The press conference in Istanbul held by Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) demanding the closure of the "well-type" prisons in Turkey, May 26, 2025. [Photo: @etkinhbrajansi via X] A number of ...

Serkan Onur Yılmaz, a political prisoner held at Bolu F-Type Prison, has passed the 350th day of his hunger strike against the new high-security prison model. Yılmaz’s health condition is critical.

Overcrowding and understaffing are pushing Western Australia’s prisons to the brink, with the state watchdog warning of more ...

For the second year, loved ones and advocates spoke before a legislative committee designed to curb violence and improve conditions within the Alabama prison system. Again, they described the inhumane ...

Ninety-five percent of people who are incarcerated in the United States will eventually be released. How they’re treated while behind bars profoundly affects their chances of success on the outside — ...

A HIGH Court judge has ordered the Home Affairs ministry and prison authorities to ensure inmate holding cells are habitable. The ruling came after a Mutare resident Michael Mundandishe, represented ...

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – Dozens of men incarcerated at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution have been refusing to eat to protest “inhumane conditions” at the prison, according to a news release ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly known as Angola), which sits on the site of a former slave plantation, has long forced incarcerated people, primarily Black men, to work on its prison farm ...

A Norway court on Tuesday begins examining the state’s appeal against a ruling that it has treated mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik “inhumanely” since he was jailed for killing 77 people in 2011.

Alabama prisons face ongoing issues with overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and extreme temperatures, advocates say. Inmate advocates and family members allege denial of basic necessities and rampant ...