Prisons in Cuba

Political prisoners from the 11J protests have been kept from seeing the sun for over a week in Guanajay prison by order of a regime officer

Amnesty International demands the release of Sayli Navarro, a member of the Ladies in White, whom it considers a prisoner of conscience

Cubalex reports the closure of a medical facility in a Cuban prison where inmates with HIV are housed

Political prisoner Jorge Bello returned to prison without being examined after a transfer to the hospital, his mother reports

"We have had to turn our pain into strength": father of Walnier Luis Aguilar denounces 108 days without being able to see his son, a political prisoner from 11J

Cubalex: Havana is home to 205 of the 677 registered political prisoners, with the Combinado del Este leading the numbers

Amnesty International demands the release of Donaida Pérez and Loreto Hernández and calls for medical attention

They report to the IACHR how the Cuban regime turns family visits into a tool of control over inmates

Cubalex reports 18 incidents of isolation or punishment cells in Cuban prisons in October

The SIP denounces "new forms" of repression against the press in Cuba and highlights the imprisonment of Henry Constantín

Without a prosecutor's request or trial date: The Cuban Spider-Man has been in prison for six months

Restored short films by Nicolás Guillén Landrián, a Cuban filmmaker who fell victim to the regime, will be presented in Buenos Aires

Cubans sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for selling Starlink antennas in Santa Clara

"Next to the Cuban people": The U.S. reaffirms its support for the freedom of Cuba

"To let the world see": horrifying video of a prisoner affected by bedbugs in Holguín spreads

A suspected murderer linked to cannibalism is reported to have died in prison in Santiago de Cuba

Cubalex reports the death of a prisoner in Las Tunas: What do we know?

Six prisoners are being tried for escape and are ordered to be transferred to higher-security prisons in Camagüey

The OCDH files a formal complaint with the Camagüey Prosecutor's Office for serious irregularities against Henry Constantín

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 comes into the cell with you": Luis Manuel Otero denounces that the regime uses confinement to destroy family and friendship bonds

Political prisoners of the 11J are reporting pressure from State Security to leave the country

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

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

Families of political prisoners spend up to 60,000 pesos for the delivery of food and medicine, according to a report

They denounce violent treatment against Maykel Osorbo in Guanajay prison

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

José Gabriel Barrenechea remains incarcerated 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 for urgent requests to the UN regarding enforced disappearances, with 217 cases, the majority occurring 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 oblivion, and his response was emphatic: "I was imprisoned in Cuba for 12 years."

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

They are sharing a video from inside the Zanja police unit on social media

Henry Constantin has been transferred to the Cerámica 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 should not be there."

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

The desperate testimony of the wife of a Cuban political prisoner

A Cuban man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing 40 liters of transformer dielectric oil

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

Prisoner from 11J transferred to a more severe regime after suffering a beating

"Discipline Monitors" and Package Diversion: The Corrupt Structure of Cuban Prisons

Cuban mother arrested for demanding water is transferred to Vivac and denied her medications

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 letters of support in Miami that he was unable to read while he was imprisoned in Cuba

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

Eider Frómeta, the political prisoner, is released after nearly eight years in Boniato prison

Cuba reaches a historic 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 harrowing 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: chilling message from Duannis León Taboada from prison

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

Cuban jurist asserts that we have fewer freedoms today in Cuba than we did during Moncada

Political prisoner Yosvany Rosell rejects exile as a means 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 has transferred Maykel Osorbo to the cell of Luis Manuel Otero