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Spotlight:
Women in prison trained in business skills receive startup capital in Uganda
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On 13 June, 26 women from Mbale Women's Prison were certified in small business management. The women, who had completed one month's training in business development, entrepreneurship and strategic business planning, also received startup capital ranging from Shs3m to Shs7m, to launch their own business to support themselves and their families upon release.
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At the ceremony, one of the beneficiaries said, "When I was arrested and convicted, I lost everything I had, including my job. I am now happy that upon my release, I will have the capital to start a small business for myself and I know I will make it.”
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This support was provided as part of PRI's FATE project (From Access to Equality) funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Corrections staff trained in building maintenance in CAR
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As part of PRI's technical support to the Penitentiary Service in Central African Republic (CAR) and funded by MINUSCA, PRI organised training in plumbing and electricity for eight prison officers including six women, at the Lycée Technique de Bangui.
The training will run for three months, aiming to improve security of the prison environment and professionalisation of prison personnel, one of the five components of the National Strategy for the Demilitarization of Penitentiary Institutions, implemented by PRI.
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The impact of rising food prices on food security in Lebanese prisons: The case of Qobbeh Prison in Tripoli
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Economic crisis and the rising cost of living are having a serious impact on people in prison, with many prisons unable to provide basic necessities including adequate nutrition. In this expert blog, Pascale Bafitos, Detention Program Director at Restart Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture, describes the impact in Qobbeh Prison in Lebanon. |
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More prisons, further away: a closer look at the expanding global prison estate
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Global Prison Trends 2022 highlighted significant investment in new or expanding prison facilities in many countries, often as a result of rising prison populations and corresponding prison overcrowding, with new prison constructions increasing in scale as well as geographical remoteness. In the first of our new blog series examining trends identified in the report, Edith Riegler delves deeper and explores issues around prison planning and location.
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Marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26 June 2022, a group of UN human rights experts representing 12 UN Special Procedures called on the international community to bring an end to the so-called “war on drugs” and promote drug policies that are firmly anchored in human rights.
The statement notes the far-reaching negative implications for the widest range of human rights, particularly for the world’s most vulnerable people, and the urgent need to "replace punishment with support and promote policies that respect, protect and fulfil the rights of all communities.”
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PRI at the UN Human Rights Council 50th session
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The 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council is ongoing in Geneva since 13 June until tomorrow, 8 July 2022.
Over the past weeks, we have seen calls to, among other things, reform punitive drug policies and promote health and harm reduction measures in prisons (High Commissioner for Human Rights), address structural gender-based violence by police and in custodial settings (Special Rapporteur on the right to health), and implement the Bangkok Rules to provide adequate sanitary materials for women in prison (Chair of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls).
PRI made the following oral statements at the Council, raising the rights of people in prisons and criminal justice systems:
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Panel discussion on good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
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Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights in Central African Republic
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Panel discussion on the human rights of people in vulnerable situations in the context of climate change
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