North America
US
The Coronavirus Crisis Inside Prisons Won’t Stay Behind Bars – NY Times
Stop Unnecessary Arrests to Slow Coronavirus Spread – NY Times
Coronavirus Cases Rise Sharply in Prisons Even as They Plateau Nationwide – NY Times
COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention Facilities — United States, February–April 2020 – CDC
Large Numbers at Risk in ICE Detention Facilities for the COVID-19 Virus – TRAC
A State-by-State Look at Coronavirus in Prisons – The Marshall Project
Africa
Leaving No-one Behind: The Human Tragedy of Children in African Prisons during COVID-19 – Health and Human Rights Journal
Cameroon
Coronavirus stalks cells of Cameroon’s crowded prisons – Reuters
Morocco
Local Prison in Tangier Records 20 COVID-19 Cases Among Inmates – Morocco World News
Nigeria
The Increasing Prevalence Of Infectious Diseases And A Call For Use Of Non-Custodial Sentencing – Mondaq
Latin America
‘We’re all on death row now’: Latin America’s prisons reel from Covid-19 – The Guardian
Latin America prisons breeding ground for COVID-19 – AA
Brazil
Covid-19 cases within prisons quintuple in three weeks – Brazilian Report
Europe
Prisons and Prisoners in Europe in Pandemic Times: An evaluation of the short-term impact of the COVID-19 on prison populations – Council of Europe
COVID-19: Belgium’s overcrowded prisons a ‘powder keg’ for infections – Euro News
COVID-19: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EUROPEAN PRISONS? – Prison Observatory
Russia
Activists call for amnesty as COVID-19 spreads in Russian jails – DW
Nearly 1,000 Russian federal prison authority’s staff, over 200 inmates contract COVID-19 – Russian News Agency
Asia
Coronavirus fears in south east Asia’s overcrowded prisons as Covid-19 rapidly spreads among inmates – The Telegraph
Asian prisons are ticking time bombs for coronavirus outbreaks – Asian Review
Thailand
Pakistan
Pakistan: Authorities Must Be Transparent About COVID-19 Cases in Prisons – Amnesty International