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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.
ICPR has produced the forty first issue of the International Prison News Digest, a…
More than 714,000 women and girls are in prison around the world, new report published by the…
On Thursday, 9 November, ICPR will launch the fourth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List,…
ICPR has produced the fortieth issue of the International Prison News Digest, a selection of news…
ICPR has produced the thirty ninth issue of the International Prison News Digest, a selection of…
Today sees the publication of two briefings, authored by Dr Jessica Jacobson and Helen Fair of the…
On 9 June 2017, ICPR Director Dr Jessica Jacobson gave a paper on 'Understanding and reducing the…
ICPR has produced the thirty eighth issue of the International Prison News Digest, a selection of…
