Multimedia
https://vimeo.com/36334610 Published in 2008 Available in English 25 Minutes duration This film is based on the death penalty in Kazakhstan. The death penalty was formerly a common charge for the most obscene crimes, and was at its greatest prominence in 1995, when 101 males on charges of death sentences were executed by the firing squad. […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
https://vimeo.com/36336150 Published in 2008 Available in English 18 Minutes duration This film gives an insight into prison life for 174 men convicted and sentenced to death or to life imprisonment in Kyrgyzstan. The film shows that as result of efforts made by the government and prison officials in Kyrgyzstan to firmly abolish the death sentence, […]
Languages: English
Briefing
Over half a million women and girls are held in penal institutions around the world, the largest populations being in the United States, the Russian Federation and Thailand. Everywhere, women are a minority in national prison populations but their numbers are increasing in many countries. The increase in women’s imprisonment is fuelling the global trend […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French
Training
The Compendium of Comparative Prison Legislation aims to provide legislators, government officials, prison administrators and all concerned with penal reform with positive, realistic and contemporary examples of national laws from around the world. The Compendium is structured thematically, with each chapter containing extracts from relevant international and regional standards relating to the treatment of prisoners, […]
Languages: English
Training
The presence of complete, accurate and accessible prisoner files is not only a prerequisite for effective prison management and strategic planning, it is also an essential tool for ensuring the human rights of prisoners are respected and upheld. The present Handbook is aimed at those who hold the responsibility for people in custody. It demonstrates […]
Languages: English
Report
PRI and the Swedish Institute co-hosted a conference which took place in Alexandria, Egypt, in May 2008. Eminent guest speakers and participants were invited from across the Arab region. The central objective of the conference was to consolidate the prospects of a moratorium on the death penalty in those countries in the Middle East and […]
Languages: Arabic, English
Annual Report
Please contact us at info@penalreform.org is you wish to request a paper copy.
Languages: English
Report
This latest report from the Gacaca monitoring project deals with the issues surrounding testimony, evidence-giving and proof in the Gacaca courts. In effect, the whole Gacaca justice system relies on witness statements and oral accounts of events – accounts which can be distorted by the passing of time, corrupted by the desire for retribution or curtailed […]
Languages: English, French
Model for Reform
This book is a compilation of Declarations, Plans of Action and ECOSOC Resolutions which make logical, practical, humane and cost-effective recommendations for penal reform, written specifically in and for the African context. Where implemented, these can reduce the unnecessary use of imprisonment and improve access to justice, while responding to the special needs of those […]
Languages: English, French
Report
This report highlights the often forgotten vulnerability of the children of parents in prison. As part of the Women in Prison and Children of Imprisoned Mothers Series produced by the Quaker United Nations Office, the study aims to raise awareness of the particular issues faced by these groups and explore how they can be appropriately […]
Languages: English, Russian