#prison-conditions

#prison-conditions

Amnesty International calls for the release of activists unjustly detained in Angola for peaceful protests, highlighting serious health issues faced in prison. [ more ]

The attempted prison break in Congo led to a death toll of 129, revealing severe overcrowding and deplorable prison conditions. [ more ]

Narges Mohammadi faces brutal treatment in prison, with denied medical care and communication rights, raising urgent concerns over her health and human rights. [ more ]

Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh faced imprisonment, legal harassment, and family restrictions, highlighting the regime's determination to crush dissent. [ more ]

Sexual abuse of incarcerated women in West Bengal's overcrowded prisons is a harsh reality.

Prison conditions for women in West Bengal need urgent reform to ensure their safety. [ more ]

Italian antifascist activist Ilaria Salis wrote a letter denouncing the degrading conditions in which she has been held in prison for nearly a year.

Salis described the cramped cells, presence of bedbugs, cockroaches, and mice, lack of basic supplies such as toilet paper and soap, and the delayed medical examination she was supposed to receive. [ more ]

HMP Wandsworth is experiencing severe conditions, staff shortages, and violence, prompting emergency measures and significant funding for urgent improvements. [ more ]

HMP Wandsworth faces critical overcrowding and violence, characterized by inhumane conditions and insufficient staffing. [ more ]

Wandsworth prison is overcrowded and unsafe, with inhumane conditions made worse by vermin infestations and alarming rates of violence and self-harm among inmates. [ more ]

HMP Bedford, a Victorian prison, has been described as the worst by the prison watchdog.

The prison was infested with rats, cockroaches, and pigeons, and had severe drainage problems causing raw sewage to cover cell floors.

Nearly a third of the prisoners released from HMP Bedford were left homeless, making it difficult to break the cycle of crime and imprisonment. [ more ]

Extreme heat affects those in prisons significantly, lacking proper cooling systems, which raises serious health concerns for inmates. [ more ]

The facility faced serious issues including staffing shortages and ongoing mistreatment of inmates, prompting concerns about accountability and systemic neglect. [ more ]

HMP Wandsworth faces severe issues like violence, low staffing, and inhumane conditions, neglected by ministers, according to a recent report. [ more ]

Inspectors warned about crumbling, overcrowded HMP Wandsworth with systemic failures and recent scandals including a prison officer allegedly having sex with an inmate. [ more ]

An investigation is underway into a reported assault on inmates by officers at an Ontario jail, following a disturbing incident captured on video. [ more ]

Politicians overlook justice system chaos, leading to unfair prison conditions, early release of offenders, risk to public safety, and inadequate support for victims. [ more ]

Ilaria Salis, an antifascist activist imprisoned in Hungary, accepted a European Parliament candidacy, potentially granting her immunity and freedom. [ more ]

Evgenia Kara-Murza remains composed despite the risks to her husband serving a sentence in a Siberian jail.

British government's delayed response to meeting with Evgenia Kara-Murza reflects lack of attention to Russian opposition issues. [ more ]