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
Training
Who are the women in prison – what are their backgrounds, how did they end up in prison? How does prison impact women differently than men? Why do women prisoners have higher rates of mental health issues? How can prisons respond to these? These are some of the questions that PRI’s free e-course on women […]
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian
International Standard
The UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMRs) were initially adopted by the UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in 1955, and approved by the UN Economic and Social Council in 1957. The Nelson Mandela Rules: an animated introduction from Penal Reform International on Vimeo. […]
Languages: Uzbek, Arabic, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tajik
Model for Reform
إن المنظمة الدولية للإصلاح الجنائي ووزارة العدل ومن خلال مشروعها حول تعزيز أنظمة عدالة الأطفال في الأردن الممول من الاتحاد الأروبي قد أجريت تحليلاً لموازنة وزارة العدل وعقدت مجموعة من الفعاليات التدريبية والنقاشية حول مبادئ إعداد الموازنات الموجهة بالأهداف والصديقة للأطفال وطورت من خلال خبرائها هذا الدليل الذي نضعه بين أيدي العاملين في مجال التخطيط […]
Languages: Arabic
Multimedia
A short film about the benefits of community service in Algeria. In Arabic only. Other languages may follow. 12 mins.
Languages: Arabic
Multimedia
Other languages: Español, English, français, Русский, ქართული, Հայերեն.
Languages: Arabic
Report
This research report is based on a survey of 28 and 32 per cent of the female prison population in Jordan and Tunisia respectively, carried out by PRI in December 2013 and February 2014. It also includes an analysis of statistics received from criminal justice authorities in the two countries. By providing facts and figures, the report […]
Languages: Arabic, English
Briefing
This short guide provides an illustrated summary, section by section, of the first ever General Comment by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on Children of incarcerated and imprisoned parents and primary caregivers (Article 30 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child). It […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French
Briefing
How are lawyers affected by defending death penalty cases, where failure means execution? And how do they respond when their clients are killed? This briefing paper, written by Susannah Sheffer and drawing on her book Fighting for their lives, showcases the voices of the lawyers themselves to demonstrate the profound and long-lasting impacts that the […]
Languages: Arabic, English, Russian
Briefing
The death penalty is retained for terrorism offences in many countries, but how does it conform with international standards? The global community has had much to say about both terrorism and capital punishment; this paper brings together the key arguments to identify the appropriate state responses in the face of terrorism.
Languages: Arabic, English