15th August 2004
Press Release from the Committee for the Families of Political Prisoners and Detainees in the West Bank
11th August 2004
A ruling by Britain's second-highest court undermines the global ban on torture, Human Rights Watch said today.
24th July 2004
Rachael Davies reports on the rapid spread of HIV through communities of injecting drug users in prisons worldwide, and asks why cost-effective harm-reduction strategies, such as needle-exchange programmes, are ignored by most institutions.
11th July 2004
About 4.7 million Americans, more than 2 percent of the adult population, are barred from voting because of a felony conviction. Denying the vote to ex-offenders is antidemocratic, and undermines the nation's commitment to rehabilitating people who have paid their debt to society.
1st July 2004
An Ontario provincial-court judge has found the law governing the province's sex offender registry is too broad and, therefore, unconstitutional.
15th June 2004
by Thomas Kerr and Ralf Jürgens, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
15th June 2004
by Thomas Kerr and Ralf Jürgens, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
10th June 2004
Lawyers for Iraqis tortured while in U.S. custody have sued two private security companies for allegedly abusing prisoners to extract information from them with the goal of winning more contracts from the U.S. government.
23rd May 2004
Comprehensive data on prison populations, incarceration rates, etc. Prepared by Marcelo F. Aebi, University of Seville and University of Lausanne for the Council of Europe.
11th May 2004
In an in-depth analysis of the impact of Arizona's sentencing laws finds that the state's rigid mandatory sentencing laws fill prison cells and cost millions while doing little to enhance public safety.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.