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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

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Podcast: Prisons – state duty or market opportunity?

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 […]

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

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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

Submission

Statement to the Human Rights Council, March 2014: Revision process of Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners

This oral statement submitted to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, taking place in Geneva between 3 – 28 March 2014, is a joint statement from PRI, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Conectas, the International Commission of Jurists, and the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care. […]

Languages: English

Briefing

Detention Monitoring Tool: Staff working conditions

Prison officers come into contact with prisoners on a daily basis and have almost absolute power over detainees who rely on them for their basic needs. The way prison officers perceive their working conditions how they are treated by managers and colleagues has a significant impact on the atmosphere in detention and the treatment of […]

Languages: English, French, Georgian, Russian, Spanish

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Detention Monitoring Tool: Instruments of restraint

While they may sometime be a necessary measure to provide security and order in a custodial setting (eg to prevent inter-prisoner violence or escape), instruments of restraint pose a high risk for torture or other ill-treatment due to their highly intrusive nature and the risk of causing injury, pain and/or humiliation. They may even be […]

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Detention Monitoring Tool: Body searches

While a legitimate security measure under certain circumstances, body searches also represent a high-risk situation for abuse, ill-treatment and even torture; they may also be used to intimidate, harass, retaliate or discriminate. This Factsheet: lists the relevant international standards identifies types and situations of risk provides checklists of questions that monitoring bodies can ask for […]

Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish