The Time Has Come for Indonesia to Decriminalize Drugs

... treatment and support, not prison and isolation. Criminalization discourages ... will only end with overcrowding prisons, which in turn ... the general population to prison, thereby creating a market ... inside the prison. Criminalization also fuels corruption ...

After 4 Years in Office, Jokowi Has Yet to Fulfil Human Rights Promises, Civil Society Groups Say

... improve existing policies to address prison overcrowding, the ICJR said.

Thailand Executes First Prisoner by Lethal Injection Since 2009

... injection at Bang Kwang Central Prison north of Bangkok on Monday ... had little success in tackling overcrowding. Thailand has 361,030 prisoners ...

7 Things You Need to Know About Criminal Code Revamp

... criminal acts, has led to overcrowding in the nation's prisons ... the length of the required prison sentence for cohabitation, with most ... up to five years in prison if found guilty. If it ...

Thai Women's Prison Highlights Need for Reform, Drug Policy Rethink

... a visit to the prison. In the prison's nursery, mothers ... director of the Chiang Mai prison, but some facilities needed to ... and some design changes made. Overcrowding also remains an issue, with ... for is how to reduce prison overcrowding, not only in Thailand but ...

Thousands of Prisoners Get Sentence Reductions on Christmas Day

... Human Rights has reduced the prison sentences of 9,333 Christian ... minimum of six months in prison before they can qualify for ... is also a solution to overcrowding in prisons and correctional facilities ...

Indonesia Plans Separate Islands Prisons for Drug, Terrorism Inmates

... plan comes amid concerns over prison overcrowding and the fact that they ... , instead of keeping complaining about prison overcrowding," he said. "The impact is ... rioted and escaped from a prison in Pekanbaru, Riau, in May ...

More Humane Drug Policy Should Put Public Health First, Punitive Actions Second: NGO

... the use of "coercive measures, prison overcrowding, including raids by forced drug ...

As Many as 17 Prisoners Killed in Papua New Guinea Jail Break

... inmates involved in a mass prison break, local media reported ... to escape from the Buimo prison, nearly 320 kilometers north ... PNG jails, citing concerns about overcrowding, limited access to medical ... 55 men escaped from the prison in a breakout in 2015 ...

Ahok Moved to Police Custody as He Waits for Suspension of Detention

... was transferred from Cipinang Prison in East Jakarta, ... Wednesday morning. Cipinang Prison head warden Asep Sutandar ... disturbing activities at the prison. Justice Minister Yasonna ... overcrowding at the prison's detention facility. Cipinang Prison has both prison ...