Resources listing

Model for Reform

Gender-sensitive community service and probation: Model for Reform

The model for reform documents the overall experiences and findings of a pioneering, multifaceted project that focused on the experiences of women completing non-custodial sentences in Kenya. It lays out 10 key steps to take when replicating the project in an international context, in order to introduce a gender-sensitive approach to non-custodial sentences.

Languages: English

Annual Report

PRI’s Annual Report 2016

PRI’s Annual Report 2016 outlines the impact of our work and achievements over the past year. Highlights in 2016 included: Continued global promotion of the Nelson Mandela Rules (the revised Standard Minimum Rules for the treatment of prisoners), with our regional offices holding workshops and training on the rules in a number of countries. In collaboration with the UK […]

Languages: English

Training

Handbooks for probation in Tunisia

These Handbooks for NGOs, lawyers and judges were developed within a project on probation in Tunisia, funded by the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). The ‘NGO Handbook on Probation and Crime Prevention’ follows up on a series of training workshops and debates on the importance of restorative justice and alternative sanctions for […]

Languages: English

Briefing

The UNGASS Outcome Document – Opportunities for promoting criminal justice reform

This joint advocacy note has been prepared by PRI with the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) for the 26th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (22 to 26 May 2017). In the note, IDPC and PRI identify key aspects of the 2016 UNGASS on drugs Outcome Document that are relevant to the work […]

Languages: English

Report

Global Prison Trends 2017

PRI has launched its annual flagship publication, Global Prison Trends 2017, at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Global Prison Trends 2017 is the third edition in our annual Global Prison Trends series, which identifies topical developments and challenges in criminal justice and prison policy and practice. It is published in collaboration with the Thailand […]

Languages: English

Training

Workbook on Women in detention: putting the UN Bangkok Rules on women prisoners into practice

This training resource has been designed to support stakeholders to put the UN Bangkok Rules on women offenders and prisoners into practice. It draws on global good practice and research findings to provide practical guidance, using exercises and case studies. At the end of the ten modules, you will have the tools and knowledge to design […]

Languages: English

Model for Reform

On probation – models of good practice for alternatives to prison

This resource pack aims to provide guidance about how non-custodial sanctions and probation can be established in countries which do not have them and extended in those countries which do. It draws both on the available academic and other literature available, together with PRI’s experience of working with government partners, most recently in Eastern Europe, […]

Languages: English

Briefing

Community service and probation for women: Lessons and recommendations based on a study in Kenya

This briefing draws on research from Kenya and other studies on women in the criminal justice system to outline lessons and recommendations on designing and implementing community service and probation for women, in line with the UN Bangkok Rules. The research in Kenya looked at the existing system and experiences of women serving community sanctions. Read […]

Languages: English, Swahili

Report

Final evaluation: Excellence in Training on Rehabilitation in Africa (ExTRA)

This final evaluation reports on the results achieved and lessons learned in PRI’s two-year ExTRA Project – Excellence in Training on Rehabilitation in Africa which concluded in Summer 2016 and was funded by the UK Government (UKAID). The ExTRA project was a pilot initiative, which focused on developing community service as an alternative to short-term prison sentences for petty offences […]

Languages: English

Report

Community service and probation for women: a study in Kenya

Community sanctions are often a much better option for women than a prison sentence, but like many other aspects of criminal justice systems, it is usually set up with male offenders in mind, paying little attention to the reality of women’s lives. This report produced in partnership with the Kenya Probation and Aftercare Service examines the […]

Languages: English