PRI will be running a workshop at the American Probation and Parole Association’s Annual Training Institute that will take place in New Orleans between 3 – 6 August 2014. The workshop ‘An international perspective on women in the justice system: Best practices for their success beyond the criminal justice system’ will look at both challenges and solutions for […]
In a momentous judgment published yesterday on the case of Svinarenko and Slyadnev v. Russia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that holding a person in a metal cage during trial constitutes in itself an ‘affront to human dignity’. The defendants, charged with a number of offences including robbery with […]
Last week, the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament approved the 2014 draft juvenile law, which contains a number of measures to improve the protection and treatment of children in the juvenile justice system. With this new law, Jordan is making a significant step towards a child-friendly justice system which operates in accordance with international […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
This week, PRI celebrated its 25th anniversary, this time in Vienna, by launching a short new animated film on the impact of unnecessary imprisonment and non-custodial alternatives at the United Nations Crime Commission. In just 2.5 mins the animation seeks to raise some important questions about the use of custodial sentences, particular for minor offences. While for serious […]
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 […]
“A lot of the solutions to criminal justice problems don’t lie within prison walls. They are out there in public health, in housing, in social justice, in the relationships between people and in restorative justice,” said Juliet Lyon, PRI’s Secretary-General, kicking off the panel discussion held in celebration of PRI’s 25th anniversary in London last […]
Penal Reform International is launching a competition for the best journalism investigating the death penalty and life (or long-term) imprisonment. The death penalty remains in many parts of the globe, while around the world people are imprisoned for decades at a time. While trials, sentences and executions often make the headlines, other features of the death […]