Briefing
More than 625,000 women and girls are held in prisons around the world. The majority are imprisoned for petty, non-violent offences, and frequently as a result, directly or indirectly, of discrimination and deprivation, often experienced at the hands of their husbands or partners, their family and the community. This briefing paper outlines the ways in […]
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Report
An interesting article from WomenNewsNetwork (22/11/2011- link no longer available), describing the damaging impact of Kenya’s prison policies for the children of women in conflict with the law.
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Submission
PRI responds to the draft new EU Human Rights strategy “A New Direction for the EU on Human Rights and Democracy”
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Briefing
In October 2011 PRI’s Executive Director, Alison Hannah, contributed to an expert meeting in Vienna to develop a tool to assist independent monitoring groups with assessing illness and health risk in pre-trial detention. The meeting, convened by the Open Society Foundations’ Public Health Program and Open Society Justice Initiative, examined ways to support independent monitoring […]
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Report
This evaluation report relates to PRI’s 2.5-year project for penal reform in the Ukraine, using a grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and working alongside local partner organisations: the Bila Tzerkva Training School (BZTS); the Centre for Judicial Studies (CJS); and the Women’s Information Consultative Centre (WICC). The overall goal of […]
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Submission
Below are two statements PRI submitted to the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council (18 June – 6 July 2012). Both statements were issued jointly with the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers). Both statements were – and had to be – related to the respective reports these bodies had submitted to the Human […]
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Briefing
PRI is currently undertaking a two-year project, (2011-13) supported by the European Union in women’s prisons in two regions of Kazakhstan. The objectives of the project are to enhance the system of prevention of HIV/AIDS and TB among women in prisons, to improve the detection, cure and care of women in prisons and to develop […]
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Briefing
On 21 December 2010 the UN General Assembly (GA) took an important step towards meeting the needs and characteristics of women in the criminal justice system. By adopting Resolution A/RES/65/229, without a vote, the GA approved the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (known as the ‘Bangkok […]
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Report
A fact sheet outlining PRI’s work in Kazakhstan (2011-2013 project) to improve the health in women’s prisons.
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Report
Review of TV coverage on PRI’s programme on HIV/AIDS in female prisons (PRI Round table event, 29 March 2011, Ust- Kamenogorsk, Female Prison)
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