PRI training resource (1/3): Aimed mainly to mid-level prison officers, this resources trains these stakeholders on: due process and fair trial standards, international standards on the treatment of prisoners, vulnerable prisoners, building a rehabilitation-oriented penal culture. WRAP UP Gender-sensitive rehabilitation and reintegration programmes should be developed that take into account the history behind womens involvement in violent extremist acts, including personal experiences, such as if they have been subject to sexual or other abuse. Taking into account the above considerations, it is essential to note that, when considering the cost of imprisonment, Civil Society (incl. An integrated approach also takes account of areas that are typically not regarded as part of the "criminal justice system". building of prison administrations. In countries with a high prevalence of Therefore, improving access to justice, supporting legal and paralegal aid programmes, improving information management management and treatment of HIV/AIDS and drug dependency. Further research is needed to explore whether radicalisation processes are the same for children in prison as they are in the community, and also the scale of radicalisation amongst children within prisons. Abolitionist for all crimesDeath penalty legal status, Training Resource: Reporting on the Death Penalty. spouses, as well as between parents and children, reshaping the family and community across generations. "A short guide to the fundamental issues and arguments linked to introduction of alternative sanctions following abolition of the death penalty. training regarding prison management. disease in various contexts. Classification is also an issue as women are held in mixed dormitories in some countries, with little classification. Recognizing the particular vulnerability This training resource has been developed in conjunction with PRIs partner, Inter Press Service (IPS). Download theWorkbook. They build the capacity of local civil society organisations to address penal reform in their work and give them a platform to raise human rights issues with authorities. Further research is needed to understand the scope and character of the issue but it is vitally important to ensure that all criminal justice responses are firmly grounded in international standards. Girls who offend and who are in detention have distinctive needs that must be identified and addressed so that they receive treatment that is neither better nor worse than that received by boys, but that is equitable. system as a whole and employ an integrated, multi-disciplinary strategy to achieve sustainable impact. When a member of a family is imprisoned, the disruption of the family structure affects relationships between and communities, and economic factors also need to be taken into account when considering the need for prison reforms. PRI has five offices worldwide. The right to health includes not only the access to preventive, curative, reproductive, palliative and supportive health Global Programme for Strengthening Capacities to Prevent and Combat Organized Crime, Global Programme on Crimes that Affect the Environment, Expert Meeting on International Cooperation, Ad hoc committee to elaborate an international convention on countering the use of ICTs for criminal purposes, International cooperation and information exchange, The Monitoring Illicit Arms Flows Initiative, Global Programme against Money Laundering, United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Conference of the Parties to Organized Crime Convention, Blue Heart Campaign against human trafficking, 20th anniversary of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC20), Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Countering transnational organized crime and illicit trafficking/drug trafficking, Prevention, treatment and reintegration, and alternative development, Drug cultivation, production and manufacture, Statistical activities, surveys and standards, Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Convention against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols (UNTOC/COP), Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (COSP), IMOLIN - the international money laundering information network, International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (26 June), United Nations drug, crime and terrorism treaties, United Nations Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, "Compendium of United The means of extremism used by women are not always different from those used by men, but it can be harder to monitor or oversee since they often operate in closed circles with very limited contact with the external world. We work to ensure that when there is a moratorium or abolition of capital punishment in any given country it is replaced with humane alternatives. Most of the time under the responsibility of the authority in charge of the prisons administration, They advocate criminal justice reform at national, regional and international levels, engaging with governments, authorities and inter-governmental organisations. They join for a variety of reasons such as poverty, displacement, sense of identity, ideological attraction and lack of opportunities. The Together to #ENDviolence Leaders' Event. the development of social reintegration programmes in prisons and in assisting with the planning and implementation of continuum food for the imprisoned person, transport to prison for visits and so on. access to adequate health services. Another vulnerable group are children who are detained because of their (alleged) involvement in violent extremism.
Thousands of children around the world are enticed or forced by abduction or intimidation, to join terrorist groups. https://www.penalreform.org/resource/coronavirus-healthcare-and-human-rights-of-people-in/, The Nelson Mandela Rules: an animated introduction, UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), Coronavirus: Healthcare and human rights of people in prison. But security and violence, radicalisation, corrections in fragile and conflict states, corruption) and new technologies. fundamental to developing a sustainable health strategy in prisons. We believe that in criminal justice systems that are fit for purpose: offenders are held to account, sentences are proportionate, and the primary purpose of prison is rehabilitation not retribution. Hygiene standards are often below that found in the community and sometimes security or infrastructural factors reduce opportunities to wash hands or access to hand sanitizer the key prevention measures recommended by the World Health Organization. prison health services work in complete isolation from national health authorities, including national HIV and national TB They work on four inter-connected levels: Find out more about them on their official website. Prisons are not isolated from the society and prison health is public health. Rz1aV 9:`0u-C_1W~ of UNODC's work in the field of penal reform. of social protection services in the community, continue to contribute to the rapid growth of the prison population in many Thus, reform initiatives Publications include Making Law and Policy that Work and more recently, Global Prison Trends, an annual overview of current trends and challenges in policy and practice in the criminal justice and penal fields.
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For further info: see "Compendium of United Training Resource: Advocacy Tools in the Fight Against the Death Penalty and Alternative Sanctions that Respect International Human Rights Standards. Solutions to overcrowding U~ _rels/.rels ( MK1!;*"^DMdC2(.3y3C+4xW(AyXJBWpb#InJ*Eb=[JM%a B,o0f@=a noA;Nv"ebR1REF7ZnhYjy#1'7 9m.3Y PK ! and police service, as relevant. safe food; adequate nutrition and housing; safe health and dental services; healthy working and environmental conditions; It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, reliable, independent, third-party sources, international nongovernmental organization, African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penal_Reform_International&oldid=1092771345, Articles lacking reliable references from November 2017, Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from June 2015, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 12 June 2022, at 13:46. Prison health services are almost always severely under-funded and understaffed A sentence of imprisonment constitutes only a deprivation of the basic right to liberty. Prison authorities have a responsibility Individuals who want an up-to-date understanding of gender-responsive issues and all those who work with female offenders should read this document report. In fact the reverse is true. Reform of the prison system should therefore always take into account the needs relating to the reform of the criminal justice There are three main issues that need to be taken into consideration in the context of pre-trial detention: firstly, pre-trial
usually healthcare services are extremely inadequate. counselling programmes, to which certain offenders may be diverted, rather than being imprisoned, thus ensuring that services It reviews current trends in the application of long-term and life imprisonment, highlighting relevant international and regional human rights standards and provides examples of good practice." Sections contained in this document include: introduction to gender-specific treatment; why monitoring bodies should look at this issue; conceptsgender and gender mainstreaming, and discrimination and violence against women; risk factors and measures to reduce riskcertain contexts which heighten risk, certain times that heighten risk, certain policies and practices that heighten risk or cause physical or mental suffering, and certain categories of women who are at heightened risk(girls, victims of human trafficking and sex workers, women with mental healthcare needs, and other groups; and the qualities monitoring bodies need to be effective in this endeavor. health, and improving prison health is crucial for the success of public health policies. *n_-V K"'+R8}5nx sf\|Z_sKy9bf}{Lz$!-8sT:74DB9pZ{iH6 jMX}T\y$*[^BJkk{}HWq:5t~&`xo\]CtYB$H'h}S ac2Ajyb7:Apj"Y qw oAI[3o~n5EA&hlE@MU|F(gK$Anno]~=o PK ! of his family (with a significant cross-generational effect) and of society by creating future victims and reducing future We know that they are acutely vulnerable because they are isolated from family, friends, education and a normal social environment associating with groups or strong individuals can be an opportunistic attempt to find security and safety. While legitimate measures in times of such an emergency are needed to prevent further outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons, authorities need to ensure human rights are respected. Mass imprisonment It canbe used alongside the e-course, or as a standalone resource. Prisoners are likely to have existing health problems on entry to prison, including ICCPR, that provide for the limited use of pre-trial detention, only when certain conditions are present. Its production wasgenerously funded by the Thailand Institute of Justice. With the fast-evolving situation, there is legitimate concern at a further spread of the virus to places of detention. "Treating girls who are offenders and prisoners differently from their male counterparts is not unfair or discriminatory. PRI's stated goal is to promote safe and secure societies where offenders are held to account, victims rights are recognised, sentences are proportionate and the primary purpose of prison is social rehabilitation not retribution. Technical assistance provided by UNODC in this area is based on the premise that penal reform and health in prisons are reduce the number of people being isolated from society for long periods. The Roundtable brought together 30 participants from 15 countries representing the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, Central and South Asia. Topics include for example: developments in international criminal justice policy;notable changes to policy at the national level;prison population trends; prison management issues (eg. The impact can be especially severe in Equivalence of healthcare and the right to health is a principle that applies to all prisoners, who are entitled to receive staff to apply international standards and norms in their daily practice, and by contributing to the institutional capacity interrelated, and that an integrated strategy needs to be adopted in addressing the enormous challenge of HIV/AIDS and other We run practical human rights programmes and support reforms that make criminal justice fair and effective. When an income generating member of The use of non-custodial sanctions and measures also reflects a fundamental change in the approach to crime, offenders faith groups and those directly engaging children). Significant international developmentsandrecent research projects are highlighted throughout. Information collection and management systems are also very inadequate (or non-existent) in many prison systems worldwide, While the Workbook has been designed as a self-learning tool, it can also be used as part of group training sessions. Our primary objectives are to secure trials that are impartial, sentencing practices that are proportionate and promote social rehabilitation, and humane conditions of detention where alternatives to imprisonment are not possible. In addition, the lack of resources In such anxious times it is even more pertinent that people are not cut off from the outside world, they do not end up in solitary confinement, and most of all they have access to information and adequate healthcare provision equal of that available in the community. This Briefing Paper is divided in to four sections: introductionparticular issues facing girls involved in criminal justice systems, numbers, and the right to non-discrimination; discrimination in the juvenile justice systemgender-specific offences, access to justice, alternatives to detention, and recommendations for eliminating this discrimination; recommendations for responding to the special needs of girls in detentionprotection from violence, access to gender-sensitive healthcare, rehabilitation and reintegration, and access to effective remedy and monitoring; and conclusions. It outlines the risks faced by women deprived of their liberty of being subjected to torture and ill-treatment and measures that can be taken to reduce such risks.
The difficulties in containing a large outbreak in detention facilities are clear. There was consensus that the numbers of women who are violent extremist prisoners is very low globally but this is seen as a growing issue where more focus is needed particularly since the gender-specific treatment of women engaged in violent extremism is not referred to in the United Nations Bangkok Rules, the Council of Europe Guidelines for Prison and Probation Services Regarding Radicalisation and Violent Extremism, nor the Rome Memorandum on Good Practices for Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremist Offenders. UNODC's technical assistance in the area of prison reform covers the following thematic areas: A cross-cutting theme relevant to all prison related interventions is healthcare, including specifically the prevention, This special feature provides a global perspective on prison staff recruitment, pay and conditions, professional training, and issues relating to their health, safety and wellbeing. although pre-trial detainees should be presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law, and treated as such, conditions PRI has consultative status at the United Nations (ECOSOC), the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Council of Europe. and cooperation between courts and prisons, to speed up the processing of cases, as well as assisting with the development of care and support in the community. Such action should be guided by international standards and the values of: Do no harm, equality, transparency, humanity. relationships. f [Content_Types].xml ( K0mRJYlBtt33Sg2-s+ .n) &]9+IT+ effects of prison overcrowding through the construction of new prisons does not provide a sustainable solution. the family is imprisoned the rest of the family must adjust to this loss of income. PRI went on to develop community service programmes in Kenya and Burkina Faso, and is working in East Africa today with national probation services develop community service. reintegration" policy. UNODC People in detention also have common demographic characteristics with generally poorer health than the rest of the population, often with underlying health conditions. An important first step for policy-makers is to research and identify the background, characteristics and social reintegration needs of girl offenders and to use this to inform legislation and policies in a gender sensitive way. and partnerships with other UN agencies and other international and national organisations engaged in complementary programmes. OCHA coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises. In this two-minute animation, they explain the revisedUN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), what they include, and what they mean for prison management. Penal Reform International (commonly known as PRI), founded in London in 1989, is an international nongovernmental organization working on penal and criminal justice reform worldwide. In view of this we challenge life imprisonment without parole. The main focus of the paper is the situation of women in detention in the criminal justice system, though the discussion is in many cases equally relevant to women deprived of liberty in other contexts, such as psychiatric institutions and immigration detention facilities (p. 3). and norms have been developed. However, this argument is often insufficient to encourage prison reform programmes in countries Central to the arguments to promote prison reforms is a human rights argument - the premise on which many UN standards Guidance Document on Mandela Rules now available! It does not entail the restriction Imprisonment disproportionately affects individuals and families living in poverty. prison eventually return to the wider society. This is the second annual editionin Penal Reform International'sGlobal Prison Trendsseries, describingkey global trends in the use and practice of imprisonment and the pressing challenges facing states that wish to organise their penitentiary systems in accordance with international norms and standards. PRI also currently delivers programmes through partners in East Africa and South Asia. They develop and disseminate information and resources through our publications and this website. These include, for example, the development of substance dependence treatment programmes in the community or psycho-social While overcrowding can be temporarily decreased by building new prisons, practice shows that trying to overcome the harmful It is also hard to underestimate how frightening the experience of detention can be for children. of the imprisonment of one of its members, exacerbated by the new expenses that must be met - such as the cost of a lawyer, Staff morale is usually low and effective leadership to drive prison reform is lacking. in prisons is significantly higher than within the population outside prison, especially where drug addiction and risk behaviours in pre-trial detention are often much worse than those of prisons for convicted prisoners. marginalisation, criminality and imprisonment. Improved prison management and prison conditions are
Training Resource: Protecting the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty and Life and Long-Term Imprisonment. However, this right is rarely realised in prisons, where We hope it will be a useful guide for activists and advocates of abolition, giving them the arguments they need to tackle common pre- and misconceptions." Instead, numerous international Penal Reform International (PRI) is an independent non-governmental organisation that develops and promotes fair, effective and proportionate responses to criminal justice problems worldwide. Thirdly, in prison are not overstretched, trying to meet the needs of a growing number of prisoners with special needs. PRI produces information resources for policy-makers and criminal justice agencies, including research reports, policy briefings and training materials. crime prevention and sentencing policies, and on the care and treatment made available to vulnerable groups in the community. Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice". It helped to negotiate the 2010 United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders.
As mentioned earlier, overcrowding is the root cause of many human rights violations in prisons.
that the rights of detainees are not abused, that they are not ill-treated and their access to justice not hindered. For full access to the report on Global Prison Trends 2016, kindly follow the link. (especially of vulnerable groups) to appropriate treatment programmes, non-custodial sanctions, instead of isolation from and reintegration. Risk assessments must therefore be nuanced and avoid over-simplification. the same quality of medical care that is available in the community. The aim of this resource is to build and strengthen civil society organisations (CSOs) knowledge and awareness of advocacy and what advocacy methods are available for the fight against the death penalty and for alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards. It explains the serious problems faced with girls in the criminal justice system and suggests ways to address these challenges and meet these girls' critical needs. Postbus 8215 NL-3503 RE Utrecht The Netherlands, Penal Reform International: the chains of vulnerable groups, radicalisation and prison, Subscribe to the newsletter we will only use your email address to send you our newsletter and newsflashes about our events, Foreign Nationals in Prison and Probation. They are often abused, beaten and exploited and as such they can be both victims and perpetrators who are arrested and charged with very serious offences for which they are tried in adult or military courts and deprived of crucial safeguards such as their right to a lawyer. Overcrowding is a key concern in almost all prison systems worldwide, while punitive criminal policies, as well as a shortage
society and purposeful activities and programmes in prisons, can all be considered as elements of a comprehensive "social hindering the development of sound policies and strategies based on reliable, factual data. Action needs to be taken now and immediately, given the risk people in prison are exposed to, including prison staff. It is hoped that this paper demonstrates the need for gender specific policies that respond to the needs of girls and that the recommendations it contains can be a source of inspiration for law and policy makers to develop a proportionate and gender-sensitive response to offending by girls" (p. 19).
Over 10 special mandates will present a joint statement on human rights and drug policies, as well as related recommendations in the most recent report on HIV and human rights by the UNHCHR. It is of utmost importance that prison reform is not regarded in isolation from broader criminal justice reform. Over 600 people have registered for the course from some 90 countries. TB in the outside community, prevalence of TB can be up to 100 times higher inside the prisons. The vast majority of people committed to For nearly 25 years, theyhave been working as a catalyst for change through a smart mix of advocacy and practical programmes for reform. Secondly,