The CPT Calls for Action to Combat Prison Overcrowding and Informal Hierarchies in Prisons
The President of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Alan Mitchell, has presented the
Inside the Drugs Gang Supplying HMP Preston
A prison nurse who was caught smuggling drugs and mobile phones into HMP Preston was part of a ‘sophisticated drugs gang’. Kiera Burton
Drug Smuggling and Money Laundering in HM Prison Lindholme
A group of drug smugglers and money launderers – including a prison officer, multiple inmates and their relatives – have been jailed for
Head of Prison Assisted in Organizing a Criminal ‘Meeting’ in Prison
Head of correctional colony detained for assisting in organizing criminal ‘meeting’ on the territory of the institution in Cherkasy region (Ukraine). Under the
Wisconsin Prisons Restrict Books to Prevent Drug Smuggling
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is restricting the delivery of used books to people incarcerated in state prisons, as part of an effort
68 Defendants Charged in Indictment of Dozens of Members and Associates of San Fernando Valley White Supremacist Gang
Federal and local law enforcement have arrested 42 members and associates of the SFV Peckerwoods, a San Fernando Valley-based white supremacist street gang,
How a Brazilian Prison Gang Became an International Criminal Leviathan
The PCC – First Capital Command – arose in the country’s notoriously brutal penitentiaries 30 years ago but now controls a billion-dollar drug
What is the Venezuelan Prison Gang Tren de Aragua?
The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that law enforcement leaders throughout the