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August 2022
 
 
 
Latest news and updates from PRI

Spotlight:
Transgender people and HIV in prisons

Transgender people often experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination in criminal justice systems. This criminalisation and marginalisation can lead to greater vulnerability to and risk of long-term mental and physical health issues, including increased risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and experience of sexual assault.

This month, UNODC together with WHO, UNAIDS, UNDP, and PRI, published a new technical brief with guiding principles and targeted interventions to support countries to reduce the risk of HIV infection and transmission among, and ensure adequate and accessible health care for, transgender people deprived of liberty. 
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Global Prison Trends 2022 Executive summary in more languages 
With all the key facts and figures from Global Prison Trends 2022, the Executive summary is now available in English, Russian and German. A set of 11 infographics which can be used on social media and elsewhere can also be downloaded in all three languages. 
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Papers on countering violent extremism in Central Asian prisons in more languages
A series of resources, first published in Russian in 2019 as part of a project on countering radicalisation and violent extremism in prisons in Central Asia through religious dialogue and reintegration programmes, are now also available in Uzbek and Karakalpak:

New blog

Funding torture prevention monitoring bodies: An explainer
"Funding is at the heart of NPM independence and a central part of states’ legal obligations to prevent torture." In this blog, Ben Buckland from the Association for the Prevention of Torture examines the elements of financial independence for National Preventive Mechanisms, and trends and challenges faced by these essential torture prevention bodies.
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New blog
Public opinion: barrier to death penalty abolition?
Global Prison Trends 2022 sets out progress and setbacks towards abolition of the death penalty over the past year. In the second expert blog of our series examining trends identified in the report, Mai Sato, Director of Eleos Justice at Monash University, considers the role of public opinion as a barrier to abolition and dispells common objections.
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Vacancy
Research and Policy Assistant

PRI is recruiting a Research and Policy Assistant (six-month fixed term contract) to start in October 2022, based in London, UK (hybrid office and home-based) or the Netherlands (home-based). Deadline for applications is Wednesday 31 August 2022. See full details and how to apply. 
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Enhancing the role of the female police in Yemen

PRI is pleased to launch the second phase of our project to enhance the role of the female police in Yemen, supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands. Our aim is to improve access to justice for women and their children and maintain peace and security in Yemen through the meaningful participation of female police officers.

As well as specialised training for female police to respond to the emerging needs and challenges of women, we will support the Ministry of Interior and the Police to employ effective, gender-responsive methods to prevent, respond to and investigate crimes that involve women.
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Supporting civil society’s role in justice reform in Algeria

PRI has been supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Algeria to implement a two-year project to empower local civil society organisations to support justice sector reform and promote human rights. PRI will work to provide technical support to both justice sector stakeholders (the police and judiciary) and local NGOs to build their capacities around international standards for the administration of justice, justice reform methods and priorities, and enhance coordination between all actors.
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Roundtable on alternatives to imprisonment in Hungary

In July, part of our EU-funded project to promote non-discriminatory alternatives to imprisonment across Europe, PRI and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee held a roundtable discussion on non-custodial sanctions and measures. At the Hungarian Bar Association offices in Budapest, a lively discussion took place between criminal justice professionals on the opportunities and barriers for using and implementing alternatives to imprisonment in the markedly punitive national context. 
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Immersive training for Central African prison managers

This month, as part of PRI's support to enhance the professionalisation of the prison administration in CAR, a delegation of three Central African prison managers arrived in Senegal for a 40-day professional immersion course. Their training will focus, among other things, on prison security, organisation, and the management of prison production. This South-South learning is supported by MINUSCA and the Ministry of Justice. 
PRI needs your support

People in prisons around the world continue to be left behind and often experience violence, neglect and human rights violations. Our practical reform approach continues to challenge and overturn policies that lead to prison overcrowding. We tirelessly work to improve conditions of detention, engaging a wide range of stakeholders. Our work is critical in seeing long-term sustainable reforms so that human rights of the millions of people in prison or in conflict with the law are not forgotten and supported. To continue to do this, we need your support. A donation from you today will allow us to continue our leadership and innovation in the criminal justice system. Thank you. 
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