Prison

Deadly bomb blasts target Myanmar's main prison

The military junta blamed "terrorists" for the attack and said the dead included three prison staff and a 10-year-old girl.

YPG/PKK terror group conscripted hundreds of child soldiers in Syria: UN

The UN's annual Children and Armed Conflict report showed that the US-backed YPG terrorist group and its affiliates in Syria have recruited 221 minors, killed dozens others and even seized schools for military use from January to December 2021.

Dozens of inmates die in Colombia prison escape attempt

The tragedy occurred at a prison facility in the city of Tulua during an escape attempt followed by a fire, Colombian authorities say.

Brawl in Philippine prison leaves casualties

At least six prisoners were killed and 33 wounded during the fight between rival gangs at Caloocan City Jail in the National Capital Region.

Lebanon's prisons: A microcosm of disease, sectarianism and near-anarchy

Inter-ministerial wrangling over the control of the prison facilities coupled with police brutality and a lack of funding has exacerbated the human rights situation of incarcerated people in the country.

Palestinian prisoner in Israel dies of ‘deliberate medical negligence’

Sami al Amour, who was suffering from a congenital heart problem, died at an Israeli hospital “as a result of the policy and crime of deliberate medical negligence,” the Palestinian Prisoners Club has said.

For British institutions, tackling racism is simply about PR

Britain only cares about being perceived as taking the "moral" high road while maintaining a status quo that harms ethnic minorities.

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails set to hold hunger strike

Qadri Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Authority's commission for prisoners, said 1,380 prisoners were to start the strike on Friday in protest of their detention conditions.

Covid-19 cases spike in Myanmar’s prisons

The coronavirus cases have been increasing in densely packed Myanmar prisons where many people are held for political reasons.

Anti-Beijing activist Agnes Chow freed from Hong Kong prison

Chow was released from prison after serving nearly seven months for her role in an unauthorised assembly during anti-government protests in the city in 2019.

Israel can imprison Palestinians, but not their struggle

The animating logic behind Israel’s punitive carceral system is to weaken Palestinian morale and their ability to organise through unjust imprisonment and disproportionate sentences.

More than 1,800 prisoners escape after attack on Nigeria jail

"I can confirm that the Imo State command of the Nigerian Correctional Service was attacked by unknown gunmen in Owerri," Imo state corrections service spokesman James Madugba says, adding that the number of escaped inmates was yet to be confirmed.