - Kinshasa
“We are sick, but since there is no doctor to see us, we have no access to any medicine.”
Death penalty: global trends
Analysis
Report
Africa
Justice
Torture
Violence
Togo
Togo is experiencing a serious socio-political crisis. Mistreatment and arbitrary arrests are on the rise. Here is the current situation.
Chile: overcrowded cells with no water and ill treatment
Analysis
Report
South America
Health
Overcrowding
Chile
Many prisons do not have running access to drinking water 24h/day, a dramatic situation in Chili.
Venezuela : malnutrition and tuberculosis
Analysis
Report
Global prison trends 2018
Analysis
Report
North America
Pre-trial detention
Central America and the Caribbean
Women
South America
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Overcrowding
Penal Reform International and the Thailand Institute of Justice co-published their 2018 annual report aiming to provide a global account on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment throughout the world.
Italy: challenges ahead
Report
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Health
Overcrowding
Activities
Italy
The opportunity of a reform approval is now lost. Read Antigone’s full report.
In Russia, the prisoners are dragged around
Analysis
Report
Asia
Europe
Overcrowding
Torture
Violence
Russia
6,000 km, silenced journey, utmost opacity.
Alarming prison conditions of political prisoners in Morocco
Analysis
Report
Africa
Health
Violence
Morocco
Sahrawi prisoners’ health put at risk