Only 100 Spaces Left in Male Prisons Amid Ongoing Crisis
There are only 100 spaces left in male prisons across England and Wales, Sky News understands. The figure, first reported by the Telegraph,
Criminals Released Early to Reduce Prison Overcrowding
Public confidence in Britain’s criminal justice system has been rocked by an avoidable combination of pressures caused by baffling political decisions. First, the early
Finland: Prison Population Grew in 2023, More Foreigners Behind Bars
The number of inmates in Finnish prisoners rose in 2023 for the second year in a row, the Prison and Probation Service of
EU Countries Fail to Probe Beatings, Sexual Assaults on Migrants by the Police
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a damning report accusing EU members of failing to look into credible allegations of “serious,
Yuriy Verbytsky (In Memoriam)
Yuriy Tarasovych Verbytsky (25 August 1963, Lviv – 21 or 22 January 2014, near the village of Gnedin, Boryspil district, Kyiv region) –
Prisoners Take Hostages in Russian Prison, a Prison Officer Killed
In the Volgograd Region, a group of prisoners has taken hostage FSIN employees in correctional colony No. 19 The first reports of hostage-taking
Minister Carlo Nordio: ‘On Prisons I Have a Plan, I Will Speak to Mattarella about it. Possible 15 or 20 Thousand Fewer Inmates’.
In the meantime there is chaos and a suicide alarm in the prisons. Was the decree born old? No. It has not been
Netherlands: Prison Staff Shortage May Send Dutch Prisoners to Foreign Jails
The Netherlands is looking into sending some of its convicted criminals to serve their sentences in foreign jails because of the shortage of
Dmytro Yagunov: Ukraine needs the Law on Prison Inspections
The 1996 report of the Council of Europe experts emphasised the urgent need to establish independent prison inspections and, at the same time,
Department for the Execution of Criminal Sentences: Managerial functions by convicts in relation to other convicts are strictly prohibited
On 02 August 2024, the Department for the Execution of Criminal Sentences of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine issued a small but