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1 mag 2024 · There are nearly 1.8 million prisoners in the United States of America. China holds almost 1.7 million prisoners (plus an unknown number in pre-trial detention and other forms of detention). Brazil has almost 840,000 prisoners, India 573,000, and the Russian Federation over 433,000.
6 mag 2024 · Stay on top of Prison latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
17 mag 2024 · Prisoners picking oakum at Coldbath Fields Prison in London, c. 1864. But, by 1820, faith in the efficacy of legal reform had declined, as statutory changes had no discernible effect on the level of crime, and the prisons, where prisoners shared large rooms and booty including alcohol, had become riotous and prone to escapes.
4 giorni fa · On 21 May, we mark the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus. Since the death of political prisoner and activist Vitold Ashurak in prison in May 2021, at least five more political prisoners have died in regime’s places of captivity: Mikalai Klimovich, Ales Pushkin, Vadzim Khrasko, Ihar Lednik, and Aliaksandr Kulinich. They were unjustly persecuted for their ...
16 mag 2024 · Many prisoners see work as a welcome break from boredom and violence inside their facilities and, in some places, it can help shave time off sentences. In many states, prisoners are denied everything from disability benefits to protections guaranteed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration or state agencies that ensure safe conditions for laborers.
28 apr 2024 · Ukrainian prosecutors have identified 3,000 former military and civilian prisoners who can serve as witnesses for a case they are building for the Ukrainian courts to charge Russian individuals...
16 mag 2024 · A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers. These prisoners are being placed in dangerous jobs, sometimes with little or no training.
