Approximately 10 million people per year pass through pretrial detention; many will spend months or even years behind bars—without being tried or found guilty. This report details how this global phenomenon wastes human potential and undermines...

A report on the impact of pretrial detention in Ghana based on a survey of the experiences of 45 adults held in Kumasi prison.

Three non-governmental organizations surveyed 105 adult pretrial detainees in two prisons to gather information on how their detention affected their socioeconomic position.

A report on the costs of pretrial detention in Sierra Leone, based on a random survey of 128 adults held in three prisons.

Read the background to the first trial at the International Criminal Court involving charges of corrupting witnesses appearing before the court.

Five reasons why the new UN Guidelines and Principles on Legal Aid are groundbreaking and progressive.

This Open Society Justice Initiative report examines pretrial detention case processing in Mexico, focusing on the state of Nuevo León.

This report argues there is a “reasonable basis” to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed against civilians in Mexico over the past decade.