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Women and children involved in violent extremism

Research published in two parts, with a focus on women and children involved in violent extremism. The documents provide an analysis of the reasons for the involvement of women and children in violent extremism, which made it possible for the author to divide these groups of people into categories in case of motivation. For instance, […]

Prison conditions for women facing the death penalty: A factsheet

There are at least 500 women currently on death row around the world. While exact figures are impossible to obtain, it is estimated that over 100 women have been executed in the last 10 years – and potentially hundreds more. Little empirical data exists about the crimes for which women have been sentenced to death, the […]

Detention Monitoring Tool: Incident management and independent investigations

Deaths or serious injuries of persons in custody, disappearances of individuals, and allegations or indications of torture and other forms of ill-treatment can be summarised as ‘serious incidents’ in custody, which can have a variety of different causes. This Factsheet is intended to give guidance to monitoring bodies in assessing whether the prison authorities have […]

Life imprisonment: A policy briefing

Between the years 2000 and 2014, there was an increase of almost 84 per cent in the number of those serving formal life sentences worldwide. However, since a United Nations report on life imprisonment 20 years ago, there has been no international assessment of the use of and issues surrounding life imprisonment, despite substantial developments […]

Addressing corruption in prisons and the police in Kazakhstan

These briefing papers, which were prepared by PRI’s Central Asia office with the financial assistance of the British Embassy in Astana, look at measures that can be taken to address corruption among prison staff and the police. The papers, which are in English and Russian, look at the international experience and best practice, and outline […]

Human Rights during Detention and the Situation in Georgia

This factsheet “Human Rights during Police Detention and the Situation in Georgia” includes analysis of legislation and practices as regards police detention in Georgia, including safeguards and violations and relevant statistics. The document discusses all the challenges and human rights violations bringing concrete cases as evidence during administrative detention as well as during detention under […]

Recommendations from Mbale Prison staff training, Uganda

In October 2017, PRI’s Sub-Saharan Africa office conducted a training course on the management of vulnerable prisoners, for staff at Mbale Prison in Uganda. The training is part of a FCO-funded project which aims to bridge existing gaps in policy and practice, through enhancing capacity of prison staff in relation to managing vulnerable prisoners. 20 officers and […]

The UNGASS Outcome Document – Opportunities for promoting criminal justice reform

This joint advocacy note has been prepared by PRI with the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) for the 26th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (22 to 26 May 2017). In the note, IDPC and PRI identify key aspects of the 2016 UNGASS on drugs Outcome Document that are relevant to the work […]

Monitoring Prisoners with Special Needs

This practical tool has been designed for monitoring bodies, NPMs in particular, to take a close look at the treatment and detention conditions of prisoners with special needs. These include LBGTI prisoners, older prisoners, inmates with disabilities and foreign nationals. The tool lists relevant international standards and questions to ask or issues to look at while monitoring […]