Prison Conditions & Reform

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (675+ words) Bonik Barta Prisons in Bangladesh hold more than twice their capacity The country’s 75 prisons hold 102,180 inmates against a combined capacity of 45,186, putting pressure on accommodation, healthcare and sanitation. Bangladesh’s prisons are holding more than twice their combined capacity. Although the…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (568+ words) South Africa’s police force might soon be required to wear body cameras, and the fleet of police cars will be fitted with dashboard cameras in a bid to build tighter cases with watertight evidence while protecting the rights of citizens…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (568+ words) South Africa’s police force might soon be required to wear body cameras, and the fleet of police cars will be fitted with dashboard cameras in a bid to build tighter cases with watertight evidence while protecting the rights of citizens…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (56+ words) Citi Fine Warns Firms To Stress-Test Sanctions Controls Law360 Try our Advanced Search for more refined results The Practice of Law Deep News & Analysis Law360 | The Practice of Law Law360 Authority | Deep News & Analysis Law360 Pulse | The Business of Law Citi Fine Warns Firms…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (531+ words) Nearly four decades after being established as a sub-jail in 1986, the Bandarban District Jail, designed to accommodate 114 inmates, is now holding almost five times that number, putting its limited infrastructure and basic services under growing strain. As of Monday morning,…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (926+ words) A New York Correctional Union and Republican Backers are Weaponizing a False Narrative About Solitary Confinement and Violence by Katie Rose Quandt | September 8, 2026 When Jerome Wright hears from people incarcerated in New York prisons, they describe a system in crisis....

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (590+ words) When Bandarban District Jail was established as a sub-jail in 1986, it was designed to accommodate 114 inmates. Nearly four decades later, the facility is holding almost five times its intended capacity, putting its limited infrastructure and basic services under growing strain....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (775+ words) For tens of thousands of people incarcerated in the United States, punishment can mean spending 22 or more hours a day alone in a cell barely larger than a parking space, with little human contact, limited recreation, and few opportunities for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (766+ words) After poring through records for eight months, a team of auditors and forensic accountants was unable to find documentation to account for $2.4 million in taxpayer money distributed to businesses and nonprofits through the Blue Hills Civic Association, according to a…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (325+ words) The committee said prisoners could be engaged in agricultural work. Poultry farms and milk production units could also be operated, along with farm industries similar to those in open prisons. Prisons should be constructed as three-storey buildings, with a central…...