A new publication published today by PRI and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) addresses how detention monitoring bodies can help redress the balance between security and dignity in prisons. “Not only are prisons and human dignity compatible, they must be compatible.” Andrew Coyle, A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management. Dignity is […]
11th November 2013
According to the World Prison Brief, Uganda’s prisons are currently operating at over 200% of their official capacity. Overcrowding in prisons is one of the most serious challenges facing prison systems across Africa and in many other countries. Its effects can be life-threatening – contributing to the spread of infectious disease, increasing violence and levels of […]
6th November 2013
Responding to an invitation to participate in the 33rd Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA), from the office of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, I arrived in New Delhi on the morning of Tuesday 24th October in time for the formal opening of the Conference. The opening session included a […]
3rd October 2013
Morocco’s Islamist-led government has unveiled a charter outlining a raft of long-awaited judicial reforms including a strengthening of the judiciary’s independence that have been a priority of the ruling party. The charter was presented late Thursday by the justice ministry, some two years after the kingdom adopted a new constitution in the face of sweeping […]
17th September 2013
From mobile courts to review remand cases to using traditional community courts to deal with minor offences, African countries are finding innovative ways to help solve the problem of prison overcrowding. PRI’s Nikhil Roy and Becky Randel select 10 examples of good practice which emerged from a PRI training course in Mozambique last week. On […]
25th February 2013
For the past week, PRI has delivered training on human rights in prison management for prison and corrections staff, in the beautiful Solomon Islands of the South Pacific. The training was organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat and attended by representatives from Australia and a number of island countries: Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, […]
1st June 2012
Upon return from Geneva, on Friday evening, my head was spinning from all the various issues I had discussed with so many different people from so many different institutions and the week felt much longer than five days, but at the same time the term had passed as with a snap of the fingers. It […]
11th March 2012