Below are some key external resources for inspectors and monitors.
Guidance
- ADHD in Custody: A Guide to Police Custody for ADHDers (The ADHD Alliance and Neurodiversikey)
- Corruption in prisons: a guide for detention monitors (Penal Reform International)
- Deaths in Prison: A Guide for Detention Monitors (2025, Penal Reform International)
- Education inside penal detention for children in England (2025, Howard League for Penal Reform and the Independent Provider of Special Education Advice)
- Global Report on Women in Prison: Analysis from National Preventive Mechanisms (2024, Association for the Prevention of Torture)
- LGBTIQ Detainees (2025, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights)
- Preventing Torture: The Role of National Preventive Mechanisms – A Practical Guide (2018)
- Protecting Human Rights in Prisons while Preventing Radicalization Leading to Terrorism or Violence: A Guide for Detention Monitors (2021, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International)
- Release from long-term imprisonment (2025, Prison Reform Trust)
- Reporting under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment – Training Guide (Part I – Manual) (2024)
- The Pains of Progression (2025, Prison Reform Trust)
- Torture in Detention, Module 12 (REDRESS, 2024)
Training courses
- UN Bangkok Rules on women offenders and prisoners (Penal Reform International):
- Free e-learning course Women in Detention: putting the Bangkok Rules into practice (requires free account creation)
- Free PDF workbook for self-directed learning
- Free E-learning on the Nelson Mandela Rules (UNODC)
- The Online Campus (Association for the Prevention of Torture, APT) offers several free training resources.