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📢 #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 the Thailand Institute of Justice.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/glo...
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 the Thailand Institute of Justice.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/glo...
Reposted by Penal Reform International
@penalreformint.bsky.social ile birlikte yürüttüğümüz, Avrupa Birliği tarafından desteklenen projemiz kapsamında Uluslararası Hapishane Standartları ve Özel İhtiyaçlı Mahpusların Hakları Atölyesi'ni gerçekleştirdik.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@penalreformint.bsky.social ile birlikte yürüttüğümüz, Avrupa Birliği tarafından desteklenen projemiz kapsamında Uluslararası Hapishane Standartları ve Özel İhtiyaçlı Mahpusların Hakları Atölyesi'ni gerçekleştirdik.
📢 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: www.penalreform.org/news/nationa...
#PPROChild #HumanRights
👉 Learn more: www.penalreform.org/news/nationa...
#PPROChild #HumanRights
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📢 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: www.penalreform.org/news/nationa...
#PPROChild #HumanRights
👉 Learn more: www.penalreform.org/news/nationa...
#PPROChild #HumanRights
📢 Global Prison Trends 2025 – Executive Summary in 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡. The 2025 edition in collaboration with
Thailand Institute of Justice provides data-driven insights into developments shaping justice systems worldwide.
🔗https://penalreform.org/resource/global-prison-trends-2025/
Thailand Institute of Justice provides data-driven insights into developments shaping justice systems worldwide.
🔗https://penalreform.org/resource/global-prison-trends-2025/
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢 Global Prison Trends 2025 – Executive Summary in 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡. The 2025 edition in collaboration with
Thailand Institute of Justice provides data-driven insights into developments shaping justice systems worldwide.
🔗https://penalreform.org/resource/global-prison-trends-2025/
Thailand Institute of Justice provides data-driven insights into developments shaping justice systems worldwide.
🔗https://penalreform.org/resource/global-prison-trends-2025/
📢 On the #InternationalDayOfNonViolence we highlight a milestone for women’s rights in prison: the #BangkokRules.
🔴Learn more in our report with Women Beyond Walls
⬇️
🔗 penalreform.org/resource/fro...
🔗 experiences.cleverstory.io/womens-beyon...
#HumanRights #Justice
🔴Learn more in our report with Women Beyond Walls
⬇️
🔗 penalreform.org/resource/fro...
🔗 experiences.cleverstory.io/womens-beyon...
#HumanRights #Justice
October 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📢 On the #InternationalDayOfNonViolence we highlight a milestone for women’s rights in prison: the #BangkokRules.
🔴Learn more in our report with Women Beyond Walls
⬇️
🔗 penalreform.org/resource/fro...
🔗 experiences.cleverstory.io/womens-beyon...
#HumanRights #Justice
🔴Learn more in our report with Women Beyond Walls
⬇️
🔗 penalreform.org/resource/fro...
🔗 experiences.cleverstory.io/womens-beyon...
#HumanRights #Justice
📢 Join us on 19 Sept for a hybrid discussion on lived experience in #PrisonReform, co-organised by PRI, AmsterdamLawHub, and Bureau Clara Wichmann.
🔹 Keynote: Dr Dwayne Antojado
🔹 Discussion & Q&A
👉 Register: penalreform.org/news/lived-e...
#JusticeReform #HumanRights
🔹 Keynote: Dr Dwayne Antojado
🔹 Discussion & Q&A
👉 Register: penalreform.org/news/lived-e...
#JusticeReform #HumanRights
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📢 Join us on 19 Sept for a hybrid discussion on lived experience in #PrisonReform, co-organised by PRI, AmsterdamLawHub, and Bureau Clara Wichmann.
🔹 Keynote: Dr Dwayne Antojado
🔹 Discussion & Q&A
👉 Register: penalreform.org/news/lived-e...
#JusticeReform #HumanRights
🔹 Keynote: Dr Dwayne Antojado
🔹 Discussion & Q&A
👉 Register: penalreform.org/news/lived-e...
#JusticeReform #HumanRights
This #InternationalYouthDay, access our free course to help professionals prevent harm & build accountability in youth detention.
▶️ focus.more-dev.co.uk/login/index....
📜 Certificate on completion.
#ChildRights #HumanRights
▶️ focus.more-dev.co.uk/login/index....
📜 Certificate on completion.
#ChildRights #HumanRights
August 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This #InternationalYouthDay, access our free course to help professionals prevent harm & build accountability in youth detention.
▶️ focus.more-dev.co.uk/login/index....
📜 Certificate on completion.
#ChildRights #HumanRights
▶️ focus.more-dev.co.uk/login/index....
📜 Certificate on completion.
#ChildRights #HumanRights
In this expert blog for PRI, researcher and advocate Dwayne Antojado shares how lived experience can reshape policy, research and justice systems from the inside.
🔗https://penalreform.org/blog/placing-lived-experience-at-the-heart-of-systemic/
#LivedExperience #CriminalJustice
🔗https://penalreform.org/blog/placing-lived-experience-at-the-heart-of-systemic/
#LivedExperience #CriminalJustice
August 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In this expert blog for PRI, researcher and advocate Dwayne Antojado shares how lived experience can reshape policy, research and justice systems from the inside.
🔗https://penalreform.org/blog/placing-lived-experience-at-the-heart-of-systemic/
#LivedExperience #CriminalJustice
🔗https://penalreform.org/blog/placing-lived-experience-at-the-heart-of-systemic/
#LivedExperience #CriminalJustice
👉New on PRI’s blog: Sofie Arjon Schütte explores how #corruption takes shape in #prison systems, often driven by overcrowding, lack of oversight and systemic vulnerabilities.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/behind-...
#PrisonGovernance #overcrowding
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/behind-...
#PrisonGovernance #overcrowding
Behind bars, beyond justice: confronting corruption in the prison system - Penal Reform International
In this expert blog for Penal Reform International, Sofie Arjon Schütte analyses the phenomenon of corruption in prisons, fuelled by severe power imbalances, limited oversight, and widespread overcrow...
www.penalreform.org
July 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
👉New on PRI’s blog: Sofie Arjon Schütte explores how #corruption takes shape in #prison systems, often driven by overcrowding, lack of oversight and systemic vulnerabilities.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/behind-...
#PrisonGovernance #overcrowding
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/behind-...
#PrisonGovernance #overcrowding
🔷 In #Qatar, a series of workshops launched to strengthen the treatment of people in #prison in line with international standards. The trainings reached 90+ staff & focused on rights-based, gender-sensitive management.
🔗https://www.penalreform.org/news/workshops-qatar/
#HumanRights #MandelaRules
🔗https://www.penalreform.org/news/workshops-qatar/
#HumanRights #MandelaRules
July 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🔷 In #Qatar, a series of workshops launched to strengthen the treatment of people in #prison in line with international standards. The trainings reached 90+ staff & focused on rights-based, gender-sensitive management.
🔗https://www.penalreform.org/news/workshops-qatar/
#HumanRights #MandelaRules
🔗https://www.penalreform.org/news/workshops-qatar/
#HumanRights #MandelaRules
📢 Our Annual Report 2024 is now available!
The 2024 report reflects PRI’s global work to promote fair, humane and effective #criminaljustice systems across the globe. 🔴A huge thank you to all our generous donors for supporting #HumanRights change.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/ann...
The 2024 report reflects PRI’s global work to promote fair, humane and effective #criminaljustice systems across the globe. 🔴A huge thank you to all our generous donors for supporting #HumanRights change.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/ann...
June 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📢 Our Annual Report 2024 is now available!
The 2024 report reflects PRI’s global work to promote fair, humane and effective #criminaljustice systems across the globe. 🔴A huge thank you to all our generous donors for supporting #HumanRights change.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/ann...
The 2024 report reflects PRI’s global work to promote fair, humane and effective #criminaljustice systems across the globe. 🔴A huge thank you to all our generous donors for supporting #HumanRights change.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/ann...
📢 New e-learning course!🔸 Practical, rights-based training for justice & child protection actors 📄 Self-paced | 🎓 Certificate on completion
👉https://justicewithchildren.org/en/learning/data-mosaic-e-learning-violence-against-children-detention #ChildRights #DataMOSAIC @tdhfoundation.bsky.social
👉https://justicewithchildren.org/en/learning/data-mosaic-e-learning-violence-against-children-detention #ChildRights #DataMOSAIC @tdhfoundation.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
📢 New e-learning course!🔸 Practical, rights-based training for justice & child protection actors 📄 Self-paced | 🎓 Certificate on completion
👉https://justicewithchildren.org/en/learning/data-mosaic-e-learning-violence-against-children-detention #ChildRights #DataMOSAIC @tdhfoundation.bsky.social
👉https://justicewithchildren.org/en/learning/data-mosaic-e-learning-violence-against-children-detention #ChildRights #DataMOSAIC @tdhfoundation.bsky.social
New blog! 🔴PRI’s Executive Director, Olivia Rope, reflects on five barriers to reforming #prison systems globally, from underused alternatives to the politics of punishment.
📍Marking 10 yrs of the #MandelaRules at the #UNGA
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/second-...
#PrisonReform #HumanRights
📍Marking 10 yrs of the #MandelaRules at the #UNGA
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/second-...
#PrisonReform #HumanRights
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New blog! 🔴PRI’s Executive Director, Olivia Rope, reflects on five barriers to reforming #prison systems globally, from underused alternatives to the politics of punishment.
📍Marking 10 yrs of the #MandelaRules at the #UNGA
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/second-...
#PrisonReform #HumanRights
📍Marking 10 yrs of the #MandelaRules at the #UNGA
🔗 www.penalreform.org/blog/second-...
#PrisonReform #HumanRights
🔴 Virtual hearings riskσ undermining children’s rights in justice systems.
As part of #PPROChild, we’re researching key risks—like misread cues, isolation & limited understanding—to help build child-centred digital justice systems.
#ChildJustice #DigitalRights
@tdhfoundation.bsky.social
As part of #PPROChild, we’re researching key risks—like misread cues, isolation & limited understanding—to help build child-centred digital justice systems.
#ChildJustice #DigitalRights
@tdhfoundation.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🔴 Virtual hearings riskσ undermining children’s rights in justice systems.
As part of #PPROChild, we’re researching key risks—like misread cues, isolation & limited understanding—to help build child-centred digital justice systems.
#ChildJustice #DigitalRights
@tdhfoundation.bsky.social
As part of #PPROChild, we’re researching key risks—like misread cues, isolation & limited understanding—to help build child-centred digital justice systems.
#ChildJustice #DigitalRights
@tdhfoundation.bsky.social
🖋️New on PRI’s blog: How is hope lived inside #prison by #olderpeople serving #lifesentences?
Dr @marionvannier.bsky.social & Dr @helengair.bsky.social reflect on dignity, despair & the ethics of hope in new expert blog.
🔗 penalreform.org/blog/carcera...
#humanrights
Dr @marionvannier.bsky.social & Dr @helengair.bsky.social reflect on dignity, despair & the ethics of hope in new expert blog.
🔗 penalreform.org/blog/carcera...
#humanrights
June 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🖋️New on PRI’s blog: How is hope lived inside #prison by #olderpeople serving #lifesentences?
Dr @marionvannier.bsky.social & Dr @helengair.bsky.social reflect on dignity, despair & the ethics of hope in new expert blog.
🔗 penalreform.org/blog/carcera...
#humanrights
Dr @marionvannier.bsky.social & Dr @helengair.bsky.social reflect on dignity, despair & the ethics of hope in new expert blog.
🔗 penalreform.org/blog/carcera...
#humanrights
🌍 It’s a wrap! The V Congress on Justice with Children has just concluded in Madrid yesterday — and what a powerful global moment it was.
This is just the beginning.
Thank you to all of our partners in this venture!
#JusticeWithChildren #JWC2025 #ChildRights
This is just the beginning.
Thank you to all of our partners in this venture!
#JusticeWithChildren #JWC2025 #ChildRights
June 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🌍 It’s a wrap! The V Congress on Justice with Children has just concluded in Madrid yesterday — and what a powerful global moment it was.
This is just the beginning.
Thank you to all of our partners in this venture!
#JusticeWithChildren #JWC2025 #ChildRights
This is just the beginning.
Thank you to all of our partners in this venture!
#JusticeWithChildren #JWC2025 #ChildRights
🙌 The V #JWC2025 is officially happening in Madrid! Over 750 participants joined us in-person — with thousands more online — to explore this year’s theme: Advancing Child-Centred Justice: Preventing and Responding to Violence Affecting Children in Child Justice Systems. #CHILDRIGHTS #HUMANRIGHTS
June 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🙌 The V #JWC2025 is officially happening in Madrid! Over 750 participants joined us in-person — with thousands more online — to explore this year’s theme: Advancing Child-Centred Justice: Preventing and Responding to Violence Affecting Children in Child Justice Systems. #CHILDRIGHTS #HUMANRIGHTS
📢 #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 the Thailand Institute of Justice.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/glo...
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 the Thailand Institute of Justice.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/glo...
May 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📢 #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 the Thailand Institute of Justice.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/glo...
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 the Thailand Institute of Justice.
🔗 www.penalreform.org/resource/glo...
Now live: the Data MOSAIC Tool — a practical resource for detention facilities to monitor #violence against #children.
📊 Incident-based reporting
📍 Pattern analysis
🧭 Rights-based guidance
💶Funded by the EU
🔗 justicewithchildren.org/en/news/data...
#ChildJustice #VAC #datamosaic
📊 Incident-based reporting
📍 Pattern analysis
🧭 Rights-based guidance
💶Funded by the EU
🔗 justicewithchildren.org/en/news/data...
#ChildJustice #VAC #datamosaic
May 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Now live: the Data MOSAIC Tool — a practical resource for detention facilities to monitor #violence against #children.
📊 Incident-based reporting
📍 Pattern analysis
🧭 Rights-based guidance
💶Funded by the EU
🔗 justicewithchildren.org/en/news/data...
#ChildJustice #VAC #datamosaic
📊 Incident-based reporting
📍 Pattern analysis
🧭 Rights-based guidance
💶Funded by the EU
🔗 justicewithchildren.org/en/news/data...
#ChildJustice #VAC #datamosaic
📢 New blog from PRI and
EuroPris - The European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services.
#Violence in European prisons is escalating—driven by #overcrowding, understaffing & structural barriers.
🔎Read how better data, staff training & independent monitoring can help: t.ly/nlkOx
EuroPris - The European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services.
#Violence in European prisons is escalating—driven by #overcrowding, understaffing & structural barriers.
🔎Read how better data, staff training & independent monitoring can help: t.ly/nlkOx
Insights on security and violence in European prisons - Penal Reform International
This blog written by PRI’s Global Policy Manager, Jérôme Mangelinckx, is the second of three in a series examining trends in European prisons. It is produced in collaboration with EuroPris as part of ...
t.ly
April 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📢 New blog from PRI and
EuroPris - The European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services.
#Violence in European prisons is escalating—driven by #overcrowding, understaffing & structural barriers.
🔎Read how better data, staff training & independent monitoring can help: t.ly/nlkOx
EuroPris - The European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services.
#Violence in European prisons is escalating—driven by #overcrowding, understaffing & structural barriers.
🔎Read how better data, staff training & independent monitoring can help: t.ly/nlkOx
🚨 Don't forget to register for the 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 co-organised by PRI and @tdhfoundation.bsky.social, as part of the Global Initiative on Justice With Children.
🗓️ Register now: t.ly/_BJpL
#JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #GlobalCongress #JWC2025
🗓️ Register now: t.ly/_BJpL
#JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #GlobalCongress #JWC2025
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚨 Don't forget to register for the 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 co-organised by PRI and @tdhfoundation.bsky.social, as part of the Global Initiative on Justice With Children.
🗓️ Register now: t.ly/_BJpL
#JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #GlobalCongress #JWC2025
🗓️ Register now: t.ly/_BJpL
#JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #GlobalCongress #JWC2025
📢 New guide: Green prisons 🌿
Our latest guide with UNICRI explores practical, cost-effective strategies for eco-friendly #prison management.
📖 Read more & download here: penalreform.org/resource/gre...
#GreenPrisons #Sustainability #SDGs
Our latest guide with UNICRI explores practical, cost-effective strategies for eco-friendly #prison management.
📖 Read more & download here: penalreform.org/resource/gre...
#GreenPrisons #Sustainability #SDGs
March 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📢 New guide: Green prisons 🌿
Our latest guide with UNICRI explores practical, cost-effective strategies for eco-friendly #prison management.
📖 Read more & download here: penalreform.org/resource/gre...
#GreenPrisons #Sustainability #SDGs
Our latest guide with UNICRI explores practical, cost-effective strategies for eco-friendly #prison management.
📖 Read more & download here: penalreform.org/resource/gre...
#GreenPrisons #Sustainability #SDGs
🟢Can prisons be part of the sustainability movement?
Tomorrow, 26 March, PRI & UNICRI will launch Green prisons: A Guide to creating environmentally sustainable #prisons —showcasing how sustainability can enhance #rehabilitation & uphold #humanrights.
🔗Register: penalreform.org/news/22857/
Tomorrow, 26 March, PRI & UNICRI will launch Green prisons: A Guide to creating environmentally sustainable #prisons —showcasing how sustainability can enhance #rehabilitation & uphold #humanrights.
🔗Register: penalreform.org/news/22857/
March 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🟢Can prisons be part of the sustainability movement?
Tomorrow, 26 March, PRI & UNICRI will launch Green prisons: A Guide to creating environmentally sustainable #prisons —showcasing how sustainability can enhance #rehabilitation & uphold #humanrights.
🔗Register: penalreform.org/news/22857/
Tomorrow, 26 March, PRI & UNICRI will launch Green prisons: A Guide to creating environmentally sustainable #prisons —showcasing how sustainability can enhance #rehabilitation & uphold #humanrights.
🔗Register: penalreform.org/news/22857/