An important step towards a revised set of the 1955 UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners as described by PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber and Programme Officer, Olivia Rope who attended the third Expert Group Meeting on the revision process in Vienna last week. Last week Penal Reform International attended the 3rd Intergovernmental […]
1st April 2014
Alison Hannah, PRI’s Executive Director reports from a regional conference in Kazakhstan on the development of prison legislation in Central Asia. In England and Wales, prisons are reaching crisis point. According to a recent report there are only 265 free prison places out of the 85,800 prison estate capacity. Emergency measures may be needed to […]
18th March 2014
Becky Randel, PRI’s Research Assistant travelled to Geneva last week, with Nikhil Roy PRI’s Programme Development Director and Triona Lenihan PRI’s Policy Intern, to discuss, promote and engage with States on PRI’s programme of work relating to children deprived of their liberty. On Thursday 13 March, the Human Rights Council had its Annual Day on the […]
17th March 2014
В этом году в Международный Женский День Penal Reform International (Международная Тюремная Реформа) публикует новый отчет под названием «Кем являются женщины-заключенные? Результаты исследования в Казахстане и Кыргызстане». Данный отчет является составной частью исследовательского проекта, охватывающего несколько регионов, который вдохновлен Бангкокскими Правилами ООН о женщинах-заключенных, который изучает истории женщин – заключенных. В рамках серии исследований будет […]
7th March 2014
This International Women’s Day (8 March), Penal Reform International is publishing a new report, Who are women prisoners? Survey results from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The report forms part of PRI’s multi-regional research project – inspired by the UN Bangkok Rules on Women Offenders and Prisoners – which looks at the background of women in prison. […]
7th March 2014
This week, PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber, attended an international conference in Hong Kong and visited Lo Wu Correctional Institution, a newly built women’s prison near the border with the Chinese mainland. Participants were very complimentary about the international conference organised by Dui Hua Foundation, in cooperation with Hong Kong University and Renmin University in […]
4th March 2014
In 2007 Ashley Smith died in a segregation cell in Canada at the age of 19 by strangling herself while the correctional staff failed to intervene. In December 2013 an inquest ruled that Ashley’s death was a homicide and delivered 104 recommendations aimed at improving the operations and accountability of Canada’s correctional system, particularly in […]
6th February 2014
Professor Anthony Doob is one of the three-most cited scholars in Canada and one of the top 25 most-cited scholars worldwide. He is renowned for his insights into Canada’s youth justice system, sentencing and imprisonment and for his influence on policy. He will be giving a lecture at the University of Toronto on 6 February […]
5th February 2014
This week, PRI’s Death Penalty Project Manager, Oliver Robertson, attended the annual Death Penalty Project lecture, given this year by William Schabas, Professor of International Law at Middlesex University London, on the prospects for a death penalty free world. William Schabas is on the optimistic end of the abolitionist spectrum, maintaining confidently over the years that […]
30th January 2014
PRI’s Programme Development Director, Nikhil Roy, recently visited Bangladesh and spoke at a roundtable discussion on Probation as an Alternative to Imprisonment: Legal Framework and Current Practice, organised jointly by PRI and our partner in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST). Here Mubinul Mulk, BLAST Research Associate and Nikhil discuss the prospects […]
29th January 2014