Penal Reform International

📢 #GlobalPrisonTrends 2024 is out now!    This year marks 10 years of our annual flagship series. The 2024 report, published in collaboration with the Thailand Institute of Justice, explores global #prison trends, including prison labour and work, examining disparities in access, pay and working conditions.     🔶 Our 10th edition addresses major issues such as🔸prison #overcrowding,🔸the #mentalhealth #crisis in prisons,🔸#corruption and🔸the increasing use of digital technologies.    The report also showcases new approaches, including 'green' initiatives to promote #rehabilitation and #sustainability. 🌏    📌 Read the report and download all the infographics at: https://lnkd.in/eCg7J_FC   #GlobalPrisonTrends #PrisonReform #CriminalJustice 

📣 Reminder – Call for Workshop Applications!📣 We’re inviting organisations and independent experts to host engaging, interactive 60-minute workshops (parallel sessions) that tackle pressing issues in child justice, at the 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 in Madrid, Spain, 2–4 June, 2025. 💡 Why Join? This is more than a conference—it’s a global platform to exchange ideas, build solutions, and inspire change. 🌍 What Topics Can You Cover? ✔ Child-centered justice policy reform ✔ Preventing and responding to violence affecting children ✔ Ending child detention ✔ Justice in times of crises ✔ Digital justice procedural safeguards ✔ Neuroscience in child justice ✔ Community empowerment   ⏳ Deadline: 1st March, 2025 🔗 Submit your proposal now: https://lnkd.in/expPDPPE #JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #JWC2025 #GlobalCongress #CallForPapers

🚨📢 REMINDER: Early bird registration is now open for the 5th World Congress on Justice With Children! 🚨 Join us from 2 – 4 June, 2025, in Madrid, Spain (and online) for this global gathering organised by PRI and the Terre des hommes foundation, as part of the Global Initiative on Justice With Children. The Congress theme, "Advancing Child-centred Justice: Preventing and Responding to Violence Affecting Children in the Child Justice Systems," will focus on: ✅ Child-centred justice policy reform ✅ Preventing & responding to #violence affecting #children in the child justice system  ✅ Ending child detention ✅ Justice in times of crises ✅ Digital justice procedural safeguards in child justice ✅ Neuroscience approaches in child justice systems ✅ Community empowerment 📅  Early bird registration is open until 1st  March 2025: https://lnkd.in/eyxXPHsU  Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ex72Mh78 💻 Stay tuned for updates and save the date! #JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #GlobalCongress #JWC2025

📢 Open call for small grants to strengthen accountability in Türkiye’s penitentiary system 📢 PRI  with funding from the European Union, is launching a Small Grants Scheme to support civil society organisations (CSOs) working to improve #prison conditions and enhance #humanrights protections in #Türkiye. The programme focuses on improving conditions and treatment within the penitentiary system by enabling effective external #monitoring and providing support to victims of human rights violations, including #torture and ill-treatment. 🔹 Grant amount: €5,000 – €20,000 🔹 Project duration: 12 – 24 months 🔹 Who can apply? Legally registered CSOs and NGOs in Türkiye with at least three years of experience in human rights, #criminaljustice, or social #rehabilitation. 📅 Application timeline: ➡️ Submit the concept note by 15 February 2025. ️️ ➡ Shortlisted applicants will be invited to submit full proposals by 31 March 2025.    For details on eligibility, selection criteria and application guidelines, visit: https://lnkd.in/eJesxkKJ  #PrisonReform #JusticeReform  #CSOGrants #opencall  

📢Parallel Sessions or workshop applications open📢 Submit your abstract to organise parallel sessions or workshops at the 5th World Congress on Justice With Children! ✅ The 5th Edition of the World Congress on Justice With Children invites applications for 60-minute interactive in-person parallel sessions or workshops to be held in Madrid, Spain, from 2–4 June, 2025. 🔍 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬/𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬: Proposals should align with the Congress theme: "Advancing Child-Centred Justice: Preventing and Responding to Violence Affecting Children in Child Justice Systems" Or address one of the following key sub-topics: ✅ Child-centred justice policy reform ✅ Preventing & responding to violence affecting children in the child justice system  ✅ Ending child detention ✅ Justice in times of crises ✅ Digital justice procedural safeguards in child justice ✅ Neuroscience approaches in child justice systems ✅ Community empowerment 📌 Key Details: 🔸 Submit a detailed summary with objectives, structure, and expected outcomes. 🔸Up to 4 speakers per session (preferably confirmed). 🔸Applications are open to organisations and consultants with relevant expertise. 🗓️ Submit your Abstract deadline:  1st of March, 2025 🔗 Submit your Abstract here: https://lnkd.in/expPDPPE 🔗Guideline to organise a parallel session: https://lnkd.in/edqeXdwt #JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #GlobalCongress #JWC2025 Global Initiative on Justice With Children

In December 2024, PRI, alongside The Institute of Social Activities and Practices and Terre des hommes Foundation - Romania, hosted a Knowledge Exchange Event in Sofia, Bulgaria. This event was part of the EU-funded #DataMOSAIC Project, which aims to strengthen Violence Against Children (#VAC) monitoring practices in child detention facilities through the 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙. The event brought together practitioners from child detention facilities in #Ireland, #Romania and #Bulgaria -countries currently piloting the Data MOSAIC Tool. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 📌 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 The event, designed as a collaborative platform, focused on key themes essential to advancing safeguarding and monitoring practices in #juvenilejustice systems, including:  ➡️ Safeguarding practices and procedures: Mapping safeguarding protocols within detention facilities, identifying critical actors and their roles. As well as discussing the integration of VAC monitoring into routine practices.  ➡️ Monitoring and data analysis: Exploring some of the tool’s capabilities such as 🔴tracking peer-to-peer violence,🔴institutional violence and🔴incidents targeting vulnerable groups. Additionally, addressing challenges encountered during the piloting phase, such as technical issues and limited staff availability for data collection and analysis. ➡️ Comparative approaches across systems: Analysing practices, strengths and challenges specific to the justice systems in Ireland, Romania and Bulgaria. Open discussion around how each country addresses common challenges such as overcrowding and limited resources and coming up with potential solutions. ℹ️ This event is a pivotal part of the Data MOSAIC Project’s mission to #safeguard #children in #detention by improving #monitoringsystems and advocating for evidence-based practices. It underscored the importance of collaboration, highlighting shared challenges while offering innovative solutions that can be adapted across contexts. 📌 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭? The insights from this event will inform the refinement of the Data MOSAIC Tool, addressing usability issues identified during the pilot phase. The updated tool will be reintroduced for further piloting within national institutions, aiming to enhance data-driven policies that protect children, particularly those in vulnerable groups, from violence in detention. 🔗 Learn more about the project at https://lnkd.in/etWWXTdd #ChildRights #DataDrivenJustice #ViolencePrevention

📣𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻📣 The 5th World Congress on Justice With Children "Advancing Child-centred Justice: Preventing and responding to Violence Affecting Children in the Child Justice Systems” is coming soon! 📅 Date: 2-4 June, 2025 📍 Location: Madrid, Spain & online ℹ️ Organised by Penal Reform International and Terre des hommes foundation under the Global Initiative on Justice With Children, the congress is co-hosted with the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (IAYFJM) and the Global Campus of Human Rights. National co-organisers include the University of Comillas in Spain and the Fundación Tierra de hombres with the technical support of UNICEF, UNODC, UNESCO-IFAP, United Nations Human Rights, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (SRSG/VAC) and the OECD - OCDE.   📌 This global platform will bring together policymakers, academics, civil society and children to explore: ✅ Ending child detention ✅ Justice in times of crises ✅ Digital justice safeguards ✅ Neuroscience approaches ✅ Community empowerment Be part of this significant conversation to shape child-centred justice systems worldwide. 📅  Early Bird registration is open until 1st  March 2025.  🔴➡️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/etXErrst ➡️ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ex72Mh78 ➡️ Follow the event on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eZ2My75k 💻 Stay tuned for updates and save the date! #JusticeWithChildren2025 #ChildJustice #GlobalCongress #JWC2025

Taghreed Jaber, PRI’s Regional Director for Middle East North Africa, emphasises the harsh reality faced by prisons during times of conflict, as detailed in #GlobalPrisonTrends. 🔴 With rising insecurity and worsening prison conditions, the impact of violent #conflicts on #prison infrastructure is severe. Essential services are struggling and prisons are often targeted, with people in prison being recruited or exploited in #war efforts. 🔗 Download the report here: https://lnkd.in/eCg7J_FC #GlobalPrisonTrends2024 #PenalReformInternational

Kamali Stevens (FRSA), member of PRI’s Experts by Experience Group, highlights a critical issue: 🔴 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 #𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝. By investing in community-based responses, we can unlock the full potential for true #rehabilitation and positive #reintegration into society. 🔗 Download the report here: https://lnkd.in/eCg7J_FC #GlobalPrisonTrends2024 #PenalReformInternational #GlobalPrisonTrends

📣 PRI recently conducted its first mission to Türkiye as part of a four-year EU-funded initiative. This significant step aims 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 #𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 #𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.     ▶️ In collaboration with the Civil Society in the Penal System Association (CISST), the mission brought together government bodies, international partners and civil society actors to discuss opportunities for reform and strengthening rights-based practices in the #criminaljustice system.     PRI remains committed to fostering constructive dialogue and supporting efforts that promote fair and humane treatment within justice systems globally.     🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eJfrsjGW