They should be in hospitals but because of system failures they languish in jails. Mothers tell of their suffering
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During his tenure as president he enabled state capture and the building of the prison industrial complex
Political prisoners in India, many of whom are awaiting trial, face abysmal conditions in far-flung, overcrowded jails. Now they are threatened with infection without access to healthcare
If the rich and powerful are afforded amnesty, then so too must the poor who are often pushed into lives of crime