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Indian prison officers tour the UK prison system
Unlimited visits from families, hand sanitizer for staff and prisoners to improve hygiene and inviting local NGOs to provide prisoners with vocational training: just a few of the ideas that ten prison managers from across India took back from an exposure visit to the UK this June. The visit, which took place from 1 to 14 June, was […]
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Join us for a panel discussion on Human Rights of Women in Detention by live webcast
On Tuesday 17 June PRI is co-hosting a side-event, Human Rights of Women in Detention in conjunction with DIGNITY – Danish Institute against Torture, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Permanent Missions of Denmark and Chile. The event coincides with the Annual Day of Discussion on Women’s Rights at the 26th Session of the UN Human […]
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African standards on children of imprisoned caregivers are now online!
‘If a child is to be […] imagined as an individual with a distinctive personality, and not merely as a miniature adult waiting to reach full size, he or she cannot be treated as a mere extension of his or her parents, umbilically destined to sink or swim with them.’ This quote from Justice Albie […]
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PRI at the Crime Commission 2014
Next week the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will convene in Vienna (12-16 May). Held annually it is the principal policy-making body of the UN in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice and is therefore of key relevance to PRI’s mission. The Commission is the preparatory body for and implements […]
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PRI and IPJJ publish new resource addressing the needs of girls in criminal justice systems
Age, gender and their small numbers make girls one of the most vulnerable and neglected groups involved in criminal justice systems. While far from being a homogenous group with characteristics and needs that vary between countries, we know that there are many issues that they face in common. These include the fact that they may […]
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Human rights and prison management the focus of prison service training in Kolkata last week
On 9-12 December 2013, PRI and the Penal Reform and Justice Association (PRAJA) ran a training of trainers workshop (ToT) on human rights and prison management for Indian Prison Officials. Twenty prison managers from India’s eastern states – Jharkhand, Mizoram and West Bengal – took part in the four-day course on human rights and prison management, which […]
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Big week for the rights of women in prison
This past week at the UN General Assembly in New York has seen some significant developments towards changing the reality for women prisoners. Yesterday the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, presented a new report to the UN General Assembly, Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration of […]
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Join us for the launch of PRI’s Toolbox on UN Bangkok Rules at UN General Assembly
Next week on Wednesday 16 October, PRI will launch a Toolbox on the UN Bangkok Rules at the UN General Assembly to support implementation of the Rules. A panel discussion, ‘The human rights of women in prison: A toolbox to implement the UN Bangkok Rules’ will illustrate how the needs of women prisoners tend to be overlooked […]
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OSCE HDIM: PRI to report on comprehensive survey of women prisoners in the South Caucasus
PRI will be attending the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw taking place between 23 September – 4 October. Our statement addressed to the participating states of the OSCE in the working session addressing violence against women and girls, includes recommendations on implementing the UN Bangkok Rules, in light of the OSCE’s Action […]
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PRI joins expert meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
PRI was honoured to join an expert meeting convened by University of Chicago Law School on 14 May, to provide guidance and feedback for a thematic report by Professor Manjoo on the causes of women’s incarceration around the world, the conditions of such incarceration, and its consequences. The experts mapped various issues relevant to violence […]