Resources listing

Briefing

Detention Monitoring Tool: Incident management and independent investigations

Deaths or serious injuries of persons in custody, disappearances of individuals, and allegations or indications of torture and other forms of ill-treatment can be summarised as ‘serious incidents’ in custody, which can have a variety of different causes. This Factsheet is intended to give guidance to monitoring bodies in assessing whether the prison authorities have […]

Languages: Armenian, Arabic, English, Georgian, Russian

Public Statement

Oral Statement: Life Imprisonment

In this oral statement to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on 17 May 2018, PRI calls on UN member states to ensure the issue of the increase of life imprisonment and the implementation of life sentences is put on the agenda for the 14th 2020 Crime Congress. The oral statement draws […]

Languages: English

Submission

Submission: Implementation of the UNGASS Outcome Document in regard to human rights

This resource is PRI’s submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for its report on the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regard to human rights. This report was requested by the resolution of the Human Rights Council 37/42, adopted on […]

Languages: English

Guidelines

Mental health in prison: A short guide for prison staff

Over 10.35 million people are in prison globally, and prisoners have a disproportionately high rate of mental ill-health; research suggests that around one in seven prisoners has a serious mental health condition. This guide, which was produced with the financial assistance of Matrix Chambers, as well as contributions from a range of international and national […]

Languages: Arabic, English, Georgian

Briefing

Life imprisonment: A policy briefing

Between the years 2000 and 2014, there was an increase of almost 84 per cent in the number of those serving formal life sentences worldwide. However, since a United Nations report on life imprisonment 20 years ago, there has been no international assessment of the use of and issues surrounding life imprisonment, despite substantial developments […]

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian

Annual Report

PRI Annual Accounts 2017

Report of the PRI Board and financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2017.

Languages: English

Report

Global Prison Trends 2018

Global Prison Trends 2018 is the fourth edition in PRI’s annual flagship Global Prison Trends series, which identifies topical developments and challenges in criminal justice and prison policy and practice. It is published in collaboration with the Thailand Institute of Justice, and features a foreword by the Rt Hon Helen Clark, Member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, Former Prime Minister of […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Videos: Promoting gender-specific treatment of women prisoners and offenders in Kenya

These five short films consisting of a number of interviews with prison and probation staff in Kenya, as well as PRI staff, highlight the specific challenges that women offenders face in Kenya, and the importance of incorporating a gender-sensitive approach using the UN Bangkok Rules. Since 2015, PRI has been delivering a programme of ‘Training of […]

Languages: English

Model for Reform

Resources for implementing a gender-sensitive approach to non-custodial sentences

‘Going to prison would have been a big problem as I have lots of people who depend on me.’ ‘My granddaughter, who I take care of, became pregnant when I was in custody and has now left school, and I am blamed for this.’  (Voices of women interviewed within the project). The emotional, social and economic consequences […]

Languages: English

Report

Evaluation: Reducing torture and ill-treatment through strengthening preventive monitoring mechanisms in Georgia and Armenia

This mid-term evaluation reports on progress achieved in PRI’s project in the South Caucasus on strengthening preventive monitoring mechanisms, which is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Netherlands. The project began in October 2016 and is being implemented over a period of 21 months. A summary of the mid-term evaluation has also […]

Languages: English