Ecuador officials deceptively obtain genetic data from prisoners: El País – JURIST

Ecuador officials deceptively obtain genetic data from prisoners: El País – JURIST

An exclusive El País report published on Saturday revealed that Ecuadorian officials are obtaining genetic information from prisoners through deception, in a bid to curb the rampant gang-related crimes in the country.... Read more »
Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down plane carrying Ukraine prisoners of war, Ukraine accuses Russia – JURIST

Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down plane carrying Ukraine prisoners of war, Ukraine accuses Russia – JURIST

Russia accused Ukraine of deliberately shooting down a Russian Military Transport plane Wednesday carrying 65 Ukrainian Military personnel for an alleged “pre-agreed exchange” of prisoners of war. The incident reportedly killed 74,... Read more »
India Supreme Court rejects petition to allow more visits to Delhi prisoners in judicial custody – JURIST

India Supreme Court rejects petition to allow more visits to Delhi prisoners in judicial custody – JURIST

The Indian Supreme Court dismissed Tuesday a petition seeking the court’s intervention to increase undertrial prisoner visits to the prisons in Delhi, the capital of India. Undertrial prisoners are accused individuals who... Read more »
Silent Strength: My Time as A Prisoner’s Wife Turned Advocate

Silent Strength: My Time as A Prisoner’s Wife Turned Advocate

For 42 years I have lived in an underworld I never knew existed until I became one of the thousands of women in that world, women distrusted by the public and defamed... Read more »

Report Examines Lack of Care, Attention for Neurodivergent Prisoners in England

A new report by a charity led by ex-offenders examining 11 prisons in England, as well as surveying 250 neurodivergent service-users, found that neurodivergent people in the criminal justice system fail to... Read more »
Israel-Hamas deal goes into effect, first hostages and prisoners released – JURIST

Israel-Hamas deal goes into effect, first hostages and prisoners released – JURIST

Israel and Hamas’s deal for a temporary ceasefire went into effect Friday morning, triggering a pause in hostilities and the resumption of the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Hamas also released... Read more »
Israel-Hamas deal goes into effect, first hostages and prisoners released – JURIST

Israel-Hamas deal goes into effect, first hostages and prisoners released – JURIST

Israel and Hamas’s deal for a temporary ceasefire went into effect Friday morning, triggering a pause in hostilities and the resumption of the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Hamas also released... Read more »
US appeals court reverses ruling on Muslim prisoners’ right to prayer – JURIST

US appeals court reverses ruling on Muslim prisoners’ right to prayer – JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on Thursday that a district court used the wrong standard when it determined that the Arkansas Division of Corrections (ADC) policy that... Read more »

Families of Prisoners on Singapore’s Death Row Call for Moratorium and Review

Family members of prisoners on Singapore’s death row, as well as those already executed, are calling on the city-state’s government to bring an immediate moratorium on executions and implement a review of... Read more »
Prisoners’ Relatives and Former Inmates Plead For Help As Deaths Mount in Sweltering Texas Prisons

Prisoners’ Relatives and Former Inmates Plead For Help As Deaths Mount in Sweltering Texas Prisons

Shouting, screaming and crying with raw desperation, dozens of prisoners’ relatives and former inmates gathered at the state Capitol Tuesday begging, once again, for state officials to install air conditioning in Texas... Read more »
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