More than 2,000 in Pakistan prisoned over blasphemy cases, Senate body told

A Pakistani parliamentary body was recently informed that  215 individuals had been arrested under blasphemy charges with the highest number of arrests made in Sindh.

Prison population surge triggers overcrowding, COVID casualties

New York: One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a new study published on Friday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

UN development agency provides lifeline to Gaza lifeguards, in bid to keep workers from debtors’ prison

New York, Aug 7 (IBNS): If Bilal Bashir, a Palestinian fisherman and lifeguard living on the coast of the Gaza Strip, does not get work over the summer months, he risks being sent to debtors’ prison.

Airstrikes kill over dozen people in Yemen

Sanaa, Oct 30 (IBNS): At least a dozen people were killed in airstrikes at a Yemeni prison on Saturday, reports said.