What's new at the World Prison Brief
Welcome to the News section of the World Prison Brief, where the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research delivers timely updates on urgent prison-related developments around the globe. From data-driven insights into prison labour and sentencing reforms to global prison population trends and gender disparities, this page brings you the latest briefings, evidence submissions, and expert commentary shaping policy and public debate
A powerful news report on Brazil’s dramatic rise in female prisoner numbers has used data from our World Female Imprisonment List.
In January, ICPR submitted evidence to the Independent Sentencing Review led by the Rt Hon David…
New prison population data reveals that the number of female prisoners has grown much faster than…
We have again drawn on our international prisons research to inform an important inquiry seeking to…
The prisons research team at ICPR has given evidence to an important review of sentencing policy in…
Prison Insider have launched a new tool to evaluate prison conditions: here, Sara Blanc…
Journalists here and abroad have been using our prison populations data to make sense of the…
ICPR has today published a comprehensive new briefing paper exploring the law, policy, and practice…
The law and practice of prison work provision in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland…
