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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
On 23 March 2026, at the margin of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, ICPR and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights held a side event on the topic of Human Rights Compliant Alternative Measures to Pre-Trial Detention.
Catherine Heard, Director of ICPR's World Prison Research Programme, has spoken to Omar Phoenix…
Since its launch in September 2000, the World Prison Brief (hosted and published by the Institute…
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…
