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Florence Supervisory Court: inhuman detention conditions and deferral of sentence referred to the Constitutional Court

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: published the report “Another genocide behind walls” on sexual violence as a tool of torture in Israeli detention facilities

Detainees look through a window at the central prison in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
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Council of Europe’s Committee for the prevention of torture (CPT): annual report of 2025

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Prisons and the Right to Life: The National Ombudsman for the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty Releases the 2025 Data on Deaths in Prison

Occupied Palestinian Territories

The fate of Palestinians in Israeli detention since October 7, 2023

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Italian Prison System under Scrutiny: Ad Hoc Visit by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations: OHCHR report urges increased efforts to eradicate all forms of violence against women and girls in criminal justice detention

Marawi City Jail, the Philippines
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Council of Europe

Council of Europe: new report published reveals an alarming increase in European prison overcrowding

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The Court of Cassation orders a review in a case of inhuman and degrading detention conditions at Padova prison

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National Guarantor for the Rights of Persons Deprived of Personal Liberty: published Analytical Report on Adult Penitentiary System

Marawi City Jail, the Philippines
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The Court of Cassation reiterates that in order to execute a European Arrest Warrant, it is necessary to obtain concrete guarantees that the person to be delivered will not be subject to inhuman or degrading treatment

Associazione Antigone, per i diritti e le garanzie nel sistema penale
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Italian Prison System: Antigone Association’s Report Paints an Alarming Picture

Prison cell, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Suicides and Deaths in Prison: National Report on the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Personal Liberty 2025

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Composition of the National Guarantor of the rights of persons deprived of personal liberty 2024

The Justice and Correction Section of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) supports a gardening project in the local jail in Sevare, which allows prisoners to grow their own food and to garnish a small income from the sale of that which they produce. Here, the hands of two prisoners who participate in the project. Their faces are not shown in order to respect their privacy and protect their identity.
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The Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes a report on its visit to four closed migrants’ pre-repatriation centres in Italy