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{{short description|'''Penal-reform non-governmental organisation; CSSF contractor'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Penal Reform International
| type = Company registered at Companies House
| founded = 5 February 2001 (incorporated)
| location = England
| industry = Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified
| status = Active
}}
'''[[Penal Reform International]]''' (Penal Reform International Uk, Companies House number 04154075) is a contractor to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] (FCDO) under the [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]] (CSSF). Companies House records the company as incorporated on 5 February 2001, with status "Active", nature of business "74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified".<ref name="CH04154075">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04154075 PENAL REFORM INTERNATIONAL UK (04154075)] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CHO04154075">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04154075/officers PENAL REFORM INTERNATIONAL UK (04154075): officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> It is a named supplier on Lot 1 of the CSSF Framework Agreement 2023–27.<ref name="FTS2023">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029743-2023 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023] ''Find a Tender Service'', 2023.</ref> [[Contracts Finder]] lists 1 published CSSF award(s) to the organisation with a combined stated value of £378,532. FCO and FCDO payments to it over £25,000 recorded in published departmental spending data total about £4,634,999; these figures cover all FCO/FCDO (and, after September 2020, former [[Department for International Development]]) programmes and are not limited to the CSSF.<ref name="FCOspend">Foreign and Commonwealth Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000 FCO departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2010–2020; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-departmental-spending-over-25000 FCDO: departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2020–2026.</ref>

== CSSF/ISF and other UK government work ==
PRI lists a programme in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to counter radicalisation and violent extremism in prisons "through religious dialogue and reintegration programmes".<ref name="PRICA">Penal Reform International, [https://www.penalreform.org/where-we-work/central-asia/programmes/ Our programmes – Central Asia] ''Penal Reform International'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref>

PRI's Central Asia programme page records several UK-funded projects. A CSSF-funded project in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan aimed at "greater resilience to radicalisation and violent extremism" in prisons: PRI helped draft national countering violent extremism strategies, trained prison staff "on identifying and managing violent extremist offenders" and developed rehabilitation programmes. Other UK-funded work included a [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]/British Embassy Astana project on anti-corruption in law enforcement in Kazakhstan (working with the Ministry of Interior and the Anti-Corruption Agency), and a British Embassy-funded project supporting Kazakhstan's National Preventive Mechanism against torture. A DFID-funded project, "Humanisation of the criminal justice system in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan", supported criminal codes compliant with international standards. Current non-UK funders include the European Union, UNICEF, the UN Democracy Fund and the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan.<ref name="PRICA" />

The [[Independent Commission for Aid Impact]] (ICAI) reviewed the CSSF's aid spending in March 2018 and gave it an amber-red score, finding the fund responsive to [[National Security Council]] priorities but with weak results management and inadequate evidence of outcomes and value for money.<ref name="ICAI2018">Independent Commission for Aid Impact, [https://icai.independent.gov.uk/review/cssf/ The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund's aid spending] ''ICAI'', March 2018.</ref> ICAI published a follow-up review in 2019.<ref name="ICAI2019FU">Independent Commission for Aid Impact, [https://icai.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019-ICAI-Follow-up-CSSF.pdf ICAI follow-up of: The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund's aid spending] ''ICAI'', 2019.</ref>

=== Published CSSF contracts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ CSSF awards published on Contracts Finder
! Award date !! Contract !! Value (£) !! Supplier name as published !! Source
|-
| 2020-09-06 || CSSF Algeria - Tackling COVID 19 in Algerian Prisons || 378,532 || Penal Reform International || <ref>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29d81626-19ae-465c-85aa-06e85ca9ab72 CSSF Algeria - Tackling COVID 19 in Algerian Prisons] ''Contracts Finder'', 2020-09-06.</ref>
|}

=== FCO/FCDO payments ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ FCO/FCDO payments over £25,000 (all programmes; calendar year of payment)
! Year !! Amount (£)
|-
| 2012 || 31,427
|-
| 2014 || 38,726
|-
| 2016 || 470,054
|-
| 2017 || 787,500
|-
| 2018 || 1,589,696
|-
| 2019 || 812,329
|-
| 2020 || 402,715
|-
| 2021 || 448,920
|-
| 2022 || 53,631
|-
| '''Total''' || '''4,634,999'''
|}
<ref name="FCOspend" />

== People ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Officers recorded at Companies House
! Name !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned
|-
| [[John Usher]] (John Joseph Usher) || Director || 8 August 2023 || –
|-
| [[Paul English]] (Paul Anthony James English) || Secretary || 1 May 2004 || 30 April 2007
|-
| [[Lynne Gravatt]] || Secretary || 24 April 2009 || 27 January 2011
|-
| [[Alison Hannah]] || Secretary || 27 January 2011 || 31 August 2018
|-
| [[Alison Hannah]] (Alison Lindsey Hannah) || Secretary || 4 June 2007 || 4 June 2007
|-
| [[Alison Hannah]] (Alison Lindsey Hannah) || Secretary || 4 June 2007 || 4 June 2007
|-
| [[Florian Irminger]] || Secretary || 3 September 2018 || 1 November 2020
|-
| [[Catherine Leonard]] (Catherine Mary Leonard) || Secretary || 5 February 2001 || 31 January 2004
|-
| [[Kerry Neal]] (Kerry Lee Neal) || Secretary || 1 February 2004 || 30 April 2004
|-
| [[Olivia Rope]] (Olivia Teresa Rope) || Secretary || 1 November 2020 || 8 August 2023
|-
| [[Muhammad Ali]] (Muhammad Imman Ali) || Director || 22 April 2015 || 19 September 2020
|-
| [[David Daubney]] || Director || 11 December 2009 || 10 July 2015
|-
| [[Olawale Fapohunda]] (Mr. Olawale Fapohunda) || Director || 7 December 2009 || 22 April 2016
|-
| [[Juliet Lyon]] (Juliet Christine Lyon) || Director || 31 March 2007 || 22 April 2016
|-
| [[Ahmed Othmani]] || Director || 5 February 2001 || 9 December 2004
|-
| [[Alexander Petrov]] (Alexander Borisovich Petrov) || Director || 11 March 2005 || 3 December 2006
|-
| [[Bruno Schoen]] || Director || 5 February 2001 || 6 December 2007
|-
| [[Livingstone Sewanyana]] || Director || 6 December 2007 || 28 November 2010
|-
| [[Rani Shankardass]] (Dr Rani Shankardass) || Director || 27 January 2006 || 11 December 2009
|-
| [[Dirk Smit]] (Dirk Van Zyl Smit) || Director || 26 November 2011 || 20 September 2021
|-
| [[Vivien Stern]] (Baroness Vivien Helen Stern) || Director || 5 February 2001 || 3 December 2006
|-
| [[Anthony Tang]] || Director || 27 November 2010 || 27 April 2014
|-
| [[Vera Tkachenko]] || Director || 7 December 2009 || 5 July 2013
|-
| [[Antonius Van Kalmthout]] (Mr. Antonius Van Kalmthout) || Director || 26 November 2011 || 8 August 2023
|}
<ref name="CHO04154075" />

== See also ==
* [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]]
* [[:Category:CSSF Contractors]]

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:CSSF Contractors]]
[[Category:UK]]

Penal Reform International - Revision history

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