Trump Administration Proposed Sending Up to 500 Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members to the El Salvador’s Mega-Prison
The United States proposed sending up to 500 Venezuelan migrants with alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador as
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
Justice Minister Announces Plans to Create 14,000 New Prison Places by 2031
HM Prison Millsike was opened in East Yorkshire The Justice Secretary has warned, “we simply cannot build our way out of the prisons
The Future of a New Prison in Lithuania
Lithuania has not built a single new prison during the period of independence. More than one government has promised to build a prison,
United Kingdom: Prison Population Now Higher than When the Government Came to Power
Prisons in England and Wales are holding thousands more inmates than they were designed for despite Labour’s attempts to tackle the overcrowding problem
United Kingdom: Prisoners to Be Held in Police Cells to Deal with Overcrowding
Prisoners will be temporarily held in police cells to deal with prisons running out of space, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed.
Gautam Gulati, Brendan Kelly: Prison and Mental Illness: Five Myths and Some Solutions
Like everyone who comes into contact with the criminal justice system, people with mental illness have rights and responsibilities. In reality, however, people
Dmytro Yagunov: The Penitentiary System (Defining the Concept)
The penitentiary system is a set of institutions designed to keep deviants in forced isolation, whose behaviour poses the greatest threat to society
Sweden Plans Sending Inmates Abroad as Prisons Dull Due to Gang Crime Wave
Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said, as the country struggles to handle an influx
Prison Population in Ukraine (January 17, 2025)
As of 17.01.2025, 36970 people were held in penitentiary institutions in Ukraine: Total Pre-trial prisons Correctional colonies 13 Sep 40201 15392 23896 06