Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons

In this expert blog, PRI’s Tinatin Uplisashvili explores the persistence of informal prison hierarchies across post-Soviet penitentiary systems, structures that continue to shape

Informal Prisoner Hierarchy. Prison Standard. CPT/Inf (2025)12

The CPT Calls for Action to Combat Prison Overcrowding and Informal Hierarchies in Prisons

The President of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Alan Mitchell, has presented the

The Future of a New Prison in Lithuania

Lithuania has not built a single new prison during the period of independence. More than one government has promised to build a prison,