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.
Important new publication proposes radical re-think on the use of imprisonment worldwide and offers…
Information on prison population levels prior to 1980 has been added to the World Prison Brief…
More than 10.35 million people are in prison around the world, new report published by the…
Over 700,000 women and girls in prison around the world, new report by Institute for…
ICPS has produced the twenty fourth issue of its News Digest, which is a selection of news items…
ICPS has produced the twenty third issue of its News Digest, which is a selection of news items…
As of November 2014, the International Centre for Prison Studies is joining forces with the…
ICPS has produced the twenty second issue of its News Digest, which is a selection of news items…
