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In many countries, prison food is insufficient in quantity and quality. Budgets are low (less than 0.5 USD per prisoner per day according to data recently gathered by PRI) and there have been cases where prisoners have died from starvation. In higher-income countries, food is more available but still may not be ‘of nutritional value […]
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Submission
This joint NGO statement was presented to the reconvened UN Crime and Drug Commission session in Vienna in December 2015 on behalf of Amnesty International, Anti Death Penalty Asia Network, Harm Reduction International, International Drug Policy Consortium, Penal Reform International and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The statement calls for States to use the opportunity presented […]
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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. […]
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Report
კრებულში შესული კვლევები მომზადდა 2015 წელს, პროექტის „სისხლის სამართლის რეფორმების ხელშეწყობა საქართველოში სამოქალაქო საზოგადოების ჩართულობის მეშვეობით“ ფარგლებში, რომელიც დაფინანსდა ევროკავშირის და განხორციელდა „ციხის საერთაშორისო რეფორმის“ სამხრეთ კავკასიის რეგიონული ოფისის მიერ. კრებული მოიცავს შემდეგ პუბლიკაციებს: მხარეთა თანასწორობა საპროცესო კანონმდებლობის ლიბერალიზაციის კუთხით პირველი ინსტანციის სასამართლოს შემადგენლობის ოპტიმიზაციის ზოგიერთი ასპექტი სისხლის სამართლის მართლმსაჯულების რეფორმები წამება ან წამების მუქარა, […]
Languages: English, Georgian
Multimedia
In this two-minute animation, we explain the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), what they include, and what they mean for prison management. Watch the animation in: Arabic Armenian: Правила Манделы -Краткое введение (Армянский) Georgian: მანდელას წესები – ანიმაციური მიმოხილვა Portuguese: As Regras de Nelson Mandela: uma introdução – with thanks […]
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Multimedia
ՄԲԲ կազմակերպության անիմացիոն հոլովակը ցույց է տալիս ազատազրկումը ոչ արդարացված կիրառելու բացասական հետևանքներն ամբողջ աշխարհում և այլընտրանքային պատիժների կարևորությունը։ Other languages: English, Español, Français, Русский, العربية, ქართული.
Languages: Armenian
Report
This synthesis report is based on research undertaken in South Caucasus countries to provide information with regard to current criminal justice policy, legislation and practice in terms of sentencing, use of imprisonment and alternative sanctions, mediation and diversion, length of custodial sanctions and their appropriateness, statistics, operation of parole boards and tackling criminal justice reform problems. […]
Languages: English, Georgian
Multimedia
Restoring the justice and prison systems back to working order is an essential and often urgent task for post-conflict states. In this expert blog for PRI, Terry Hackett, Warden of Pacific Institution in British Columbia (BC), Canada, draws on his recent research into civil society action in justice and correctional reform in Rwanda after the […]
Languages: English
Submission
On 25 November 2015, the International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women, PRI delivered this oral statement at the Eighth Session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, which focused on minorities in criminal justice systems. The statement explains the links between violence and the pathways to, and treatment in detention, for women […]
Languages: English
Report
It is estimated that 200,000 children in Uganda have a parent in prison at any one time. Children of prisoners in Uganda and across Africa face many violations of their rights when their parents or primary caregivers are arrested and detained. They are confronted with the trauma of separation but also have to contend with subtle and not so subtle stigma […]
Languages: English, French