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Assemblyman Chris Holden's anti-solitary confinement crusade

Assemblyman Chris Holden's anti-solitary confinement crusade

Assemblyman Chris Holden's anti-solitary confinement crusade

The Chinese prison system blatantly limits prisoner of consciences’ right of correspondence according to the prisoners' spouses.

"Data provided by the Nigerian Correctional Service in 2021 showed that the correctional centres combined, have the capacity to hold 50,083 inmates."

The 76-page report, “‘They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings’: Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan,” documents the abusive conditions in many women’s prisons in Japan. Government policies towards women in prison violate international human rights conventions and contravene international standards such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules of the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Mandela Rules. Prison authorities use restraints on imprisoned pregnant women, arbitrarily employ ...

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has called for intensified efforts to secure the release of Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala from jail. In April 2022, Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in Kano State, in Muslim-dominated Northern Nigeria after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam.

Bangladesh police use torture to extort illegal payments from refugees (BANGKOK, August 10, 2023)–The Government of Bangladesh should investigate and hold accountable police officials responsible for extortion and violence against Rohingya refugees, ...

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led Democrats in introducing legislation Thursday to end solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers. The End Solitary Confinement Act would cap the time incarcerated people and detainees are alone at four hours and require prison or jail staff to meet with the inmate within one hour. The separation…

She said the notorious Modi-led government wanted to eliminate Yasin to suppress freedom movement