10-04-2021 - Detroit, USA. Man wearing an electronic tether on each ankle. The devices report his location to criminal justice authorities. © Jim West

10-04-2021 - Detroit, USA. Man wearing an electronic tether on each ankle. The devices report his location to criminal justice authorities. © Jim West

12-07-2020 - Poplar, California, USA-living in a trailer, encampment on the Tule River levee near Porterville. Rosendo was released from prison just eight months earlier, after being incarcerated for 38 years. The... © David Bacon

12-07-2020 - Poplar, California, USA-living in a trailer, encampment on the Tule River levee near Porterville. Rosendo was released from prison just eight months earlier, after being incarcerated for 38 years. He... © David Bacon

12-07-2020 - Poplar, California, USA-living in a trailer, encampment on the Tule River levee near Porterville. Rosendo was released from prison just eight months earlier, after being incarcerated for 38 years. He... © David Bacon

12-07-2020 - Poplar, California, USA-living in a trailer, encampment on the Tule River levee near Porterville. Rosendo was released from prison just eight months earlier, after being incarcerated for 38 years. The... © David Bacon

13-09-2019 - Freedom for Ocalan, TUC Conference, Brighton, 2019. Roger McKenzie, Unison © John Harris

13-09-2019 - Freedom for Ocalan, TUC Conference, Brighton, 2019 © John Harris

13-09-2019 - Freedom for Ocalan, TUC Conference, Brighton, 2019 © John Harris

13-09-2019 - Freedom for Ocalan, TUC Conference, Brighton, 2019 © John Harris

07-07-2018 - Richmond, California, USA: Zen Buddhists at a vigil at the Richmond Detention Center where immigrants are incarcerated before being deported. The Buddhists and others called for ending the separation... © David Bacon

25-04-2018 - Memphis, Tennessee USA The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968. The text of Dr. King's 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail is displayed in... © Jim West

25-04-2018 - Memphis, Tennessee USA The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968. A display about the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott shows photographs of... © Jim West

24-04-2018 - Jackson, Mississippi, USA: The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Identity photographs of Freedom Riders arrested in 1961 in Jackson for trying to racially integrate the interstate bus transport. The mu... © Jim West

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained for three m... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes speaking and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained fo... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes speaking and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained fo... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes speaking and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained fo... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained for three m... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained for three m... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained for three m... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Lourdes and her daughters Sofia, Anna and Isabel, her husband Fernando has been detained for three m... © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. Mario, an immigrant, speaking about family members detained in the center © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA faith vigil protest against imprisonment of immigrants © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA People of faith vigil against imprisonment of immigrants. © David Bacon

03-02-2018 - Richmond Detention Center, California USA faith vigil protest against imprisonment of immigrants Father Pedro Morataya speaking about family members detained in the center © David Bacon

25-11-2017 - Tulip Siddiq MP, rally for the release of her constituent Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from prison in Iran, West Hampstead, London © Philip Wolmuth

25-11-2017 - Tulip Siddiq MP, rally for the release of her constituent Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from prison in Iran, West Hampstead, London © Philip Wolmuth

14-09-2017 - Kansas, USA- Camp Concordia guard tower, World War II prisoner of war camp. The camp held more than 4,000 German soldiers from 1943-1945. The camp had 308 buildings, but after the war was mostly retur... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Kansas, USA- Camp Concordia guard tower, World War II prisoner of war camp. The camp held more than 4,000 German soldiers from 1943-1945. The camp had 308 buildings, but after the war was mostly retur... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Kansas, USA- Camp Concordia guard tower, World War II prisoner of war camp. The camp held more than 4,000 German soldiers from 1943-1945. The camp had 308 buildings, but after the war was mostly retur... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Kansas, USA- Camp Concordia guard tower, World War II prisoner of war camp. The camp held more than 4,000 German soldiers from 1943-1945. The camp had 308 buildings, but after the war was mostly retur... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

05-08-2017 - Detroit, Michigan USA Job seekers at a UAW union hall job fair "Expungements, Pardons and Jobs. Companies billed as "ex-felon friendly" attending. Ex prisoners find it difficult to find work because o... © Jim West

15-06-2017 - Samaritans A Listener Lives Here, Bristol HMP © John Harris

19-04-2017 - Nogales, Arizona, Prisoners working at the Borderlands Food Bank warehouse. It distributes 30 to 40 million pounds of produce each year that would otherwise end up in landfill © Jim West

19-04-2017 - Nogales, Arizona, Prisoners working at the Borderlands Food Bank warehouse. It distributes 30 to 40 million pounds of produce each year that would otherwise end up in landfill © Jim West

22-03-2017 - Homeless man begging in the doorway of closed shop, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Ex offender his sign says he will do any work offered. © John Harris

22-03-2017 - Homeless man begging in the doorway of closed shop, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Ex offender his sign says he will do any work offered. © John Harris

15-11-2016 - POA Prison Officers unofficial walkout, HMP Pentonville, London. Unable to legally strike, prison officers stage an unofficial 24 hour walkout in protest at the dangerous state of the Prison Service w... © Stefano Cagnoni

15-11-2016 - POA Prison Officers unofficial walkout, HMP Pentonville, London. Unable to legally strike, prison officers stage an unofficial 24 hour walkout in protest at the dangerous state of the Prison Service w... © Stefano Cagnoni

15-11-2016 - POA Prison Officers unofficial walkout, HMP Pentonville, London. Unable to legally strike, prison officers stage an unofficial 24 hour walkout in protest at the dangerous state of the Prison Service w... © Stefano Cagnoni

15-11-2016 - POA Prison Officers unofficial walkout, HMP Pentonville, London. Unable to legally strike, prison officers stage an unofficial 24 hour walkout in protest at the dangerous state of the Prison Service w... © Stefano Cagnoni

07-10-2016 - Eloy, Arizona, Protest at Eloy Immigrant Detention Center against the detention of migrants seeking a better life in the USA. The rally was part of a weekend of actions near the USA Mexico border orga... © Jim West

27-08-2016 - Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. The History Center. Jail cells in the basement of the former City Hall. The museum is operated by the Allen County Fort Wayne Historical Society © Jim West

23-06-2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, Police sobriety checkpoint, Vegas Valley Drive, detaining a driver for suspected alcohol or drug impairment © Jim West

23-06-2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, Police sobriety checkpoint, Vegas Valley Drive, detaining a driver for suspected alcohol or drug impairment © Jim West

23-06-2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, Police sobriety checkpoint, Vegas Valley Drive, detaining a driver for suspected alcohol or drug impairment © Jim West

01-04-2016 - Chicago, Illinois, Barbed wire fence of The Cook County Jail. With about 9,000 prisoners, it is the largest jail in the USA © Jim West

13-07-2015 - Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West

13-07-2015 - Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West

13-07-2015 - Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West

13-07-2015 - Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West

13-07-2015 - Exercise yard Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West

02-05-2014 - RICHMOND, California - People from different religious congregations hold a vigil outside the Richmond Detention Center, where immigrants are incarcerated before being deported. © David Bacon

02-05-2014 - RICHMOND, California - Standing on the Side of Love - an interfaith public advocacy campaign. People from different religious congregations hold a vigil outside the Richmond Detention Center, where im... © David Bacon

26-02-2014 - Dartmoor Prison Museum, Garden ornaments made by prisoners for sale, Devon © John Harris

15-08-2013 - Newell, California A migrant farm labor camp, built on the land that was used during World War Two for the internment of Japanese Americans . Newell was the location of the Tule Lake internment camp t... © David Bacon

13-10-2012 - A child walks past a billboard warning that you will be condemed to 20 years in jail if you collaberate with Narcoterrorists. Do not risk your freedom. The remote jungle region of VRAE/ Ayacucho is in... © Boris Heger

10-10-2012 - People queue to visit their relatives, Yanamilla prison, Ayacucho, Peru. Inmates at the Yanamilla prison of Ayacucho, Peru. Many of the prisoners have been convicted of offenses relating to coca culti... © Boris Heger

10-10-2012 - Visitors pass through safety checks Yanamilla prison as they queue to visit their relatives in the Yanamilla prison, Ayacucho, Peru. Many of the prisoners have been convicted of offenses relating to c... © Boris Heger

10-10-2012 - People pass the final gate. Yanamilla prison, Peru. People queue to visit their relatives in the Yanamilla prison of Ayacucho, Peru. Many of the prisoners have been convicted of offenses relating to c... © Boris Heger

06-08-2012 - Unemployed ex prisoner, Bilston, Wolverhampton © John Harris

15-08-2011 - A press photographer attempting to photograph prisoners through a blacked out van window. Those arrested during recent rioting and looting appear at Highbury Magistrates Court in North London. © Justin Tallis

15-08-2011 - A press photographer attempting to photograph prisoners through a blacked out van window. Those arrested during recent rioting and looting appear at Highbury Magistrates Court in North London. © Justin Tallis

19-05-2011 - BBC Question Time programme, broadcast for the very first time from inside Wormwood Scrubs Prison. An inmate (with arm raised) and with prison guards to his right asks a question about voting rights f... © Stefano Cagnoni

19-05-2011 - BBC Question Time programme, broadcast for the very first time from inside Wormwood Scrubs Prison. An inmate asks a question about voting rights for prisoners. © Stefano Cagnoni

16-02-2011 - Working unpaid on a Community Payback scheme. Young offenders clean up the beach, picking up and removing rubbish using litter pickers, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales. © Paul Box

16-02-2011 - Working unpaid on a Community Payback scheme. Young offenders clean up the beach, picking up and removing rubbish using litter pickers, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales. © Paul Box

16-02-2011 - Working unpaid on a Community Payback scheme. Young offenders clean up the beach, picking up and removing rubbish using litter pickers, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales. © Paul Box

16-02-2011 - Working unpaid on a Community Payback scheme. Young offenders clean up the beach, picking up and removing rubbish, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales. © Paul Box

16-02-2011 - Working unpaid on a Community Payback scheme. Young offenders clean up the beach, picking up and removing rubbish, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales. © Paul Box

16-02-2011 - Working unpaid on a Community Payback scheme. Young offenders clean up the beach, picking up and removing rubbish using litter pickers, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales. © Paul Box

16-02-2011 - Working unpaid on a Community Payback scheme. Young offenders clean up the beach, picking up and removing rubbish, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales. © Paul Box

07-12-2010 - Press photographers frantically scramble to get a picture of Julian Assange through the blacked out windows of a prisoner transport vehicle. The Wikileaks website founder appeared in court after being... © Justin Tallis

09-11-2010 - Lee John Mansfield is unemployed in Merthyr Tydfil - as an ex-prisoner and an ex-drug addict, he knows there is no possibility of getting a job. Merthyr Tydfil is one of the unhealthiest places in Bri... © David Mansell

09-11-2010 - Lee John Mansfield chatting to his friend, is unemployed and has just visited the Job Centre in Merthyr Tydfil but as an ex-prisoner and an ex-drug addict, he knows there is little chance of finding a... © David Mansell

09-11-2010 - David Adams, unemployed, Merthyr Tydfil, suffering from depression, an ex-prisoner and ex-drug addict. 35 year old he knows there is no chance of ever working again as he suffers from ill health from... © David Mansell

08-11-2010 - David Adams (right) is 35 year old, unemployed and suffers from depression, he is an ex-prisoner and ex-drug addict. He knows there is no chance of ever working again as he suffers from ill health fro... © David Mansell

03-02-2009 - Burmese refugees in New Delhi, protesting against military atrocities within Burma and with pictures of the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi © Tashi Tobgyal

11-06-2008 - Warning signs for the electric fences surrounding Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Entrance with German for Work brings Freedom or work shall set you free or will free you above the gates at Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Warning signs on the perimeter fences surrounding Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Entrance with German for Work brings Freedom on gateway to Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Warning signs for the electric fences surrounding Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Entrance with German for "Work brings Freedom" or "work shall set you free" or "will free you" above the gates at Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Entrance with German for Work brings Freedom or work shall set you free or will free you above the gates at Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Display at Auschwitz recording history of Roma deported to the concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Display at Auschwitz recording history of Roma deported to the concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Display at Auschwitz recording history of Sinti Roma deported to the concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Display of suitcases at Auschwitz belonging to Jewish people deported to the concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies

11-06-2008 - Display of suitcases at Auschwitz belonging to Jewish people deported to the concentration camp, Poland © Howard Davies