Briefing
What does rehabilitation mean for survivors of torture?
A brief look at the meaning of rehabilitation for the survivors of torture. Written by Freedom From Torture.
Languages: English
Resources listing
Annual Report
Annual Report 2010
Please contact Penal Reform International at publications@penalreform.org if you would like a free paper copy.
Languages: English
Annual Report
Annual Report 2011
Please contact Penal Reform International at publications@penalreform.org if you would like a free paper copy.
Languages: English
Report
PRI’s work to support penitentiary reform in Ukraine
Penal Reform International’s programme to support penitentiary reform in Ukraine ended in April 2012. To see our dedicated project website in English and Ukrainian, including regular project newsletters documenting activities and achievements over the two and a half years, click here. English Ukrainian See below for a factsheet summarising the programme’s aims.
Languages: English
Report
Heuni Report: Survey of United Nations and other Best Practices in the Criminal Justice System
A comprehensive report of the workshop held at the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Survey of United Nations and other Best Practices in the Treatment of Prisoners in the Criminal Justice System Proceedings. Held in Salvador, Brazil, on the 12-19 April 2010.
Languages: English
Report
UN Special Rapporteur’s report on the right to education of persons in detention
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Vernor Muñoz Villalobos, devoted his first annual report to the question of the right to education of persons in detention, ‘a group subject to discrimination generally and to discrimination in the provision of education specifically’. Penal Reform International was among a number of organisations contributing to the report.
Languages: Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish
Training
Compendium of Comparative Prison Legislation
The Compendium of Comparative Prison Legislation aims to provide legislators, government officials, prison administrators and all concerned with penal reform with positive, realistic and contemporary examples of national laws from around the world. The Compendium is structured thematically, with each chapter containing extracts from relevant international and regional standards relating to the treatment of prisoners, […]
Languages: English
Model for Reform
Africa’s recommendations for penal reform
This book is a compilation of Declarations, Plans of Action and ECOSOC Resolutions which make logical, practical, humane and cost-effective recommendations for penal reform, written specifically in and for the African context. Where implemented, these can reduce the unnecessary use of imprisonment and improve access to justice, while responding to the special needs of those […]
Languages: English, French
Multimedia
Seeds of Freedom
https://vimeo.com/36338039 Published in 2005 Available in English 18 minutes duration Food ration is the main cost after staff salaries in most prisons in Africa. Since 1998, the Malawi Prison Service has been developing prison farms in partnership with PRI, improving prison conditions and self suffiency. Seeds of Freedom demonstrates the benefits that can be achieved […]
Languages: English
Training
Human Rights and Prisons – A Trainer’s Guide on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
Published by OHCHR in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies This trainer’s guide was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in Prisons, […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish