Penal Reform International is a unique organization that, with its expertise and insights, publishes the annual #GlobalPrisonTrends report 🌍🌎
Here are some key facts from the newly released report:
🌀 Worldwide, 11.5 million people are incarcerated.
📈 Only 30% of prisons operate within their capacity, meaning over 2/3 of prisons are OVERCROWDED.
🚺 Women continue to be the fastest-growing prison population (60% increase since 2000), with drug policy being a significant driver of this trend.
⛓️ Every THIRD incarcerated person is in pre-trial detention.
👮🏽♀️👮🏾♂️👮🏼 Many systems are struggling to recruit and retain staff due to challenging working conditions, with several deadly incidents affecting correctional personnel last year.
Read for yourself ⬇️⬇️⬇️
