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Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018 World Prison Population List twelfth edition Roy Walmsley Introduction This twelfth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the …

Congress Should Press Philippines to Stop the Extrajudicial Drug War Killings Since the Philippines escalated its "drug war" in June of last year, over 3,900 people have been killed in anti-drug operations1, with nearly 2,300 more drug-related murders2 and thousands still "unexplained,"3 according to police reports. Estimates by media and …