Prison health conditions across Asia: UNODC

Asian prisons are some of the most overcrowded in the world. For this reason, prison populations in the region were at high risk of transmission during the Covid-19 pandemic. The below images are part of a project commissioned by the UNODC documenting prison health conditions in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives in 2023. The project also documents the impact of UNODC health support to prisons.

Inmates in New Bilibid Prison, the Philippines, line up to collect their prescription medications.

Inmates in New Bilibid Prison, Sri Lanka, play a board game created out of cardboard and plastic bot

Inmates at Thailand's Thonburi Remand Prison wait in line for their X-Ray scans.

An elderly inmate at the New Bilibid Prison in the Philippines receives medical treatment at the pri

Dr. Linda, a HIV/AIDs specialist at Salemba Prison in Indonesia.

Chai, inmate and volunteer at Thonburi Remand Prison in Thailand, takes the temperature of another i

Kanitha, a nurse practitioner at the Women's Correctional Institute in Thailand.

Prison doctor at Salemba Prison in Jakarta checks an inmate's throat through a protective screen.

Prison officials at Matara Prison in Sri Lanka display a new water supply system provided by UNODC.

Daniel, an inmate at the New Bilibid prison in the Philippines, is soon to be released following a U

Dr. Gayani, Head Doctor at the Welikada Prison Hospital in the Philippines.

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ANA NORMAN BERMÚDEZ

photojournalist | documentary photographer

Prison health conditions across Asia: UNODC