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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.
ICPS has produced the twenty first issue of its News Digest, which is a selection of news items…
ICPS Trustee Professor Andrew Coyle and Associates Rob Allen and Professor Rod Morgan have…
ICPS Associates Danny McAllister and Christine Fisher, supported by their interpreter Walid Safar,…
Close to three million people are held in pre-trial detention and other forms of remand…
On Wednesday 21 May, Peter Bennett, Director of ICPS, and Mike Newell, Associate, were invited to…
WHO Europe has today published the second edition of its highly successful Guide on Prisons and…
ICPS has produced the twentieth issue of its News Digest, which is a selection of news items from…
The Second Edition of the ICPS publication A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management: Handbook…
