Resources listing

Briefing

Prisons and COVID-19: Lessons from an ongoing crisis

This briefing identifies several lessons from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on four case studies that focus on the response to the pandemic in Colombia, Indonesia, Ireland, and Kenya.

Languages: English

Event

Event: Global Prison Trends at the 14th UN Crime Congress

Side event at the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on the key trends and challenges in prison systems worldwide, with insight from the upcoming Global Prison Trends 2021.

Languages: English

Annual Report

Annual Report 2019

PRI’s Annual Report outlines the impact of our work and achievements in 2019 nationally, regionally and internationally. Highlights in 2019 included: Publication of the Global Prison Trends Report 2019, in partnership with the Thailand Institute of Justice (our annual flagship publication); PRI celebrated its 30th anniversary and launched its 2020-2023 strategy, alongside its new visual profile, which itself […]

Languages: English

Briefing

An effective prison system: guaranteeing a mechanism to protect detainees, prisons and public safety

[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

Briefing

Coronavirus: Preventing harm and human rights violations in criminal justice systems

As governments around the world continue to navigate the global coronavirus pandemic, with some beginning to ease restrictions in communities and prison systems, while others grapple with increasing infection rates and spikes in cases, PRI’s briefing published 14 July 2020 considers how criminal justice systems are responding, how it is affecting people serving custodial and […]

Languages: English

Event

Webinar launch of Global Prison Trends 2020

Prisons and justice systems are facing unprecedented challenges brought by the COVID-19 global pandemic. At this launch event for PRI’s report, Global Prison Trends 2020, international leaders and experts addressed chronic issues that have led to this human rights and public health crisis with people in prison being so vulnerable – and critically, questioned how […]

Languages: English

Report

Global Prison Trends 2020

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

Report

პენიტენციური და დანაშაულის პრევენციის სისტემების განვითარების სტრატეგიისა და 2019-2020 წლების სამოქმედო გეგმის ინფრასტრუქტურული ნაწილის შესრულების და საუკეთესო საერთაშორისო პრაქტიკის კვლევა

კვლევის მიზანია, პენიტენციური და დანაშაულის პრევენციის სისტემების განვითარების სტრატეგიის და 2019-2020 წლების სამოქმედო გეგმის ინფრასტრუქტურული ნაწილის შესრულების მონიტორინგი და  ამ სფეროში საუკეთესო საერთაშორისო პრაქტიკის ანალიზი. ამისთვის, კვლევის ანგარიში დეტალურად მიმოიხილავს სამოქმედო გეგმით განსაზღვრულ თითოეულ აქტივობას, რომელიც პენიტენციური სისტემის ინფრასტრუქტურული მხარის განვითარებას ისახავს მიზნად და შეაფასებს მის შესრულებას წინასწარ განსაზღვრული ინდიკატორების მიხედვით. აღსანიშნავია, რომ ანგარიში არ […]

Languages: English, Georgian