The MENA Prison Forum organizes and hosts various conferences, workshops, and talks, both in the region and internationally. These events bring together relevant speakers and academics to address the focus areas of the Forum, fostering increased exposure to and collaboration on topics of incarceration in the MENA region.

The MPF engages with academic programs to foster a focus and material on prisons in the MENA region. The MPF has therefore developed a proposed course syllabus that guides academic engagement with materials, including through individual detainees and prison experiences in forms such as artwork, songs, and films, that address dynamics in detention systems in the region.