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Spotlight: Global Prison Trends 2022
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This month, PRI published our annual report, Global Prison Trends 2022, together with the Thailand Institute of Justice, with new research exposing how the global prison capacity keeps expanding with alarming investment - and bigger, more remote prisons. Covering 22 topics relating to the use of imprisonment, prison populations and prison management, the report documents the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including restrictions and staff shortages. It also highlights how millions of people in prison daily are affected by limited access to water and sanitation, changing climate conditions, and inhumane conditions of detention in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
For more data and analysis, see the full report, the executive summary, and infographics available for download.
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At the online launch event for Global Prison Trends 2022, Hon. Justice Imani Daud Aboud, President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, stressed that across the globe, imprisonment is overused with prisons remaining a low political priority. We heard from human rights and prison experts who reflected on the myriad of challenges that prisons are facing in these times. In case you missed it, you can see the full programme and watch the recording here.
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Human rights training for women in Uganda
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In Uganda this month, PRI, with financial support from the EU, organised a two-day awareness raising seminar on human rights for women from Obongi District who have experienced domestic violence, imprisonment, or those at risk of coming into contact with the law.
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Vocational training in Central African Republic
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Since 2020, as part of our work in CAR, PRI has organised trainings to support the social reintegration of people in prison. This month, people detained in Ngaragba central prison in Bangui have used the skills acquired through vocational training they received in carpentry, plumbing and electricity to completely renovate a room in the main building of the prison, which will allow for an extension of the prison infirmary to improve the quality of healthcare services provided.
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PRI's Board meets in London
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After over two years of virtual meetings, PRI’s Board gathered in person in London this month, joined by many of our heads of programmes. Over three days, staff and Board members reflected on PRI’s far-reaching work and achievements, engaged in co-learning activities and laid the groundwork for the development of PRI’s next strategy.
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PRI at the UN Crime Commission
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On 16-20 May 2022, the 31st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) was held in Vienna, Austria and online. PRI and partners co-organised two side events - in case you missed them, you can watch the recordings below.
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At the side event on ' Prisons in crisis: Conflict, climate change and COVID-19' on 19 May, experts and practitioners from around the world discussed this 'triple threat of crises' which prison systems are facing. Panelists shared their insights on the situation in prisons amidst the conflict in Ukraine; the impact of natural disasters like recent ‘super typhoons’ on prisons in the Philippines, lessons learned from the pandemic on good governance in prisons in Kenya and more. |
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On 20 May, a side event on ' Decisive action to reform laws that criminalise poverty and status' brought together state, UN, and civil society actors to kick-start a year of action to decriminalise poverty and status. There were clear calls for an international meeting of experts, a resolution at the Crime Commission, and international partnerships to support states to address common ways in which poor and marginalised people are criminalised worldwide. |
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