Resources listing

Multimedia

Podcast: Radicalisation and de-radicalisation in prison – what should we do with violent extremist offenders?

How can prison administrations prevent the spread of radicalisation in prisons? Should violent extremist offenders be separated from the rest of prison population? How can de-radicalisation programmes in prison assist offenders to abandon extremist ideologies? Dr Shane Bryans, a former UK prison governor and expert, who has worked on prison-based deradicalisation in a number of […]

Languages: English

Submission

Submission to 58th Session of CEDAW: Examination of Georgia, 2014

Submission addressed to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for its examination of Georgia in the forthcoming 58th Session in July 2014. The submission specifically addresses the following areas, relating to Articles 2, 5, 12 and 16 of the Convention: violence against women disproportionate sanctions of women convicted of drug-related offences rehabilitation for women prisoners […]

Languages: English

Report

Impact evaluation: Challenging the overuse of imprisonment in Georgia

Between June 2010 and June 2013, PRI’s South Caucasus office implemented a three-year programme, funded by the Open Society Foundations, to address the overuse of imprisonment in Georgia and to reduce chronic overcrowding in Georgian prisons. Over the project period, the prison population of Georgia fell by 60% from 23,114 prisoners in 2010 to only 9,185 in […]

Languages: English

Briefing

The use and practice of imprisonment: current trends and future challenges

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

Is a prison sentence always the solution?

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

If prison doesn’t work, what does? PRI 25th anniversary debate

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

Report

Development and Use of the Probation System in Bangladesh

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

Annual Report

PRI Annual Report 2012

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