Public Statement
Oral Statement: Life Imprisonment
In this oral statement to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on 17 May 2018, PRI calls on UN member states to ensure the issue of the increase of life imprisonment and the implementation of life sentences is put on the agenda for the 14th 2020 Crime Congress.
The oral statement draws attention to the rapid increase in the number of life-sentenced prisoners, which has doubled since the year 2000, and the catastrophic ramifications of this from a human rights and prison management perspective.
PRI argues for a complete rethink of life imprisonment and its application and implementation and recommends its publication Life Imprisonment: A policy briefing, which includes 12 recommendations for reforming the sanction.
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