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.
ICPR’s latest publication Prison data collection: A Guidance Note makes the case for the…
Some 11.5 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, according to the…
ICPR’s latest publication Prison data collection in Commonwealth countries: A Guidance Note makes…
Ben Jarman9th November 2023ICPR’s new briefing paper, “Labouring Behind Bars”, explores work in…
I was invited to speak about female imprisonment trends at an event at the UN’s headquarters in…
Prisons of the World author, Andrew Coyle, will present selected extracts from his recent book,…
Prison population data reveal a much faster growth in female than male prisoner numbers since…
ICPR is delighted that the third edition of our key publication A Human Rights Approach to Prison…
