PRI has been working with the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, to raise awareness and bring about changes in the treatment of girls in the criminal justice system. In this blog she explains how the new Model Strategies and Practical Measures for the Elimination of Violence against […]
15th July 2014
In the second blog in our anniversary series, Dr Shane Bryans, a former UK prison governor and criminal justice expert, who has worked on prison-based de-radicalisation programmes in a number of countries, examines how prison administrations can manage violent extremist offenders. Countries on every continent are facing the challenge of managing Violent Extremist Offenders (VEOs) within their prison systems. Preventing them […]
25th June 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
Every day about 20 news stories pop in my email inbox, giving the latest headlines from around the world on prison and penal issues. Over the past couple of days, these include: ‘Epidemic of self-mutilation’ in women’s prisons in England and Wales’ ‘Inmates need needle-exchange programs and better access to HIV treatment: study’ (Canada) ‘Anti-torture […]
18th December 2013
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
In August, PRI’s Executive Director and Evaluation and Learning Adviser visited our Moscow office to carry out training on monitoring and evaluation and to talk to some of the partners we work with there. Our current work in Russia includes promoting alternatives to imprisonment, particularly probation, improving public oversight of prisons and implementing the rights […]
24th September 2013