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Prison Overcrowding

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High-Security Inmate Recaptured Hours After Daylight Escape From Palmi Prison

Unions called it the fifth prison break in five days, citing chronic staffing gaps, overcrowding.

Hakea Prison Still Breaches Human Rights, Inquiry Recommended

French Justice Ministry Considers Emergency Sentence Reductions to Address Prison Overcrowding

French Prisons Hit Record High with 79,631 Inmates

Early Release Prisoner Charged with Sexual Assault on Day of Freedom

Prison Population Drops by Over 2,000 Amid Early Release Scheme

UK Prisons Face Unprecedented Crisis with Soaring Violence and Self-Harm