World Prisons

Bookmarklet

A one-line bookmarklet that opens World Prisons search results for whatever text you have selected on any page. Journalists reading a news article about a specific facility can jump into the corresponding profile in a single click.

Install

  1. Make sure your bookmarks toolbar is visible (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + B in most browsers).
  2. Drag the link below to your bookmarks toolbar:
    Search World Prisons
  3. Done. Right-click → Rename if you want a different label.

Use

  1. Highlight a prison, country, or operator name on any web page.
  2. Click the bookmarklet in your toolbar.
  3. A new tab opens to /prisons?q=<your selection> with the matching search results.

If nothing is selected, the bookmarklet opens the prisons index — same result as clicking Prisons in the nav.

Fallback: manual install

Some sites strip javascript:hrefs from copy-paste for security. If dragging didn't work, create a new bookmark manually and paste this into the URL field:

javascript:(function(){var s=window.getSelection().toString().trim();window.open('https://worldprisons.com/prisons'+(s?'?q='+encodeURIComponent(s):''),'_blank');})();

Why?

Journalists working on prison stories often start from a news article that names one facility. Search-engine roundabouts take 15+ seconds; the bookmarklet is one click. Nothing about the bookmarklet talks to us — everything happens in your browser.