Russia does not release detailed prison-population statistics, but Khrunova and other lawyers say at least half of the inmate population is there on drug convictions.
John Robinson 9pm ITV Documentary detailing prison life, exploring the statistic that felons who maintain contact with family are six times less likely to reoffend.
In April, Human Rights Watch, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, and the Prisons Care and Counselling Association released a report detailing prison health conditions in Zambia.
The disturbance at Bedford comes just days after Truss detailed her prison safety and reform plans, including a recruitment drive for 2,500 more prison officers.
According to a recent report by the Sentencing Project called On the Chopping Block (pdf), which detailed all the prison closures and attempted closures in the past year, several state governors have been dragged into legal battles with state employees and unions who want the prisons to stay open.
WIP films since the 1970s have detailed how patriarchy and prison target women of colour.
(He wore a wire, and they went to prison, as detailed in a 1976 book about the case, called "The Bribe").
The report echoes problems across the prison estate, detailed in an interview with the Prison Officers Association for BBC Radio 4's File on 4, to be broadcast on Tuesday.
Hector Lopez, who was convicted of arson and murder in 1995 and has been writing letters from prison detailing evidence he says shows his confession was fabricated, said it was odd that prosecutors had turned on Mr. Scarcella.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has written a long letter detailing life inside prison colony No 14 in the Russian region of Mordovia, revealing appalling conditions reminiscent of the Soviet Gulag system.
