Annual Report
PRI Annual Accounts 2017
Report of the PRI Board and financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2017.
Languages: English
Resources listing
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Guidelines
New roadmap for ex-offenders in Tajikistan
PRI’s Central Asia office has produced a roadmap for ex-offenders in Tajikistan, which contains information about support services that ex-prisoners can access. These services help with registration of documents, recalculation of pensions, receiving unemployment benefits, continuing education, and obtaining employment. The handbook was prepared within the framework of a project implemented by the Institute for International […]
Languages: Russian, Tajik
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
Briefing
Human Rights during Detention and the Situation in Georgia
This factsheet “Human Rights during Police Detention and the Situation in Georgia” includes analysis of legislation and practices as regards police detention in Georgia, including safeguards and violations and relevant statistics. The document discusses all the challenges and human rights violations bringing concrete cases as evidence during administrative detention as well as during detention under […]
Languages: Georgian
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
Brochure
Developing effective probation
Effective probation services can have a transformative impact on the lives of offenders and the justice system. They reduce stigmatisation, contribute to successful reintegration and build skills and resilience to break the prison-poverty cycle, as well as reducing recidivism rates. For over 30 years, PRI has been working with a wide range of stakeholders to […]
Languages: English
Training
Training workshop on community sanctions for women offenders
As part of a pioneering, multifaceted project that focused on the experiences of women completing non-custodial sentences in Kenya, a half-day workshop for probation officers and relevant stakeholders was produced. The module aims to sensitise stakeholders regarding the specific background and situation of women offenders, and demonstrate how social enquiries, pre-sentence reports and the supervision of community sanctions […]
Languages: English
Guidelines
Guidelines for social investigations and pre-sentence reports
Following a pioneering, multifaceted project that focused on the experiences of women completing non-custodial sentences in Kenya, the structure and guidelines for social enquiries and pre-sentence reports were amended to incorporate a gender-sensitive approach. The guidelines were produced using feedback from relevant stakeholders, as well as probation offices in two pilot locations in Kenya (Kisumu and Nakuru).
Languages: English