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.
Birkbeck’s annual Public Engagement Awards recognise and celebrate researchers who have…
As the Commonwealth heads of government meet in Kigali, Catherine Heard, Director of the World…
Dr Sarah Lamble is a Reader in Criminology and Queer Theory at the School of Law, Birkbeck and…
ICPR annual lecture, 18 January 2022, 16.00 GMT (online, open to all): registration is now…
Some 11.5 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, according to the…
What explains the world’s rising prisoner numbers? Does prison overcrowding impact public health?…
The prisons research team at the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at…
Catherine Heard directs the World Prison Research Programme, at Birkbeck’s Institute for Crime &…
