Guidelines
[Русский язык ниже] These guidelines are intended for practicing social workers providing social rehabilitation services to survivors of torture and/or other ill-treatment,as well as their family members, and includes a description of the stages of individual social support to the target group of beneficiaries from the moment of admission to the service until the completion […]
Languages: Russian
Guidelines
[Русский язык ниже] This tool is designed to assess needs, risk of re-offending, risk of harm and criminogenic factors in order to make an informed decision about rehabilitation and cell allocation of people detained in Tajikistan’s prison system. A good risk or needs assessment is the starting point for working with all offenders in detention. […]
Languages: Russian
Briefing
[Русский язык ниже] Raising awareness among prison staff of their impact on daily security is crucial. Having this focus will allow staff to recognise situations that could be prevented or/and handled in a way that benefits people in prison, the prison institution, and the staff themselves. Preventing conflicts and promoting security basted on dialogue and […]
Languages: English, Russian
Report
[Русский язык ниже] Since 2019, a number of important activities have been undertaken to reform the penitentiary system in the Republic of Tajikistan: a governmental working group has been established to amend and supplement the current Penal Execution Code; an internal working group is functioning to improve internal regulations. Mechanisms for alternative non-custodial measures, one […]
Languages: Russian
Report
PRI’s flagship publication Global Prison Trends, published alongside the Thailand Institute of Justice, was published in April 2020 – at a crucial time – as prisons worldwide are being pushed to breaking point by the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Prison Trends 2020 documents the chronic issues that have led to this human rights and public health […]
Languages: English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Briefing
PRI briefing note issued on 16 March 2020 on the situation of the outbreak of a novel form of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and prevention measures in prisons and wider impacts of responses to governments on people in criminal justice systems. As the COVID-19 pandemic affects more people in an ever increasing list of countries, PRI has […]
Languages: Arabic, English, Russian, Spanish
Newsletter
PRI’s Central Asia office produce quarterly newsletters, in English and Russian, which showcase the various projects, events and training carried out in the region.
Languages: English, Russian
Newsletter
PRI’s Central Asia office has produced magazines as part of the Capstone Project in Kazakhstan since 2018. This project, which is funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kazakhstan, aims to improve human rights education for students in Kazakhstan, in line with the educational goals and principles of the Capstone Project. This includes increased awareness of […]
Languages: Kazakh, Russian
Briefing
Deaths or serious injuries of persons in custody, disappearances of individuals, and allegations or indications of torture and other forms of ill-treatment can be summarised as ‘serious incidents’ in custody, which can have a variety of different causes. This Factsheet is intended to give guidance to monitoring bodies in assessing whether the prison authorities have […]
Languages: Armenian, Arabic, English, Georgian, Russian
Guidelines
A practical guide to the regular and independent monitoring of places where children are deprived of liberty. This guide was produced by Defence for Children International and translated into Russian with the help of PRI’s Central Asia office.
Languages: Russian