Yellow Blossom Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma florentina), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. No. 68453. Conservation status: extinct.

Epioblasma is the fourth largest genus of North Ameri...

Unaccompanied Honduran migrants, Wilson (17), left, and Mario (16), right, hold each other in their bedroom at La 72 shelter. Wilson used to work selling drugs for a gang, who recruited him when he wa...

Police, protestors and media outside Woolwich Crown Court beside Belmarsh Prison, where Julian Assange is being held whilst an order for his extradition to USA is being heard.

Protestors outside Woolwich Crown Court beside Belmarsh Prison, where Julian Assange is being held whilst an order for his extradition to USA is being heard.

Samoan anti-vaccination activist Edwin Tamasese leaves Apia courthouse with his parents. Mr Tamasese was arrested and charged with 'incitement against a government order'. He was given bail after agre...

Mohammad Maqbool shows a document with a Public Safety Order (PSA), a law that allows detention of up to two years in Kashmir. It was sent to him by the state government on 15 September 2019. Mohammad...

Dr Stella Nyanzi, calls her children from a safe house where she was taken by supporters in order to avoid re-arrest following her release on bail on 10 May 2017, after more than a month in prison. D...

Ahmadou Tounkara at the house in Conakry where his father was arrested and subsequently executed by the Sekou Toure regime. 'My father was Tibou Tounkara, the delegate minister of the Forest Region....

Patrolman Luis Ruiz Luna doing administration at a police substation.

Rosa (L) and Eliana at San Diego medium security Women's Prison. Rosa has been sentenced to ten years for criminal conspiracy. Eliana is under investigation, accused of attempted extortion. She has be...

Clerks at Cartagena's Juzgado 2 Penal del Circuito trying to expedite proceedings under the abolished Code of Criminal Procedure (Law 600), covering crimes committed before 2005.

The Colonia Agricola (agrarian colony), a minimum security prison built in 1930 for 1,500 men. It houses mainly small-scale drug traffickers, former guerrilla and paramilitary members (convicted for h...

The Supreme Court, sitting during an appeal case against Javier Ramiro Devia (behind the microphone), a member of Congress for the Conservative Party since 1998. He was convicted of aggravated conspir...

An inmate and a statue of the Virgin and Child at The Establecimiento Carcelario de Reclusion Especial in Sabana Larga, built as an electricity plant and later turned into a dance school, it is now a...

Establecimiento Carcelario de Reclusion Especial in Sabana Larga, a medium security prison with an official capacity of 50 inmates, although it houses over 100. Consequently many sleep on the floor.

The judge of the Juzgado 1ero Promiscuo del Circuito in the municipality of Turbaco reads out a verdict in public, as required by Colombian law. The audience consists of two policemen. After this read...

The maximum security prison La Picota.

Clothes drying from the security bars at El Buen Pastor women's prison. Built in the 1950s for 1,275 inmates, in August 2015, it housed 1,785 prisoners and a number of their children.

La Modelo high security prison in Bogota. Built in 1957 with a capacity for 5,810 inmates, in August 2015 it held 7,567 prisoners. A 'Happy Christmas' slogan is painted on sign beside the road, in Aug...

The First President of the Court of Appeal in Douai, Dominique Lottin. The painting is of Louis XV.

The office of Capitaine Duthoit, Commander of the Gendarmerie in Pont-de-Marcq.

An operations plan drawn on a whiteboard in the offices of the Gendarmerie motorized brigade traffic safety but also drugs and illegal transport.

France, April 2013. Corridor in Maison d'arrêt de Douai (prison), opened in 1907, for 389 prisoners.

A prisoner in his cell in Bois-d'Arcy prison.

Inmates in an exercise yard at the Detention Centre of the Centre Penitentiaire de Lille-Annoeullin. In the background is the city of Annoeullin.

Inmatres sunbathing at the Centre Penitentiaire de Lille-Annoeullin, a prison with different security levels. The man furthest away is J.M., a member of the Corsican gang 'Sea Breeze'. He had already...

An inmate in a cell at Versailles women's prison. Built in 1750 as a boarding school for boys, it has been a women's prison, with a capacity of 58, since the mid-19th century. It now houses 53 inmates...

A garden in Bois-d'Arcy prison. Opened in 1980, it houses 770 inmates of whom 215 are on remand.

Bois-d'Arcy prison which opened in 1980. It houses 770 inmates of whom 215 are on remand.

A cell in Bois-d'Arcy prison. Opened in 1980, it houses 770 inmates of whom 215 are on remand.

A cell in Bois-d'Arcy prison. Opened in 1980, it houses 770 inmates of whom 215 are on remand.

The exercise yard at Bois-d'Arcy prison.

The exercise yard in the disciplinary area of the 'Grand Quartier' the Bois-d'Arcy prison. This facility was opened in 1980 with a capacity of 500 inmates, it now houses 770, about 215 on remand ('pre...

The punishment cell (quartier disciplinaire) in the 'Grand Quartier' of the Bois-d'Arcy prison.

Prison staff in the central surveillance tower of the Grand Quartier of the Bois-d'Arcy prison. The facility, holding people on remand and people sentenced to a maximum of two years, was built as a pa...

At the Department of Community Policing in the Jinja Police HQ, Corporal of the Family Protection Unit Peter Lokinomoi (L) and Constable Basemera Saudah (R) offer counseling to a man who is involved i...

Constable Omiel Daniel (L) watches on as Mugabi O, who is under arrest accused of defilement, receives food, in the black plastic bag, brought in by his brother David (R).

Constable 11431, John Ndalira in Kakira Police Station. He earns 205,000 Shillings (USD 72) a month.

Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Prisons Geraldine Najjuma Prossy (L) and wardress Beatrice Ipali (R) in the visitor's room at Luzira Remand Prison. The facility was built to accommodate 600 inmates...

Files and other stored items at Kakira Police Station.

Posters on a wall in the office of the Anti-Corruption, Economic and Narcotic Squad in Kakira Police Station.

Kampala High Court in session, presided over by Judge Benjamin Kabiito.

Inspector Wilson Baryaruhaw of the Mobile Police Patrol Unit (MPPU) at Jinja Police Station.

Chief Justice Benjamin J. Odoki in his office. Like other judges, he has been appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament.

Luzira Women's Prison which holds 370 women and some 30 children.

Inmates and their possessions in Nakasangola Prison. The high security facility is Uganda's newest prison, built in 2007 for 600 inmates, it houses 667 men and 22 women.

Inmates cooking food, provided by their families, in a courtyard in Kigo Prison, a high security facility which accommodates 1,175 prisoners.

Ivan Niwamanya the Chief Jailor of Kirinya Main Prison, a maximum security facility. He also serves as a judge when disputes among the approximately 900 inmates have to be settled. Kirinya Main Prison...

Inmates taking primary level biology lessons in Kirinya Main Prison. The inmate in white is on death row. The facility was built in colonial times for 336 inmates but now holds 898 convicts plus 24 on...

The maximum security Kirinya Main Prison was built in colonial times for 336 inmates but now holds 898 convicts plus 24 on remand.

An inmate at Masaka medium security prison where most inmates are serving a maximum sentence of 5-7 years but due to Luzira Upper Prison being so full, some inmates with longer sentences have been tra...

Inmates sleeping beneath mosquito nets, full of holes, at Mutukula Prison Farm, a low security facility housing 60 convicted prisoners. Inmates, who have reached the last phase of their sentence and h...

An inmate sleeping in Kalisizo Prison, a low security facility with an official capacity of 45. It now holds ten convicted men as well as 72 men and four women on remand. About half the population, th...

Death Row inmates watching television at Luzira Upper Prison, Uganda's largest maximum security prison. It was built in the 1920s to accommodate 600 prisoners. On the 3 April 2015 it housed 3,114, of...

A prisoner's class in business statistics which is taught to university level and is part of the Small Business Management studies at Luzira Upper Prison. Uganda's largest maximum security prison was...

A room where prisoners' uniforms are adjusted, in the reception area of Kampala's maximum security Luzira Upper Prison, the country' largest maximum security prison. Built to accomodate 600, on 3 Marc...

The Completed cases archive at the Chief Magistrate's Court (Buganda Road), handling criminal cases for Central Kampala.

Debula Nalubega with her six week old baby son in the maternity centre of Luzira Women's Prison. The prison holds 370 women and some 30 children.

An inmate sunbathes in the courtyard in Putnam County Jail.

The holding room in Butts County Jail, constructed in 1995.

The holding room in Butts County Jail, constructed in 1995.

The 'Drunk Tank, a holding cell for drunks and people on drugs in Morgan County Public Safety Complex, Georgia's newest jail (opened in 2012), situated in a former CD warehouse. It has 192 beds, two m...

The drunk tank in Morgan County Public Safety Complex, Georgia's newest jail (opened in 2012), situated in a former CD warehouse. It has 192 beds, two men per cell.

The Holding Room ('H' stands for Holding) in Morgan County Public Safety Complex, Georgia's newest jail (opened in 2012), situated in a former CD warehouse. It has 192 beds, two men per cell.

Warden Carl Humphrey of the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification State Prison. It is a maximum and high security prison, built in 1968, with about 2,250 inmates and it includes a Death Row.

Women inmates watching television at Putnam County Jail.

Putnam County Jail, constructed in 1991.

A meen's dormitory in Calhoun County Jail in Morgan, the oldest still functioning jail in Georgia, built in the late 1800s.

A shower in a men's cell in Calhoun County Jail in Morgan, the oldest still functioning jail in Georgia, built in the late 1800s.

The Chief Justice of Georgia, Carol W. Hunstein.

Georgia's Supreme Court in session during The State vs. Buckner. In 2007, Mr Buckner was indicted for the kidnapping, molestation, and murder of a 12 year old girl. Four years later, he had not yet be...

Inmates from Rogers State Prison performing unpaid work for Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI). Founded in 1960, the GCI manufactures items such as food, garments, office furniture, road signs, etc...

USA, GA, Nov. 2012. Georgia State Prison. This medium security prison near Reidsville was opened in 1937. It houses 1,500 inmates.

A meeting of the committee of 'lifers' (men with a life sentence) in Georgia State Prison, a medium security prison that opened in 1937 and holds 1,500 inmates.

Inmates seated in the Matrix Education Room take part in counselling for substance abuse at Georgia State Prison, a medium security prison holding 1500 inmates.

A basketball court in Dekalb County Jail, which was built in 1995, and with around 3,000 inmates is the biggest jail in Georgia.

Telephones in Holding Cell No.1 in Dekalb County Jail, which was built in 1995, and with around 3,000 inmates is the biggest jail in Georgia.

Judge Prior presiding in Hancock County Court. The building, built in 1881, was burned to the ground in 2014.

Judge Prior talks with a sheriff while presiding at Greene County Courthouse which was built in 1849 and later extended.

Police Judiciaire David Bauduin behind his desk at the Gendarmerie.

A sick inmate lies on a bed in the prison Chapel, which also serves as the facility's sick bay, in Putnam County Jail in Eatonton.

Junior fled from his home in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2009 after his first boyfriend, Erik, committed suicide. Erik killed himself by drinking poison after his parents found out he was gay and...

35 year transgender woman Nisha Ayub who was arrested and received a three month prison sentence for cross dressing (under Section 66, of the Shariah Law of Malaysia). She was imprisoned in the male s...

A Polaroid image of the office of the District Court in the village of Kwikila, Central Province. Each day courts in Papua New Guinea hear many cases of rape, torture and domestic violence that affect...

Balloons on a billiard table at the Elks Club, a fraternal order and social club founded in New York City in 1868. The Panama Canal Zone is an area extending 8kms out, in each direction, from the wa...

Philip Bonk outside the Elks Club, a fraternal order and social club founded in New York City in 1868. A resident during the era of American administration when he was a chief dredging engineer on the...

A man plays about with a woman and some children near a graffiti of a baby. At 115 years old, Providencia is Rio de Janeiro's oldest favela, originally formed when veterans of the bloody Canudos war i...

Three men smoking and drinking. At 115 years old, Providencia is Rio de Janeiro's oldest favela, originally formed when veterans of the bloody Canudos war in Brazil's northeast moved to the city. In A...

Hand prints on the wall of a part-demolished house. At 115 years old, Providencia is Rio de Janeiro's oldest favela, originally formed when veterans of the bloody Canudos war in Brazil's northeast mov...

A woman stands outside her home, baby in arms. The wall next to her is marked for demolition with the initials of the municipal housing secretary and an identifying number. At 115 years old, Providenc...