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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian prison literature and human rights: an interview with Shareah TaleghaniLiterature about prison has actually assisted international campaigns in the release of individual detainees.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 reveals the inherent vindictiveness of migration detentionThe COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the glaring injustices of the immigration detention system.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn death row in Saudi Arabia: forgotten Pakistani prisonersSaudi Arabia executes more Pakistanis than any other nationality, but Pakistan continues to fail its citizens in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalmyra: Tadmor and a very different heritageThe ancient city of Palmyra is also home to Tadmor prison, and was lost to us long before IS.
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Published in: TransformationTo remain in prison for the rest of my life is the greatest honor you could give me: the story of Sister Megan RiceWhere does moral courage come from - the energy and strength to challenge and transform much larger powers? A prison...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyria, storytelling, and all things between: a meta-commentary on ‘the Prisoner Series’Al-Akhbar English (AAE) is the English branch of a prominent Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar. During the second week...
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Published in: TransformationPrisoner X and the British Guantanamo BayWorking as a writer in residence at prisons, I have been advised not to "fight" if an inmate takes me hostage and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKInspector "very concerned" by G4S prison praised by GraylingChris Grayling discribed G4S run prison HMP Oakwood as an "excellent model for the future of the prison service"....
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Published in: oDRIn memoriam Valery Abramkin, Russia's prison reformerCelebrated Russian activist Valery Abramkin has died aged 66. Here we republish extracts from a lecture delivered in...
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Published in: Home"Land of the Free" - The best investigative reporting on U.S. prisons
The U.S. has the highest reported incarceration rate in the world. Pro Publica has just compiled some of the best...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Robert Manor
Robert Manor was the Prison & Jail Monitor for the John Howard Association. The John Howard Association is a...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug & Criminal Justice Policy Forum: Front Line Report - March 15, 2012It's hard to know these days which way the proverbial worm is turning when it comes to shifts in drug policy....
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Interview with Steve Costello
From the time he was a young boy, Steve Costello knew he was destined for a life of crime. A committed gang member,...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Interview with Stephen Dubov
In 1987 college professor and successful San Francisco sculptor Stephen Dubov was sentenced in US Federal court to...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of September 21st 2011
We lead this weeks Drug Policy Report with encouraging news that theLiberal Democrats have voted to establish a...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Interview with The November Coalition
Founder Nora Callahan and her husband, activist and former prisoner Chuck Armsbury, talk about a lifetime spent...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project: Amy Ralston Povah (Pt. 2)
In Part II of her interview, Amy relays the horrors of her arrest and prosecution, the 9 years she spent in prison,...
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Published in: oDRRussia's dead end prison systemRussia imprisons a proportion of its citizens higher than any other major country except the US. And with its...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project: Christian Parenti on American Incarceration
In this excerpt from his interview for The Exile Nation Project, Parenti describes what has changed in the twelve...
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