Prison Population

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France Reports 70% Jump in Expulsions of Foreign Prisoners

Officials credit early-release expulsions backed by closer consular work for the surge.

WA Weighs Turning Idle Bullsbrook COVID Site Into Prison to Tackle Overcrowding

Bukele Offers To Send All Salvadoran Prisoners to Colombia After Petro’s Rebuke

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

Nearly 49,000 Prisoners Freed Early as Recalls Reach Record Levels, MoJ Data Shows

NT Government Bars UN Detention Inspectors, Citing Safety and Capacity

Justice Vikram Nath Warns 70% of India’s Prisoners Are Undertrials, Calls for Legal Aid Overhaul

France’s Prison Population Climbs Again to 84,311, Exposing Deepening Overcrowding

Prison Population in England and Wales Nears Record with One-Third Release Proposal

New Data Shows Record Highs for Foreign Sex, Violent and Drug Offenders in England and Wales Prisons

France Approves 17 Sites for Modular Prisons to Tackle Overcrowding

Supreme Court Seeks Responses on Bail Plea for Terminally Ill and Elderly Prisoners

UK Reactivates Emergency Plan to House Prisoners in Police Cells

NSW to End Private Management of Parklea Correctional Centre by 2026

UK Justice Secretary Explores Texas Prison Model for Sentencing Overhaul

German States Grant Christmas Amnesty to Hundreds of Prisoners

German States Grant Early Release to Prisoners Ahead of Christmas

Christmas Amnesty Grants Early Release to Hundreds of Prisoners in Germany

Christmas Amnesty Frees Hundreds of Prisoners Across Germany

Peers Urge Reform of Indeterminate Prison Sentences