Public and policy-makers often have differing views concerning the penitentiary system. With the exception of a small group of specialists and practitioners, not many understands clearly how the penitentiary system works. Penitentiary institutions are a closed environment that leads to a heterogeneous moral and emotional climate, causing the formation of different social orders within the […]
[Русский язык ниже] Since 2019, a number of important activities have been undertaken to reform the penitentiary system in the Republic of Tajikistan: a governmental working group has been established to amend and supplement the current Penal Execution Code; an internal working group is functioning to improve internal regulations. Mechanisms for alternative non-custodial measures, one […]
PRI’s flagship publication Global Prison Trends, published alongside the Thailand Institute of Justice, was published in April 2020 – at a crucial time – as prisons worldwide are being pushed to breaking point by the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Prison Trends 2020 documents the chronic issues that have led to this human rights and public health […]
კვლევის მიზანია, პენიტენციური და დანაშაულის პრევენციის სისტემების განვითარების სტრატეგიის და 2019-2020 წლების სამოქმედო გეგმის ინფრასტრუქტურული ნაწილის შესრულების მონიტორინგი და ამ სფეროში საუკეთესო საერთაშორისო პრაქტიკის ანალიზი. ამისთვის, კვლევის ანგარიში დეტალურად მიმოიხილავს სამოქმედო გეგმით განსაზღვრულ თითოეულ აქტივობას, რომელიც პენიტენციური სისტემის ინფრასტრუქტურული მხარის განვითარებას ისახავს მიზნად და შეაფასებს მის შესრულებას წინასწარ განსაზღვრული ინდიკატორების მიხედვით. აღსანიშნავია, რომ ანგარიში არ […]
The qualitative research has been conducted by the Initiative for Social Changes (ISC) within the frames of the project “Monitoring Government’s Commitments and Promoting Penal Reforms through the Engagement of CSOs”, implemented by Penal Reform International South Caucasus Regional Office with the support of the European Union in partnership with organizations – “Rehabilitation Initiative of […]
Drug‑related offences are known to have a particular and disproportionate impact on women. Eighty-two per cent of all women in prison in Thailand are imprisoned for a drug offence; in the Philippines, the proportion of women in prison for a drug offence is 53% and in Peru and Costa Rica it is more than 60%. […]
A summary of PRI’s work and achievements in Uzbekistan in 2019, on the creation of a new probation service; the development of monitoring mechanisms to prevent torture and ill-treatment in places of detention; investigating complaints and death in custody; and the role of prison staff in rehabilitation programmes and the re-socialisation of detainees. The activities […]
National strategy for the demilitarisation of prison establishments in the Central African Republic, approved by the government and signed by the Prime Minister on 14 January 2019. The strategy has been prepared with the technical assistance of Penal Reform International (PRI) and the Judicial and Penitentiary Affairs Section of the United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Mission […]