New law on drug offences to cut overcrowding at prisons, says home minister
The Drug and Substance Abuse (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act is expected to be tabled this year.
Prisons dept mulls off-days from jail to solve overcrowding
The emergency management days system has been used in many countries, where prisoners can apply to leave jail, including during personal emergencies, on certain conditions, especially good behaviour.
Ecuador to pardon 5,000 prisoners to tackle overcrowding
Ecuador's 65 prisons have capacity for 30,000 inmates but house some 39,000, equivalent to 30% overcrowding.
Rights group slams detention of hundreds of children at immigration centres as pandemic rages on
Detaining these children at overcrowded immigration centres puts them at increased risk of contracting Covid-19, says Lawyers for Liberty.
Overcrowding the problem, not SOPs, rights group says on prison spikes
LFL says any SOPs in place are likely to fail without a significant reduction in number of inmates.
