There are 11.5 million people in prison globally
Global Prison Trends 2024 sheds light on key issues such as prison overcrowding, the mental health crisis, corruption, and the growing use of digital technologies.
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Global Prison Trends 2024 sheds light on key issues such as prison overcrowding, the mental health crisis, corruption, and the growing use of digital technologies.
The Council of Europe’s SPACE I Report lets us compare prison systems in the UK with 46 other countries.
Prison Reform Trust briefing gives the facts and figures about the 11,000 currently serving a sentence of 10 years or more in our prisons.
Research into long-term prisoners’ sensory perceptions of the outside world, in
particular through hearing, seeing and smelling.
How does the UK compare to other European countries on prisons?
Director of the Prison Reform Trust Peter Dawson asks why we are so keen to spend £4bn on new prisons.
Surviving incarceration – the strategies that disadvantaged and vulnerable children develop in order to survive.
An interactive infographic showing the age and capacity of all the prisons in England and Wales.
New MoJ research explores what it’s like to be sentenced to 15 years or more when you’re a young adult.
PRT’s latest Bromley Briefing sheds more light on the deteriorating situation in our prisons.
How does the UK fare in the latest international country comparison of incarceration rates?
Official projections predict prison population to increased by further 1600 by 2022. Older prisoners will be 17% of total population by then.