Report: Thailand prisons failing to meet international standards
Prisons in Thailand are failing to meet international standards, according to a report published Tuesday by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) . The report discussed how Thailand has the sixth highest prison population in...
Romania minister to publish details of controversial new bill
Romania's Justice Minister Florin Iordache, the man who originally introduced the corruption decree that sparked large protests , announced on Monday morning that he would soon publish details of an alternative bill to update the criminal...
The UK Ministry of Justice released figures Thursday demonstrating a record number of suicides and other deaths in prisons in England and Wales in 2016. Many experts and politicians have attributed the findings...
Europe rights court upholds whole-life sentence for convicted killer
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld a whole-life sentence for convicted killer Arthur Hutchinson on Tuesday. Hutchinson, who was convicted of murdering the parents and brother of a bride in 1983, argued ...
Venezuela to release 40 percent of prisoners to reduce overcrowding
Venezuelan Minister for Prisons Iris Varela announced Sunday that she plans to release up to 40 percent of the country's prisoners in an effort to reduce prison overcrowding . Varela, who was appointed ...
Canada to spend $105 million on prison expansions in anticipation of incarceration boom
Canada has allocated $105 million to build new prison cells at four existing prisons in anticipation of a drastic increase in prisoners over the next several years. The Canadian government's plan envisages the creation of 2,700...
UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday announced the coalition government's plans to reform the criminal justice system to include lesser prison sentences and more community punishment options. The Ministry of Justice [official...
UK Supreme Court rules sex offenders can challenge inclusion on registry
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the country's sex offender registry requirement violates the right to privacy. The case involved an appeal filed by two convicted sex offenders who challenged the notification...
UK Justice Minister Jack Straw announced Monday that the government plans to terminate to the inmate early release program initiated in June 2007 to ease prison overcrowding . In remarks before the House of Commons...
UK prison population should be cut by a third: parliamentary report
The UK Parliament Justice Committee released a reinvestment report on Thursday urging the prison populations in England and Wales to be reduced by a third. The committee found that incarceration is a relatively ineffective way of...
