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Положение уязвимых групп – в местах принудительного содержания в Российской Федерации

В течение 2015 – 2016 годов PRI, совместно с членами региональных общественных наблюдательных комиссий (ОНК), провела независимый мониторинг по изучению ситуации и условий содержания в местах принудительного заключения правонарушителей с особыми нуждами (женщины, женщины с детьми, несовершеннолетние, люди с ограниченными возможностями) в 20 регионах России. Мониторинг проводился с августа по октябрь 2015 года.  Всего наблюдатели […]

Languages: Russian

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Tools and resources

We have a number of resources to support monitoring bodies, including National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs). Detention Monitoring Tool: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment This Tool was developed with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) to provide practical guidance to help monitoring bodies conduct effective visits to places of detention. The Tool contains thematic […]

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Impact evaluation: Promoting a human rights based approach towards detention in MENA (2011-2013)

From 2011-2013, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office ran a regional programme in six countries to promote the humane and fair treatment of vulnerable people in conflict with the law. The programme was funded by the Swedish International Cooperation Development Agency (SIDA). Evaluated in Summer 2014, this impact evaluation assesses the following three intended […]

Languages: English

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Key facts

The UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, published in July 2019, documents at least 410,000 children detained in remand centres and prisons every year, with an estimated 1 million children held every year in police custody. The age at which children can be held criminally responsible (minimum age of criminal responsibility – ‘MCAR’) […]

Annual Report

Annual Report 2021

PRI’s Annual Report outlines the impact of our work and achievements in 2021 nationally, regionally and internationally. Highlights in 2021 included: Publication of the Global Prison Trends 2021, in partnership with the Thailand Institute of Justice (our annual flagship publication); 17 expert blogs, covering topics from period poverty in prison to corporal punishment in penal systems, […]

Languages: English

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Estonia

Alternatives to punishment for women who use drugs  (Rule 61, Chapter 1) Initiated in 2018, the SÜTIK programme in Estonia enables police officers to refer people who use drugs who have committed a drug-related offence to a support person, as an alternative to punishment. There is a 24/7 hotline to facilitate referrals by police officers […]

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Conditions in African prisons are some of the poorest in the world. High rates of pre-trial detention and the overuse of prison sentences for minor offences contribute to severe overcrowding, with many prisons holding up to twice their official capacity. Prisons lack sanitation and access to proper medical care, and provide few rehabilitative programmes, educational […]

Annual Report

Annual Report 2019

PRI’s Annual Report outlines the impact of our work and achievements in 2019 nationally, regionally and internationally. Highlights in 2019 included: Publication of the Global Prison Trends Report 2019, in partnership with the Thailand Institute of Justice (our annual flagship publication); PRI celebrated its 30th anniversary and launched its 2020-2023 strategy, alongside its new visual profile, which itself […]

Languages: English

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Key facts

As of the end of 2020, 69 of 194 UN member states criminalise consensual same sex acts, with six United Nations (UN) member states imposing the death penalty. At least 34 UN member states have legal provisions that restrict freedom of expression on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and at least 41 […]