Penal Reform International (PRI)

📢 #GlobalPrisonTrends 2025 is out now! From #voting rights to #violence, tech & the climate impact of #prisons, the report captures key global justice trends, including lived experience as a driver of #reform. By PRI and @TIJthailand. 🔗 penalreform.org/resource/globa… #BangkokRules

📢 ACHPR is now calling for info from orgs + experts working on #prison reform and #detention conditions. 👉Call for Information: achpr.au.int/fr/news/commun… 👉Implementation Committee Notice: achpr.au.int/fr/news/commun… ℹ️More info: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

#CSW70 Side Event - Access to Justice for #Women & #Girls. Join the Brazilian Public Defender's Office and CONDEGE, alongside PRI and the IACHR. 📅18 Mar-1:00 PM (EST) 🔴 Livestream link: meet.google.com/stream/545a8dd…

Distinguished participants included: Ali Elbeirir @UNODC_EA, Oliver Hope @PenalReformInt, Patience Baffoe-Bonnie #Ghana Prisons Service, Jane Kirii @kenyaprisons , representatives from @JICA Kenya, PACS Directors, and other local & international partners.

🗓️ March 12 📍 New York | As part of #CSW70, we are positioning #decarceration as part of the agenda for women’s access to justice ✊🏽⛓️💥 We will discuss release mechanisms, sentence reviews, and gender-responsive criteria aimed at reducing the use of imprisonment and addressing structural inequalities within the criminal justice system. Link in bio 🔗 👉🏽 bit.ly/CSW70_DesZoom 👉🏽 bit.ly/CSW70_DesPres

With our long-standing partnership, ICJ Kenya met with the Executive Director of @PenalReformInt Olivia Rope and the Regional Director Doreen Kyazze to reflect on our ongoing collaboration and explore areas of mutual interest within the justice sector. The team exchanged perspectives, shared updates, and reaffirmed our shared commitment to advancing principled, rights-based approaches in our work. We look forward to continued partnership and collective impact. #ICJKenya #Partnerships #JusticeSector

📢In a new expert blog for PRI, Catalina Droppelmann Roepke and Manuela Sylleros examine how #corruption in Latin American #prison systems has shifted from isolated incidents to routine practices that affect basic #humanrights. 🇪🇸penalreform.org/blog/monitorea… 🇬🇧penalreform.org/blog/monitorin…

📢New 10-point plan out now: Protecting the procedural rights of #children in the digitalisation of #justice- with a focus on remote hearings. Available in English, French, Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian 👉 Download the resource: penalreform.org/resource/10-po… #childrights #PPRO

📢📢Ahead of the 70th session of the #CSW, @VanceCenter and PRI submitted a statement on behalf of Women in Prison Network members. We call for the inclusion of #imprisoned and formerly imprisoned #women in the global #genderequality agenda. 🌐penalreform.org/news/women-in-…

📢 New resource out now 📢 Our latest resource provides the most comprehensive global analysis available on what happens after #abolition and how states can ensure that alternative sanctions respect #humanrights. 👉 penalreform.org/resource/alter… #deathpenalty

In this latest expert blog, Alexei Lakhov explains why centering lived experience is the key to bridging the gap between #drugpolicy and #prisonreform and how peer-led care can transform these systems. ➡️penalreform.org/blog/centering… #HumanRights

New report: Upholding children’s rights in remote hearings in child justice systems: Lessons from four jurisdictions (Ireland, Romania, Spain, Ukraine) 👉penalreform.org/resource/lesso… #ChildRights #DigitalJustice #ProceduralSafeguards #PPROChild #PPRO

On #HumanRightsDay, we reiterate that equality before the law is a #humanright. We continue to work to support #criminaljustice systems that truly serve every person – leaving no one behind. #LeaveNoOneBehind #sdg16plus

📢  National Roundtable in Bucharest: Upholding Children’s Rights in the Digitalisation of Justice On this year's #WorldChildrensDay, we’re sharing a milestone in our work to protect #childrights in #justicesystems. 👉Learn more: penalreform.org/news/national-… #PPROChild #HumanRights

🔔 As part of the EU-funded #PPRO-Child project, PRI, Terre des Hommes Hungary/Romania/Spain have published factsheets on remote hearings and children’s rights for #Ireland, #Romania, #Spain, #Ukraine (English + national languages). 👉Read: penalreform.org/where-we-work/… #ChildRights

🖋️New blog by @EuroPrisOrg Exec. Director, Gustav Tallving: evidence on Europe’s prison staffing crisis, recruitment, training, retention and wellbeing. Read: penalreform.org/blog/a-prison-… #PenalReform #GlobalPrisonTrends #HumanRights

📢 Global Prison Trends 2025 – Executive Summary in 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡. The 2025 edition in collaboration with @TIJthailand provides data-driven insights into developments shaping justice systems worldwide. 🔗penalreform.org/resource/globa…

This year’s theme focuses on the false sense of security created by the death penalty. Despite claims that it brings safety, evidence shows the opposite: it fails to prevent crime, it reinforces inequality, discrimination, and denies victims the dignity and support they need.

🔴 The death penalty protects no one. On the World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October), we join the global movement calling for the end of capital punishment everywhere. @WCADP #HumanRights #Justice #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty #AbolishTheDeathPenalty

📢 On the #InternationalDayOfNonViolence we highlight a milestone for women’s rights in prison: the #BangkokRules. 🔴Learn more in our report with @womenbeywalls ⬇️ 🔗 penalreform.org/resource/from-… 🔗 experiences.cleverstory.io/womens-beyond/… @DecrimPS #HumanRights #Justice

🌍 Penal Reform International is pleased to support preparations for the #WCPP, which will take place on 14–17 April 2026 in Bali, Indonesia. 📢 Registration is now open, and the 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 has been launched👉 wcpp2026.id