Prison conditions should comply with human rights obligations and avoid cruel, inhumane, degrading treatment of prisoners.
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While crime has fallen since the 1990s, this is not reflected in the prison population, which has doubled in the same period.
Germany has refused to extradite a man to the UK due to the state of its prisons.
A survey conducted in Texas state prisons finds that many lack basic resources like cold water, ice and air conditioning to help incarcerated people and staff keep cool during heat waves.
The power of the hunger strike lies in its utter simplicity. Anyone can choose to forego eating, even when living under extremely restricted conditions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated how little we know about how prisoners are treated behind bars around the world. The Prison Transparency Project aims to change that.
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