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.
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 …
On 11 March ICPS was delighted to receive a visit from Ana Maria Morales Peillard, Director of…
ICPS has produced the nineteenth issue of its News Digest, which is a selection of news items from…
