Submission
PRI delivered this joint oral statement at the 27th regular session of the Human Rights Council on 10 September 2014 on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), the International Legal Foundation (ILF) and PRI. The statement relates to the Panel discussion on the protection of the human rights of […]
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Submission
This statement was delivered at the thirteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on 12 August 2014 on the negative impact of corruption on human rights. The statement notes that corruption is a prevalent issue within the area of criminal justice, including links between torture and corruption. It makes a list of observations including the impact […]
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Over the last two decades, there has been increasing recognition that prison architecture can be an important catalyst for rehabilitation. Forward-thinking architects are reassessing classical models of prison design and experimenting with innovative spatial concepts embedded with theories from sociology, psychology, and even ecology. Dr Marayca López, Senior Corrections Analyst and Planner at US firm CGL/Ricci […]
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Annual Report
Our 2013 annual report – Working towards fair and effective criminal justice: the PRI way – is designed to give readers insight into how we achieve impact, focusing on highlights from our research work, our international advocacy, the technical assistance we provide at a national level, our training courses and resources, and our partnerships with […]
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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 […]
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Submission
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 […]
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Rob Allen, co-author of a recent World Bank paper on Public-Private Partnerships in Prison Construction and Management (2013), surveys the arguments and existing evidence in favour of and against the involvement of private companies in prison services. Introduced by PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber. This is the first in a series of expert blogs PRI […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Submission
Ahead of the 3rd Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting (IEGM) on the revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMR) taking place in Vienna on 25-28 March 2014, PRI together with Essex University submitted this Second Report of the Essex Expert Group on the Review. This report is the outcome of a […]
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