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Denmark’s newly presented justice reform includes doubled sentences for violent crimes, over 2,000 new prison places by 2036, and expanded use of alternatives
Prisoners will be able to earn their freedom after serving a third of their sentences under new minimum and maximum sentence plans released
Many jails still in use today were built by the Victorians. Here’s how their 19th-century design is contributing to a 21st-century crisis. England
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published the report on its periodic
In 2023, there were around 499 000 prisoners in the EU, indicating a 3.2% increase compared with 2022. There were 111 prisoners per
On May 04, 2025, President Donald Trump said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a
Europe is the only continent where the total number of prisoners has decreased since 2000. However, the extent of this reduction has largely
The Danish government has rented dozens of places in a prison in Kosovo to transfer foreigners sentenced to deportation for various crimes. The
