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Italy’s Prison Overcrowding Hits 139% as Antigone Warns of Deepening Crisis

A watchdog blames punitive policy choices, not rising crime.

NSW Prison Population Hits Record 14,070 as Remand Soars on Domestic Violence Charges

California Lawmakers Push for Another Prison Closure After Surplus Capacity Report

Federal Prison Population in Argentina Rises 4% to Five-Year High, PROCUVIN Says

Argentina's Prison Population Hits Record as Watchdog Details Deepening Overcrowding

Dallas County Posthumously Exonerates Tommy Lee Walker 70 Years After His Execution

Mexico and Argentina Report Surging Prison Populations and Worsening Overcrowding

Bukele Lays Cornerstone for Costa Rica’s Mega-Prison as Election Nears

Brazil Year-End Prison Furloughs: 46,000 Released, About 1,900 Did Not Return

Brazil Tallies Hundreds of Fugitives After Year-End Prison Leave as Recaptures Begin

Pope Leo XIV Uses Jubilee Mass to Decry Prison Overcrowding and Urge Pardons

AIC Reports Record Indigenous Deaths in Custody in Australia for 2024–25

Prosecutors Find Video in Case of Alleged Rape by Two Police at Bobigny Courthouse

NSW Records Most Indigenous Deaths in Custody in a Year as State Coroner Issues Rare Public Letter

Netherlands’ Two-Week Early Release Policy Draws Rule-of-Law Backlash

West Bengal Frees 45 Life Convicts, Totals 840 Releases Since 2011

Freiheitsfonds Pays €100,000 to Free 101 People Jailed for Fare Evasion

Fact-Check Finds No Proof Mamdani Backs Ending All Misdemeanor Enforcement

US Families Face $350 Billion Annual Burden From Loved Ones’ Incarceration

Report Exposes Bias in Victoria Police’s Family Violence Response and Fuels Community-Led Model Calls