California’s prison gang problem: the role of prison size
Gang rule or ‘extra-legal governance’ in US prisons is linked to ever larger facilities. One way to make prisons safer and reduce the influence of gan...
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Penal Reform International (PRI) is an independent non-governmental organisation that develops and promotes fair, effective and proportionate responses to criminal justice problems worldwide.
The Dutch experience: innovating practice to support foreign national prisoners
Worldwide more than a half a million foreign nationals are detained abroad. While entitled to assistance under international law, in practice only a f...
How to build a prison compliant with human rights norms
To fill the gap between international norms and the relative lack of information on how to build a compliant prison in difficult circumstances, UNOPS ...
Nourish: thinking about food in prison
In many countries, prison food is insufficient in quantity and quality. Budgets are low (less than 0.5 USD per prisoner per day according to data rece...
The European Supervision Order for transfer of defendants: why hasn’t it worked?
Foreign national prisoners often suffer disproportionately in the criminal justice system. They may have to negotiate prison life whilst contending wi...
No prison is an island – the role of civil society in post-conflict penal reform
Restoring the justice and prison systems back to working order is an essential and often urgent task for post-conflict states. In this expert blog for...
Preventing infectious diseases in prisons: a public health and human rights imperative
The spread of infectious diseases is a serious problem in prison systems worldwide, with prisoners often many times more likely to be living with Tube...
In California’s experience, it isn’t bigger prisons that crime victims want
‘Tough on crime’ policies are often justified on the basis that putting people in prison for longer is what victims want and deserve. In 2013, Califor...
Introduction to the 'Mandela Rules' with PRI's Andrea Huber
On 22 May 2015, at the UN Crime Commission in Vienna, states agreed on a new set of prison standards – a new and updated version of the well-known and...
Failed drug policies in Latin America: the impact on prisons and human rights
In Latin America, around one third of all detainees are in jail for drug-related offences. The 'war on drugs' has had a damaging impact both on commun...