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In this blog to mark International Women’s Day celebrated on Sunday 8 March 2020, Penal Reform International’s Executive Director, Florian Irminger, reflects on the reasons for women who find themselves in prisons from Central African Republic to Costa Rica.
10th March 2020
30 years ago, Vivien Stern, Ahmed Othmani and Hans Tulkens created Penal Reform International. In the footsteps of our founders, and proud of all we have accomplished over the last 30 years, we now look forward and launch a new strategy, setting the tone of PRI’s evolution.
21st November 2019
Amnesty International researcher Heather McGill discusses her recent report on prisoner transportation in Russia.
Expert guest for PRI28th November 2017
Catherine Heard, Director of the ICPR’s World Prison Research Programme, discusses the latest data from the World Female Imprisonment List.
Expert guest for PRI9th November 2017
Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, explains how the Mandela Rules have been incorporated into the latest criteria for prison inspections.
18th July 2017
Lack of cohesion between states and the reality on the ground will have to be resolved: the verdict on UNGASS by Pavel Bém, former Mayor of Prague and Global Commission on Drug Policy.
Expert guest for PRI18th May 2016
Punitive international drug control regimes have acted as a drag on development objectives from poverty reduction to human rights. Can the UNGASS meeting and the Sustainable Development Agenda be a starting point for change?
Expert guest for PRI4th May 2016
Common mistakes and key principles for good prison planning, introducing UNOPS' newly updated Technical Guidance for Prison Planning.
Expert guest for PRI25th February 2016
Laura Maiello and Stephen Carter of US-based architectural and justice planning practice, CGL Companies, discuss how architects, policy-makers and prison authorities can design and build prison facilities for women in a gender-sensitive manner.
Expert guest for PRI9th December 2015
PRI's Oliver Robertson says that while the path to abolition has varied from country to country, the UK's swift conversion from moratorium to de facto abolition in five years may have lessons for some states today.
12th November 2015
States need to review both their drug policies and adopt harm reduction measures if they are to reduce the spread of infectious disease in prisons, says Gen Sander of Harm Reduction International.
Expert guest for PRI23rd October 2015