Prisons in Cuba

Henry Constantín suspects that a knife was planted on him in prison and he will be sent to a punishment cell

"The fear of being forgotten creeps into the cell with you": Luis Manuel Otero denounces that the regime uses confinement to destroy family and friendship ties

Political prisoners from 11J denounce pressure from State Security to leave the country

The regime intensifies charges against the Cuban 'Spiderman' and keeps the ailing MC K-Libre imprisoned without a trial date

Four dead and 79 violations of rights in Cuban prisons in September, according to the Cuban Prison Documentation Center

Families of political prisoners spend up to 60,000 pesos on food and medicine deliveries, according to a report

They report violent treatment against Maykel Osorbo in the Guanajay prison

Sister of a political prisoner to the Cuban regime: "Do I have to wait 14 years to be with my brother again?"

José Gabriel Barrenechea remains in detention alongside violent prisoners and is isolated from communication

Ariel Limias, the Capitol protester, remains incommunicado at Villa Marista, his family reports

Cuba ranks fourth in the world in urgent requests to the UN regarding enforced disappearances: 217, most of which occurred after July 11th

Cubalex documents 115 deaths in custody in Cuban prisons between 2024 and 2026

They told him that he took the Coca-Cola of forgetfulness, and his response was emphatic: "I was in prison in Cuba for 12 years."

The Trump administration demands the release of independent Cuban journalist Henry Constantín

A video from inside the Zanja police unit is being circulated on social media

Henry Constantin is transferred to the Ceramic prison in Camagüey without prior notice to his family

Cuban regime imposes preventive detention on journalist Henry Constantin

Political prisoner José Antonio Pompa is held in the maximum security area of Agüica prison: "He shouldn't be there."

The Cuban regime celebrates its prisons as a "just and humane work" while the number of political prisoners increases

The desperate testimony of the wife of a Cuban political prisoner

A Cuban man is sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing 40 liters of dielectric oil from transformers

The Barrenechea Case: Six years in prison, the death of his mother, and the reaffirmation of a sentence that the world rejects

Santiago de Cuba among the provinces with the highest incidence of transformer oil thefts

11J prisoner moved to more severe regime after suffering a beating

"Discipline Monitors" and package diversion: the corrupt structure of Cuban prisons

Cuban mother detained for demanding water is transferred to Vivac and denied her medication

Wilber Aguilar claims he was not allowed to see his imprisoned son after traveling 300 kilometers: "Everything was premeditated."

Maykel Osorbo from prison: "I am not in the U.S. because the regime does not want me to be."

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara receives thousands of support letters in Miami that he couldn't read while he was imprisoned in Cuba

A total of 19 deaths occurred in state custody in Cuba related to lack of medical attention, according to Cubalex

Political prisoner Eider Frómeta is released after nearly eight years in Boniato prison

Cuba reaches a historical record of 1,327 political prisoners: among them, a 13-year-old boy who was beaten and imprisoned

"I survived those walls. Sayli is still behind them": the heartbreaking testimony of Sissi Abascal

Political prisoner from 11J denounces lack of medical attention: "I have no choice but to rest and wait."

Cuban musician Alain Pérez calls for the release of influencer Eddy Ceballos

Three days without water, torture, and threats against his family: harrowing message from Duannis León Taboada from prison

Family rejects suicide version and denounces the death of a detainee in custody in Cuba

A Cuban jurist claims that we have fewer freedoms today in Cuba than we did during the Moncada

Political prisoner Yosvany Rosell rejects exile as a way to leave prison: "Let them go."

Mother of political prisoners denounces that the Quivicán prison has no water and her sick son is in danger

Psychological torture: Cubalex reports that the regime transferred Maykel Osorbo to Luis Manuel Otero's cell

Cubana has been in pretrial detention for 10 days after a video on social media criticizing the Cuban regime

The Cuban regime honors Mandela while violating the international rules named after him

State Security agents interrogate and threaten a Cuban activist, using her son as leverage

Indian prisoner in Cuba punished with six months of isolation after reporting lack of medical care

They are requesting a 30-year sentence for the defendant accused of bringing firearms to Cuba by jetski

Wife of political prisoner denounces extreme hunger and a plague of bedbugs in Mar Verde prison

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara remains missing after being taken out of prison

Luis Manuel Otero is taken out of the Guanajay prison amid a heavy operation

Rapper Matos MC K-LIBRE transferred to Valle Grande prison after being accused of leading protests in Playa

Prison in Las Tunas Militarized for Trial Against Political Prisoners of Cuba Primero

Critical situation reported in Canaleta prison in Cuba: A bucket of water every 24 hours and punishment cells

The heart-wrenching letter that Chocolate MC wrote from an underground cell to El Taiger breaks the heart: "Forgive me."

"Your daughter misses you and home is waiting for you": The heart-wrenching letter from Despingovery's wife on Father's Day

Spain is processing a seizure of 626 million against Cuba for the death of a friend of Fidel Castro: What is known about the case?

Yunaykis Linares, a political prisoner from the 11J protests, has been transferred to El Guatao prison in Havana

"If I had stayed in Cuba, I don't know what I would be doing": Cuban serving in the U.S. Army.

From prison, a member of El4tico issues a defiant denunciation against the Cuban dictatorship

Eduardo Ceballos' mother reports that she is still unable to see her son a week after his arrest

They are seeking up to 10 years in prison for three women who protested against the blackouts in Santiago de Cuba