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France's Prisons Hit Record 88,829 Inmates

The scale of overcrowding risks breaching international human-rights standards, potentially forcing operational or legal changes.

French Prison Staff Halt Blockades After One-Day Protest Over Overcrowding

Tacna’s 24-Hour Strike Over Challapalca Ends Peacefully as Region Presses for Talks

Europe's Torture Watchdog Warns French Prisons Risk 'Human Warehouses'

UK Prison Hunger Strike Reaches Critical Phase as Muraisi Hits Day 69

Transfers to New Ultra-Secure Condé-sur-Sarthe Prison Unit Begin Within Hours

Saxony Abolishes Christmas Amnesty for Prisoners

Italy Launches Task Force to Review 10,000 Prisoners for Alternative Sentences

North Rhine-Westphalia Enacts 15% Boost to Inmate Wages

Lords Advance Bill to Resentence 2,500 Indefinite IPP Prisoners

Freiheitsfonds Frees 110 Inmates and Urges Decriminalization of Fare Evasion

French Prisons Strain Under Record 83,681 Inmates

France Requests Transfer of Death Row Inmate Serge Atlaoui from Indonesia

German States Grant Christmas Amnesty to Hundreds of Prisoners

Christmas Amnesty Grants Early Release to Hundreds of Prisoners in Germany

France Sets Record with Over 80,000 Inmates in Overcrowded Prisons

HMP Brixton Criticized for Overcrowding and Drug Access in Watchdog Report

UK Government Faces Criticism Over Early Release Scheme Amid Prison Overcrowding

Male Prisons in England and Wales Near Capacity with Only 100 Spaces Left