Training
“Prisoners are sent to prison AS punishment, and not FOR punishment.” Exposing prisoners to often fatal diseases is not part of their sentences and is unacceptable. HIV/AIDS are a more concentrated and aggressive threat in prisons than outside, and prisons are serving as foci for the development of high levels of drug-resistant communicable diseases. This […]
Languages: English
Briefing
In an important step towards reforming prison policies in Kenya, a Roundtable Conference on Prison Policy was held in Nyeri, Kenya, from 14-16 October 2001, organised by the Government of Kenya and PRI with the support of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. This briefing provides a summary of the conference proceedings […]
Languages: English
Training
This handbook presents an overview of the UN rules on prison conditions and treatment of prisoners and explains their value and meaning for prison policy and practice, in order to promote further implementation of recognised international rules. It has been written for those working with prisoners or responsible for their care and treatment: prison policy-makers, prison […]
Languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Russian, Spanish
Model for Reform
This publication is based on a study written by Joanna Stevens for Penal Reform International in December 1998, entitled Traditional and Informal Justice Systems in Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean. This publication focuses primarily on traditional and informal justice systems in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting the wealth of material available from the region in contrast […]
Languages: English
Model for Reform
The Commonwealth Caribbean Human Rights Seminar took place from 12-14 September 2000 in Belize City, Belize, and was attended by delegates from the Commonwealth region and beyond. Important topics addressed at the conference include legal aid and access to justice, evolving international attitudes towards the death penalty, gender and equal treatment under the law and […]
Languages: English
Briefing
An international conference, Alternatives to imprisonment in Kazakhstan, was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 27-30 October 1999. The conference focused on implementing and improving the effectiveness of criminal sanctions that do not involve imprisonment. Subjects discussed included alternatives to pre-trial detention and custodial sentences, conditional early release, restorative justice and alternatives in relation to minors. The conference […]
Languages: English
Training
In December 1999 the Kampala workshop on ‘Health in African Prisons’ gathered together about 80 people from all over Africa and the world to share their experiences. Practitioners, Heads of Prison Services, researchers and NGOs have worked together to gather information and suggest new directions in this field. Together the 80 delegates elaborated and adopted […]
Languages: English, French
Report
HIV transmission and the care of prisoners with HIV/AIDS in African prisons is of serious concern, but our understanding is limited. This report aims to address this obstacle and inform on the situation of HIV transmission and the care of prisoners with HIV/AIDS in Malawi prisons. The research was conducted for PRI by Dorothy Jolofani […]
Languages: English
Model for Reform
the Kampala Declaration on Health in Prisons in Africa was adopted by the participants at the Kampala Workshop on Prison Health, held in Kampala, Uganda, on 12-13 December 1999. The declaration outlines some of the structural problems and general conditions of detention that negatively impact on prisoners’ health and recommends measures to betaken by governments, […]
Languages: English, French
Model for Reform
In April 1999, representatives from fifty countries in all five continents met in Surrey, England to consider A New Approach for Penal Reform in a New Century. Government ministers and officials, parliamentarians, judges and representatives of international, regional and national nongovernmental organisations concerned with penal reform and human rights discussed the role of the criminal […]
Languages: English, Farsi, French, Pashto, Spanish