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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.
ICPR has produced the forty third issue of the International Prison News Digest, a selection of…
ICPR has produced the forty second issue of the International Prison News Digest, a…
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…
