This Saturday 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The date was designated by the United Nations in 1999, but, almost 20 years on, we see that violence against women is as prevalent as ever – and particularly so for women caught up in criminal justice systems. In this blog Harvey […]
21st November 2017
Today, the fourth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List is published by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR). Catherine Heard, Director of the ICPR’s World Prison Research Programme, discusses the latest data. This week at ICPR we release the most comprehensive global dataset ever produced on women prisoner numbers. The fourth edition of […]
9th November 2017
Detailed safeguards and specialised institutions have been developed to tackle the circumstances in which torture occurs and to establish independent public oversight of places of detention. However, torture and ill-treatment are still widespread. The Omega Research Foundation, a UK-based research organisation, looks at the importance of independent monitors to document and monitor the use of weapons and […]
18th October 2017
To mark the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2017, this expert blog by Robin Maher examines the the links between poverty and the use of the death penalty. What does poverty have to do with the death penalty? In a word, everything. There is no greater indictment of the death […]
10th October 2017
Lawyer Daniela Ancira explains why she founded La Cana, a social enterprise that is helping to improve the reintegration of female prisoners in the State of Mexico, by teaching skills that enable them to earn an income both in and after prison. The State of Mexico is one of 32 states that make up the […]
4th October 2017
With the number of trial waiver systems worldwide increasing nearly 300 per cent since 1990, Jago Russell, Chief Executive of Fair Trials, looks at how this emerging issue can both improve but also undermine human rights protections. The trial is the archetype of criminal justice. It has captured the public imagination. Just think of the dominance […]
30th August 2017
PRI talked to Paul King’e, County Probation Director in Nakuru, Kenya, to find out how a gender-sensitive approach to community-based programmes can help female offenders in Kenya. Tell us about your role within the Kenya Probation Service. I serve as the Nakuru County Probation Director charged with the responsibility of coordinating the implementation and monitoring of all departmental […]
20th July 2017
On Nelson Mandela International Day – the second since the UN agreed the revised set of Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Nelson Mandela Rules – Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, explains how HMI Prisons has incorporated the Rules into their latest edition of Expectations, which sets out the detailed criteria used to inspect […]
18th July 2017
Throughout the world, probation systems and community-based sentences have been designed for men and by men. Little focus has been given to the differing needs and experiences of women, and therefore the processes, tools and guidance have not fairly or adequately served women offenders. Omar Phoenix Khan of Justice Focus evaluated PRI’s pilot project to […]
17th July 2017
Last month, PRI published the third report in its annual flagship series, Global Prison Trends 2017, which identifies topical developments and challenges in criminal justice and prison policy and practice over the past 12 months. The report included a Special Focus section which looks at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relation to criminal justice. To mark […]
11th July 2017