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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
On 23 March 2026, at the margin of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, ICPR and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights held a side event on the topic of Human Rights Compliant Alternative Measures to Pre-Trial Detention.
ICPS has produced the twentieth issue of its News Digest, which is a selection of news items from…
The Second Edition of the ICPS publication A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management: Handbook…
Professor Andrew Coyle led a workshop at a conference held in Bristol University’s Human Rights…
ICPS Associate Dr. Sharon Shalev’s Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement is now available in Spanish…
ICPS Associate Alistair Bailey delivered a prison management course to twenty senior Ethiopian…
ICPS Associates Dr Shane Bryans and Christine Fisher, supported by their interpreter Walid Safar,…
Dr Peter Bennett visited Panama from 23-28 March at the invitation of the British Embassy, the…
ICPS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of Correctional Administration …
