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Radicalisation and de-radicalisation in prison – what should we do with violent extremist offenders?

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 […]

Shane Bryans25th June 2014

Женщины в тюрьмах – кто они?

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 […]

Central Asia Regional Office7th March 2014

An end of year message from Alison Hannah, PRI’s Executive Director

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 […]

Alison Hannah18th December 2013

Security doesn’t trump dignity in prisons

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 […]

Harriet Lowe11th November 2013

NGOs in Russia challenged by transport costs, legal changes and political climate

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 […]

Alison Hannah24th September 2013