Multimedia
Published in 2005 Available in French 51 Minutes duration Shot in Benin, Kenya and Malawi ‘Freedom Inside These Walls’ provides disturbing footage of prison conditions inside these countries, which are common to many other prisons in Africa. It highlights the challenges in accessing justice faced by poor people in conflict with the law. The film […]
Languages: French
Multimedia
https://vimeo.com/36338039 Published in 2005 Available in English 18 minutes duration Food ration is the main cost after staff salaries in most prisons in Africa. Since 1998, the Malawi Prison Service has been developing prison farms in partnership with PRI, improving prison conditions and self suffiency. Seeds of Freedom demonstrates the benefits that can be achieved […]
Languages: English
Training
Published by OHCHR in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies This trainer’s guide was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in Prisons, […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Training
Version 7 PRI focuses on developing ‘models’ from good practice identified on the African continent and around the world that serve to promote penal reform in ways which practically address many of the major problems facing criminal justice agencies. This document considers a range of ‘good practices’ developed in Africa and elsewhere in reducing pre-trial […]
Languages: English
Training
This publication provides programme and advocacy experiences from member organisations of the Inter-Agency Co-ordination Panel on Juvenile Justice.
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Training
The excessive length and use of pre-trial dentention is a major cause of overcrowding in prisons worldwide. This index provides examples of good practices in reducing pre-trial detention. It is aimed at penal reformers everywhere while primarily focusing on African practices.
Languages: English, French
Report
The goal of the research programme conducted by PRI on the Gacaca jurisdictions of Rwanda since April 2001 has been to provide objective data to the national authorities in charge of the process, in an effort to support the design and implementation of these jurisdictions. This report offers a comprehensive overview of the issues raised during […]
Languages: English, French
Training
This manual was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in Prisons, series No. 11 in the OHCHR professional training series. The manual (component one of the […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian
Training
This compilation of human rights standards concerning the administration of justice was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in Prisons, series No. 11 in the OHCHR […]
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian