An 18-year-old man in Surkhandarya region who posted a video of the black flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on his Telegram "story" was sentenced to 3 years in prison.

On February 11, 2025, Mustafa Tursunbaev, a convict serving his sentence in penal colony No. 7, was crushed by a collapsed wall of a building that was currently being demolished.

On February 15, the body of 21-year-old convict Muhammadkadir Pulatov was removed from colony No. 14 in Almalyk.

A new opportunity is being created in Uzbekistan to reduce the length of sentences for prisoners. According to a new draft law, a prisoner who reads one book and passes an exam will have their sentence reduced by 3 days.