PRI Associate Frances Sheahan conducted research for PRI in women’s prisons in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in the second half of September. Here she writes about the impact of social isolation on women prisoners in Kazakhstan. The road from Karaganda city is full of potholes and bumps as it winds for an hour and a half […]
9th October 2013
Recently Dinara Dildabekova, Death Penalty Project Manager in PRI’s office in Central Asia, organised two two-day training workshops (one in Kazakhstan and one in Tajikistan) to train prison officials on international human rights standards on the rights of those on death row or those serving a life or long-term sentence. In Kazakhstan training was held […]
24th September 2013
Last month former Guardian journalist Malcolm Dean helped to train 25 journalists in Kazakhstan on current issues in criminal justice reform, the current situation in Kazakhstan’s prisons, strategies for good journalism and successful techniques for bringing criminal justice and human rights to public attention. It came as a shock to learn that only a few […]
4th April 2013
Alison Hannah, PRI’s Executive Director, reports from Kazakhstan where PRI’s Central Asia office held their first Prison Forum event last week to discuss probation and electronic monitoring. The aim of the conference was to share experience and plans for the expansion of the probation service in Kazakhstan and the introduction of electronic monitoring for offenders. […]
4th April 2013
Gary Westwater is an expert social worker with more than 40 years of experience in social work and has worked with international organisations such as UNICEF, UNDP, the Council of Europe, the European Commission and NGOs on the development and management of practical child protection strategies, the supervision of children at risk, formulating and reviewing […]
8th February 2013
“Taking the opinions of children under 10 into account in civil court proceedings needs to be implemented even though this measure is not provided for in the country’s legislation….”. This sentiment expressed by a civil court Judge, towards the end of my six very interesting and busy days in Tashkent (7 – 12 January), provides […]
14th January 2013
PRI Programme Officer Jenny Clarkin reports from Uzbekistan on a PRI training programme for social workers and members of the judiciary to improve the care and protection of children at risk. Leaving London behind on a mild autumn morning I embarked on the long journey to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. I’m here because PRI are currently working […]
25th October 2012
PRI’s Executive Director, Alison Hannah, reports from Kazakhstan where PRI brought together a forum of policy-makers, national and international experts to support local authorities deliver effective reintegration services for ex-prisoners. The government of Kazakhstan handed over responsibility for the reintegration of ex-prisoners to local authorities a couple of years ago. However, many authorities have experienced […]
20th October 2012