Europe News

Turkey and Russia have highest incarceration rate, says report

A new report by the Council of Europe shows that the median age of inmates is 36 years, with 95% being men and only 5% women.

8 April 2021

Russia

Alexei Navalny claims he is being harassed by Russian prison staff

In an Instagram post, Navalny said the solitary confinement conditions in prison are "torture".

29 March 2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: ISIS attack on Jalalabad prison leaves many casualties

Officials said a suicide car bomb exploded and assailants attacked security forces and stormed the prison in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province.

3 August 2020

USA

Donald Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's prison sentence

The US President's move to save his former adviser from jail is an extraordinary intervention in a criminal case that was central to the Russia investigation and concerned Trump's own conduct.

11 July 2020

Europe News

COVID-19: Belgium's overcrowded prisons a 'powder keg' for infections

"Since 23 April, I wash myself with water. I had to wash my cell by myself with just water. I picked up the dirt of the prisoner before. What more can I say? The situation here is very bad."

30 April 2020

Italy

Death toll rises in Italian prisons as inmates riot over COVID-19 rule

The riots were triggered by emergency restrictions imposed amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

9 March 2020

China

Chinese court jails Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai for 10 years

The naturalised Swedish citizen who sold books in Hong Kong that were sceptical of the Communist Party has been sentenced for 'illegally providing intelligence overseas'.

25 February 2020

United Kingdom

'Bladed weapon' attack on prison officer treated as terrorism

Two inmates used “improvised bladed weapons” in the assault at Whitemoor jail, a maximum-security facility 120 kilometres north of London.

10 January 2020

United Kingdom

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe begins new hunger strike

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman jailed by Iran on spy charges, has begun a new hunger strike at Tehran’s Evin prison.

15 June 2019

Brazil

'At least 55 inmates choked and stabbed to death in Brazil jails'

At least 55 prisoners have been found dead in four jails in the Brazilian city of Manaus after clashes between rival gangs, authorities said.

28 May 2019

World News

Cousteau on mission to save beluga whales

Pictures of mammals being held in cramped conditions in Russia have prompted outrage worldwide.

6 April 2019

World News

Which country in Europe has the highest imprisonment rate?

The answer is revealed in new data released today about Europe's prisons.

2 April 2019

USA

Ohio man punches lawyer in court after receiving 47-year sentence

"All I remember is waking up on the floor underneath the table," the lawyer said.

21 February 2019

USA

How bad is the prison where 'El Chapo' is likely to end up?

Dubbed the "Alcatraz of the Rockies", the prison has concrete slabs for beds and houses some of the most violent criminals convicted in the US.

15 February 2019

United Arab Emirates

UAE considers clemency request for jailed Briton Matthew Hedges

The United Arab Emirates is considering a request to grant clemency to British academic Matthew Hedges, who was sentenced to life in prison this week after being convicted of spying.

23 November 2018

Nicaragua

Concerned families in Nicaragua wait outside jails for news of their loved ones

It's after arrests were made at anti-government protests which continued over a three month period

19 July 2018

Turkey

Turkish court orders release of jailed journalist Mehmet Altan

The Istanbul Regional Justice Court voted to release journalist Mehmet Altan on Wednesday. He was one of hundreds of journalists arrested following a military coup attempt in 2016.

27 June 2018

Europe News

Former drug addict writes her own future

"If they had treated me from the beginning, I would never have returned to jail eight times."

14 June 2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: EU sounds another Brexit alarm bell

27 February 2018

Europe News

How do you tackle radicalisation in Europe's jails?

Experts gather in Brussels to advise EU on fighting radicalisation in wake of deadly attacks

27 February 2018