Annual Report
PRI Annual Accounts 2016
Report of the PRI Board and financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2016.
Languages: English
Resources listing
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
Model for Reform
On probation – models of good practice for alternatives to prison
This resource pack aims to provide guidance about how non-custodial sanctions and probation can be established in countries which do not have them and extended in those countries which do. It draws both on the available academic and other literature available, together with PRI’s experience of working with government partners, most recently in Eastern Europe, […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
Podcast: California’s prison gang problem: the role of prison size
In recent decades, there has been a noticeable trend towards larger prisons of 1,000 prisoners plus. In the USA, the trend has been particularly prevalent – with around 3,500 prisoners per prison in California for example, but other countries have followed a similar path. In this expert blog for PRI, David Skarbek, Senior Lecturer in […]
Languages: English
Briefing
Community service and probation for women: Lessons and recommendations based on a study in Kenya
This briefing draws on research from Kenya and other studies on women in the criminal justice system to outline lessons and recommendations on designing and implementing community service and probation for women, in line with the UN Bangkok Rules. The research in Kenya looked at the existing system and experiences of women serving community sanctions. Read […]
Languages: English, Swahili
Report
Final evaluation: Excellence in Training on Rehabilitation in Africa (ExTRA)
This final evaluation reports on the results achieved and lessons learned in PRI’s two-year ExTRA Project – Excellence in Training on Rehabilitation in Africa which concluded in Summer 2016 and was funded by the UK Government (UKAID). The ExTRA project was a pilot initiative, which focused on developing community service as an alternative to short-term prison sentences for petty offences […]
Languages: English
Briefing
Essex paper 3: Initial guidance on the interpretation and implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules
This guidance on the revised UN Nelson Mandela Rules is based on the deliberations of a meeting of experts – known informally as the ‘Essex expert group’ – organised by Penal Reform International and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex in Colchester, UK, on 7-8 April 2016. The paper consists of six chapters covering: Dignity Prison […]
Languages: English
Report
Community service and probation for women: a study in Kenya
Community sanctions are often a much better option for women than a prison sentence, but like many other aspects of criminal justice systems, it is usually set up with male offenders in mind, paying little attention to the reality of women’s lives. This report produced in partnership with the Kenya Probation and Aftercare Service examines the […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
‘Equal justice’: making community sanctions work for women in Kenya
This short film highlights the benefits for but also the challenges experienced by women serving Community Service and Probation Orders in Kenya. Accompanies our report: Community service and probation for women: a study in Kenya. A short survey with four questions about how you found this film will appear on this page after you have finished watching. […]
Languages: English