Briefing
More than 625,000 women and girls are held in prisons around the world. The majority are imprisoned for petty, non-violent offences, and frequently as a result, directly or indirectly, of discrimination and deprivation, often experienced at the hands of their husbands or partners, their family and the community. This briefing paper outlines the ways in […]
Languages: English
Report
A summary of PRI’s media coverage in Kazakhstan- January 2012. Published in Russian.
Languages: Russian
Multimedia
Justice Imman Ali is a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He has a particular interest in justice for children and women and has delivered a number of judgments dealing with legal and social aspects concerning children, their trial, detention and education. In this interview, he discusses problems facing children […]
Languages: English
Report
Excessive use of pre-trial detention is a global problem. According to the Open Society Justice Initiative, on any given day an estimated 3 million people around the world are under pre-trial detention. In the course of a single year around 10 million will be detained awaiting trial. This research presents views of different parties who […]
Languages: English
This document proposes a number of measures to improve the penal system in Kazakhstan, and summarises recommendations adopted at a conference with the chairs of public monitoring commissions on 12 January 2012.
Languages: English
Report
These proposals to reduce the prison population in Kazakhstan are the result of an online conference with chairmen of public monitoring commissions in Astana on January 12th 2012.
Languages: English
Report
Penal Reform International’s work from 1998 to 2010 in the Great Lakes region of Africa aimed to reduce the pre-trial prison population. The organisation monitored the process of Gacaca – the name given to the system of community-based courts for prosecuting genocide suspects – and its work expanded to include providing paralegal services. In July […]
Languages: English
Training
PRI’s activities around juvenile justice focus on diverting children from the adult justice system, promoting alternative sanctions to imprisonment and, where imprisonment is used, improving conditions of detention. In order to do this, interviewing children who are deprived of their liberty is vital in getting a full understanding of the situation in a country. This […]
Languages: English, Russian
Briefing
The African Child Policy Forum and Defence for Children International held a global conference in Kampala on 7-8 November 2011 to highlight the destructive impact on deprivation of liberty for children. The conference highlighted the critical importance of access to justice for children in Africa, whose rights are frequently denied and violated. The conference documents summarise […]
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Report
An interesting article from WomenNewsNetwork (22/11/2011- link no longer available), describing the damaging impact of Kenya’s prison policies for the children of women in conflict with the law.
Languages: English