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Podcast: Radicalisation and de-radicalisation in prison – what should we do with violent extremist offenders?

How can prison administrations prevent the spread of radicalisation in prisons? Should violent extremist offenders be separated from the rest of prison population? How can de-radicalisation programmes in prison assist offenders to abandon extremist ideologies? Dr Shane Bryans, a former UK prison governor and expert, who has worked on prison-based deradicalisation in a number of […]

Languages: English

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Webcast: Human rights for women in detention: Panel discussion at UN Human Rights Council

This is a recording of a side-event Human Rights of Women in Detention that PRI co-organised, with DIGNITY – Danish Institute against Torture at the 26th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 17 June 2014. The event was co-sponsored by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Permanent Missions of Denmark and Chile. […]

Languages: English

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Making standards work

This is a 10-minute film by Michael Platzer and Slawomir Redo made in 2005 to mark the 50th anniversary of the UN Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners and a good introduction to the principles behind the Rules and what they have meant in practice. Includes an interview with PRI founding member and former Executive […]

Languages: English

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Podcast: Prisons – state duty or market opportunity?

Rob Allen, co-author of a recent World Bank paper on Public-Private Partnerships in Prison Construction and Management (2013), surveys the arguments and existing evidence in favour of and against the involvement of private companies in prison services. Introduced by PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber. This is the first in a series of expert blogs PRI […]

Languages: English

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Is a prison sentence always the solution?

A short animated film from PRI, looking at the damaging impact of the unnecessary use of imprisonment around the world and making the case for greater use of non-custodial measures. Other languages: Español, French, Русский, العربية, ქართული, Հայերեն

Languages: English

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If prison doesn’t work, what does? PRI 25th anniversary debate

To celebrate PRI’s 25th anniversary, on 25 April 2014 PRI welcomed Vicky Pryce, author of Prisonomics inspired by her own experience serving time in the British penal system, Olawale Fapohunda, Attorney General of Ekiti state, Nigeria, and Rob Allen, criminal justice expert and PRI associate to dicuss ‘If prison doesn’t work, what does?’. Watch a […]

Languages: English

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Women in Prison: Causes, Conditions, and Consequences Around the World

In May 2013, PRI’s Policy Director Andrea Huber represented PRI at an expert meeting convened by University of Chicago Law School, to provide guidance and feedback for a thematic report by Professor Manjoo on why women are in prison around the world, the conditions of such incarceration, and its consequences. Read our contribution to the […]

Languages: English