Resources listing

Model for Reform

Gender-sensitive community service and probation: Model for Reform

The model for reform documents the overall experiences and findings of a pioneering, multifaceted project that focused on the experiences of women completing non-custodial sentences in Kenya. It lays out 10 key steps to take when replicating the project in an international context, in order to introduce a gender-sensitive approach to non-custodial sentences.

Languages: English

Annual Report

PRI’s Annual Report 2016

PRI’s Annual Report 2016 outlines the impact of our work and achievements over the past year. Highlights in 2016 included: Continued global promotion of the Nelson Mandela Rules (the revised Standard Minimum Rules for the treatment of prisoners), with our regional offices holding workshops and training on the rules in a number of countries. In collaboration with the UK […]

Languages: English

Submission

Oral statement – Sustainable Development Goals and criminal justice reform

In this oral statement to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in May 2017, PRI introduced our new report, Global Prison Trends 2017, published in collaboration with the Thailand Institute of Justice. The report includes a Special Focus section dedicated to the links between the Sustainable Development Goals and criminal justice. The oral statement […]

Languages: English

Submission

Joint oral statement to the UN Crime Commission 2017 on UNGASS Outcome Document

In this joint oral statement by PRI and the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in May 2017, the organisations point to specific criminal justice commitments in the Outcome Document of the UNGASS on drugs. Specifically, the oral statement highlights the section on ‘Proportionate and effective policies […]

Languages: English

Training

Handbooks for probation in Tunisia

These Handbooks for NGOs, lawyers and judges were developed within a project on probation in Tunisia, funded by the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). The ‘NGO Handbook on Probation and Crime Prevention’ follows up on a series of training workshops and debates on the importance of restorative justice and alternative sanctions for […]

Languages: English

Briefing

The UNGASS Outcome Document – Opportunities for promoting criminal justice reform

This joint advocacy note has been prepared by PRI with the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) for the 26th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (22 to 26 May 2017). In the note, IDPC and PRI identify key aspects of the 2016 UNGASS on drugs Outcome Document that are relevant to the work […]

Languages: English

Report

Global Prison Trends 2017

PRI has launched its annual flagship publication, Global Prison Trends 2017, at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Global Prison Trends 2017 is the third edition in our annual 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 […]

Languages: English

Annual Report

PRI Annual Accounts 2016

Report of the PRI Board and financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2016.

Languages: English

Briefing

Children and violent extremism: international standards and responses from criminal justice systems

This briefing gives an overview of what the international and regional standards say regarding the care and treatment of children who are suspected, or convicted, of violent extremist related offences. It also looks at some examples of state responses and civil society interventions. It touches upon issues of preventing children’s involvement in violent extremism but […]

Languages: English

Training

Workbook on Women in detention: putting the UN Bangkok Rules on women prisoners into practice

This training resource has been designed to support stakeholders to put the UN Bangkok Rules on women offenders and prisoners into practice. It draws on global good practice and research findings to provide practical guidance, using exercises and case studies. At the end of the ten modules, you will have the tools and knowledge to design […]

Languages: English