Briefing
Updated May 2014! First presented in April 2013 to the 22nd Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna and updated for the Crime Commission in May 2014, this discussion paper The Use and Practice of Imprisonment: Current Trends and Future Challenges looks at current trends in prison populations, the use of new […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
A short animated film from PRI, looking at the damaging impact of the unnecessary use of imprisonment around the world and making the case for greater use of non-custodial measures. Other languages: Español, French, Русский, العربية, ქართული, Հայերեն
Languages: English
Multimedia
To celebrate PRI’s 25th anniversary, on 25 April 2014 PRI welcomed Vicky Pryce, author of Prisonomics inspired by her own experience serving time in the British penal system, Olawale Fapohunda, Attorney General of Ekiti state, Nigeria, and Rob Allen, criminal justice expert and PRI associate to dicuss ‘If prison doesn’t work, what does?’. Watch a […]
Languages: English
Briefing
(Альтернативы лишению свободы в законодательстве Казахстана, Кыргызстана и Таджикистана) This Factsheet outlines the alternatives to imprisonment at pre-trial and sentencing stages envisaged in the legislation of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and makes a number of recommendations for reform, in particular measures to introduce probation services. This paper has been produced under the project Humanisation of […]
Languages: English, Russian
Report
Last year, PRI and our partner organisation Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) conducted research into the development and use of probation in Bangladesh. Findings and recommendations from the research previously formed the basis of discussions at a seminar on increasing the use of probation in Bangladesh held by PRI and BLAST in Dhaka in December, and […]
Languages: English
Report
This booklet provides a short introduction to the work of PRI in the South Caucasus.
Languages: English, Georgian
Report
PRI’s Moscow office has produced a new resource looking at the range of non-custodial sanctions available in Russia – how they developed, their application and impact in practice and how their effectiveness can be enhanced going forward.
Languages: English, Russian
Submission
The overuse of imprisonment is a challenge for penal policy, but also has a significant impact on human rights. This submission to the 24th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (September 2013) details the human rights implications of overcrowding – a product of the overuse of imprisonment. There has to date been little focus […]
Languages: English
Annual Report
This year’s Annual Report looks at highlights from each month in 2012, and gives an overview of the breadth and depth of PRI’s work.
Languages: English
Multimedia
PRI Board Member Maria Eugenia Hofer is interviewed on the Chilean current affairs programme Conectados on prison conditions in Chile and other Latin American countries and on the advantages of alternatives to imprisonment.
Languages: Spanish