A Look at Different Detention Centers in Iran / Mohammad Hadi Jafarpour

Most legal systems have drawn upon religious ideas or based on certain principles and theories presented by social scientists and even philosophers, the term “punishment” and “penalty” have been interpreted as a social reaction defined by the government. From ancient times to the present, various forms of punishment against violators of civil rights and moral […]...

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The policy of transferring prisons to the outskirts of cities in Iran; improving urban areas or increasing prison capacity? / Mo’in Khazaei

It was December 2001 when the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Iran passed a law that obligated the government and the organization of prisons, correctional and rehabilitation facilities to sell prisons within cities in order to provide conditions for transferring prisons outside of cities. According to this law, titled “The Law of Transferring Prisons and Correctional […]...

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Rajai Shahr, one of the worst prisons in Iran; why is it closing down?/ Rezvaneh Mohammadi

The closure of prisons in Iran and the transfer of prisoners to other prisons in the province or new buildings – especially in recent years – is an unprecedented matter. In fact, according to the Sixth Development Plan, the Prison Organization and Correctional and Rehabilitation Measures of the country are obligated to expedite the transfer […]...

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Mental Health and Well-being in Prison / Saba Ardalan

According to articles 40 and 41 of the Prison Regulations, the prison is directly responsible for identifying and treating patients with mental disorders. The effects of imprisonment and confinement in closed spaces, isolation from friends and family, and lack of healthy recreational activities on mental health are not hidden. The aim of this article is […]...

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Love and Relationship in Prison; “Mat Bazi” The Secret Name of Suppression/Rezvaneh Mohammadi

When the topic of love is brought up in prison, most likely everyone thinks of a romantic relationship between a man and a woman who have been separated, or a romantic relationship between a mother and her child. And when the topic of family is brought up, people will only imagine a heterosexual family. But […]...

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Book Introduction: Closed World

“The Closed World of Books” is a book by Emad al-Din Baqi and published by Sarayi. Mr. Baqi has spent a long time of his life in prison and has first-hand experience on the subject of his book. The Closed World is intended to delve into the sociology and psychology of prison from within. This […]...

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Mohammad Saifzadeh: Drug offenders should not be imprisoned / Morteza Hamounian

Seyed Mohammad Seifzadeh is a human rights lawyer. He is one of the founders of the Human Rights Defenders Association and spent several years in prison after the events of the 2009 presidential election. Seifzadeh has been actively working in various legal and human rights fields for years and has represented many political, security, and […]...

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How well do we know small-scale drug dealers? / Simin Rouzgar

Simin Rouzgar The Glasgow school believes that news does not reflect the world, but rather shapes it. This definition means that the way an event is reported is more influenced by the political and social world surrounding it. The findings of research from this school not only question the impartiality of dominant media, but also […]...

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The necessity of research on alternative punishments to execution in drug crimes/ Mohammad Moghimi

This is a caption This is a caption Mohammad Moghimi The death penalty has always been a controversial topic in criminal law and its supporters and opponents have always presented reasons to defend their views. However, what is certain is that in Islamic criminal jurisprudence, the death penalty is an exceptional punishment and is limited […]...

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“Substitution of the death penalty in drug offenses and criminal justice capacities / Hossein Raeesi”

This is not a complete sentence, so it cannot be translated accurately. Please provide a complete sentence or text to be translated. Hossein Raeisi Today, through the implementation of a criminal justice system based on the principle of rule of law and the utilization of fair laws alongside the use of fair enforcement mechanisms, independent […]...

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Loss – A poem by Reza Ekvanian and Ali Hosseini

In the past, those days when we were still twenty years old and had a strange sense of poetry, “Dehdasht” was young and still had the scent of life. I and “Ali Hosseini” were good friends, always together, and still spent the late nights of the weekends together, reciting our shared poems; nights and poems […]...

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The struggle between honor and dignity with determination and baseness in interrogation rooms / Reza Alijani

This is a caption “This is a caption” Reza Alijani Do you think why the security-judicial system in Iran has always been opposed to defining political crimes and even when it is written without any evidence or basis, they still strongly defend against it? The answer to my speculation is a problem: They are against […]...

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