Penal Reform International è un'organizzazione internazionale non governativa che sviluppa e promuove risposte eque, efficaci e proporzionate ai problemi della giustizia penale in tutto il mondo.
Ten years after the adoption of the Bangkok Rules, countries have largely failed to implement them, while the number of women in prison has risen dramatically.
Women in Mexico suffer abhorrent human rights abuses in unlawful detention centres, which operate in near-total impunity under the guise of treating drug dependence.
On the 10th anniversary of the UN Bangkok rules, dozens of civil society organisations urge government to curb women prison populations and rights abuses in prison.
IDPC, WOLA and PRI note an alarming rise in female incarceration rates in Latin America since 2000, putting countless women at risk of abuse and exacerbating the vulnerabilities they face in society.
The event aims to analyse the impact of measures adopted to contain COVID-19 on the rights and welfare of those experiencing social marginality and other forms of social-economic disadvantage.
Penal Reform International launch an event for Global Prison Trends 2020, international leaders and experts which will address chronic issues that have led to this human rights and public health crisis with people in prison being so vulnerable – and will question how we should respond, now and in the long-term.