Guidelines
This guide provides an overall framework which can be followed to ensure that daily prison processes and activities by prison staff and other professionals working in prisons are conducted in compliance with the European Prison Rules, developed by the Council of Europe, as revised in 2020.
Languages: English
Report
This tool aims to support detention monitors in assessing conditions for older persons in prisons in line with international human rights standards to ensure that the rights of older persons in detention are protected.
Languages: English
Event
PRI and five partners will hold an online launch of The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle (2020) at the 64th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, with Elizabeth Broderick, Chair of UN Working Group on discrimination against women, and several authors of the book discussing their experiences and research on the diverse ways in which global drug policies impact on women.
Languages: English
Event
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
Briefing
A policy briefing on criminal justice systems with case studies on Yemen and the Central African Republic for the international community and national authorities to improve responses in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
Languages: English, French
Annual Report
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
Guidelines
This publication was developed and published within the framework of the project “Promoting human rights-based approach in reforming prison system in Tajikistan”, implemented by Penal Reform International jointly with the NGO “Society of Consultant Psychologists and Psychotherapists of the Republic of Tajikistan” and the Public Foundation “Legal Initiative” with the financial support of the Delegation […]
Languages: Russian, Tajik
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
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