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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
A powerful news report on Brazil’s dramatic rise in female prisoner numbers has used data from our World Female Imprisonment List.
It’s 20 years today since the World Prison Brief (WPB) website was launched. For over two decades,…
Sentencing people who are convicted of a criminal offence is complex business. The sentencing…
More than three million people are held in pre-trial detention and other forms of remand …
The coronavirus pandemic presents formidable challenges for prisons worldwide – challenges they…
We are compiling a list of news articles, guidance and other resources from around the world on…
ICPR has produced the fifty fifth issue of the International Prison News Digest, a selection…
On 15 February the Brazilian Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sérgio Fernando Moro, claimed…
ICPR has produced the fifty fourth issue of the International Prison News Digest, a selection…
