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
Mass Attacks on Prisons in France
French prisons were attacked in a series of terrorist attacks carried out by the DDPF (Rights of French prisoners) group. DDPF, an acronym
Probation in Ukraine: On the Issue of Performance Evaluation Criteria
98 out of 100 people did not commit new crimes while on probation and justified the trust of the courts in the possibility
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
Shabana Mahmood: The Future of the Probation Service
Today, we are in Southwark, the home of London’s probation service, one of the busiest in the country. Here in London, the Service
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,
Margarita Sokorenko: Actions of the Government of Ukraine Aimed at Correcting the Systemic Problems Identified by the ECtHR are Gradually Yielding Significant Positive Results
In 2019, the ECtHR delivered its judgment in the case of Petukhov v. Ukraine (no. 2), finding a violation of Article 3 of
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
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
El Salvador Offers to Lock Up US Criminals in Its Mega-Jail
El Salvador has offered to take in criminals deported from the US, including those with US citizenship, and house them in its mega-jail.