Report
This report focuses on the cases involving property offences committed during the genocide. Such cases are complex due to the varying degrees of responsibility: did the perpetrators engage in the looting of an abandoned home as a means of survival or were they involved in the organised and systematic destruction of property to eliminate all […]
Languages: English, French
Briefing
The prevalence of disease, malnutrition, mental illness and general ill health among the global prison population provides overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence that prisons are bad for your health. For many, imprisonment is marked by the deterioration in health and well-being– in some cases it is tantamount to a death sentence. The causes of poor prisoner […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian
Model for Reform
Eighty delegates from Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, representing state institutions, law enforcement bodies, academic circles and civil society organisations, were invited by PRI to meet in Gomel, Republic of Belarus from 11 to 13 October 2007 to discuss problems relating to the execution of criminal punishments for women. The Gomel Declaration on the […]
Languages: English, Russian
Model for Reform
As part of PRI’s Middle East and North Africa Office programme, a regional roundtable was held in Amman in February 2007 to assess and evaluate the state of juvenile justice in six Arab Countries (Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Yemen, and Jordan). The objectives of the meeting were to set a strategy for the effective implementation […]
Languages: Arabic, English
Report
In this book, criminal justice practitioners from around the world explore practical ways of delivering legal aid in criminal justice matters to the poorest sectors of African and other developing societies. They articulate a broad and inclusive definition of legal aid, call on governments, in partnership with civil society, to provide legal aid at all […]
Languages: English, French
Training
This is the second edition of a training manual originally produced in 2002. The manual has been entirely rewritten to incorporate interactive learning and forum theatre techniques. This 2007 edition runs 20 modules and also has a useful section containing a summary of several games and interactive learning methods. It is intended as a tool for […]
Languages: English
Report
This report focuses on community service, a sentence issued by the Gacaca Courts which can replace up to half of the prison sentence for those perpetrators of genocide who voluntarily confessed to their actions. Community service is intended to be an opportunity for the perpetrators to provide practical help and assistance to the victims and their […]
Languages: English, French
Report
PRI carried out a series of interviews in 2006-2007 with prison personnel dealing with lifers in five Russian penal colonies. The interviews are available in Russian.
Languages: Russian
Annual Report
Please contact info@penalreform.org if you wish to request a paper copy.
Languages: English
Briefing
This briefing examines the use of life imprisonment worldwide, including the increasing trend of life imprisonment without the possibility of release, or life without parole (LWOP). Emerging trends indicate an increase in the number of offences carrying the sanction of life imprisonment, a greater prevalence of indeterminate sentencing, a reduction in the use of parole, […]
Languages: English, French, Russian