Editorial
Shaping safe, productive, and future-proof correctional facilities
Pedro das Neves
Director
Interviews
Assessing, enhancing, and modernising prison infrastructure and rehabilitation in Portugal
Rita Alarcão Júdice
Minister of Justice, Portugal
Aligning policies and practices: A national framework for prison reform in Brazil
André de Albuquerque Garcia
National Secretary for Penal Policies, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Brazil
Understanding prison spaces: Insights from Carceral Geography
Dominique Moran
Professor in Carceral Geography in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham
“A meaningful detention experience from day one”: Belgium’s alternative to traditional prisons
Mathilde Steenbergen
Director-General of the Belgian Prison Service
Addressing overcrowding and creating pathways to employment in Colombia’s justice system
Ángela María Buitrago
Minister of Justice and Law, Colombia
South Australia: Reducing reoffending through evidence-based strategies
David Brown
Chief Executive of the Department for Correctional Services, South Australia
Rethinking corrections: Vermont’s vision for modern prisons amid workforce strains
Nicholas Deml
Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections
“Creating modern, rehabilitation-friendly prisons”: Türkiye’s infrastructure developments
Enis Yavuz Yıldırım
Director General of Prisons and Detention Houses of Türkiye
From national challenges to state reform: Reducing overcrowding and expanding work opportunities in Rondônia
Marcus Rito
President of the National Council of Secretaries of Justice, Citizenship, Human Rights and Penitentiary Administration and Secretary of Justice of Rondônia, Brazil
Building prisons for rehabilitation and efficiency in Brazil's PPP model
Isabelle Condé
CEO of SGP, Prison Management Solutions
When even taking a breath is a struggle: ICRC's approach to systemic challenges in detention
Terry Hackett
Head of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Preparing for life beyond bars: Rwanda’s focus on skills and reintegration
Evariste Murenzi
Commissioner General, Rwanda Correctional Service
Building for the future: Adapting Georgia’s prisons to a changing population
Tyrone Oliver
Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections
EEA/Norway Grants: Strengthening prison infrastructure and rehabilitation across Europe
Kim Ekhaugen
Head of International Cooperation in the Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service
Experts' Panel
The evolution of prison environments: psychological impacts, trends, and opportunities – Why we must do better
Kavan Applegate & Helena Pombares
The foundations of Justice: Expert insights on correctional infrastructure challenges and the path forward
Articles
Empowering family connections in corrections: A new path forward
Deb Alderson (ViaPath Technologies)
Dynamic fusion: Innovation, creativity and partnerships in corrections infrastructure modernization
Simon Bonk & Tanja Sieme (Telio)
A Master Plan for security and reintegration
Jaime Gajardo Falcón
The role of infrastructure in the Catalan penitentiary system
Department of Justice of the Government of Catalonia
Replacing a 19th-century state penitentiary with a modern facility
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services
Reimagining rehabilitation: A transformative design for Nebraska’s new correctional facility
Gary Retel (DLR Group)
Brazil's first public-private prison partnership marks 12 years of operation with strong results
GPA – Gestores Prisionais Associados
Corrections as a social enabler: uplifting offenders’ lives through partnerships and technology
Singapore Prison Service
A person-centric approach to modernizing correctional facilities and probation
Sarah Spence (MHS Public Safety)
The Danish approach: How architecture can promote normalisation
Sonia Bom & Jonas Hviid Mønster (Alex Poulsen Architects)
How can prison architecture affect judicial cooperation in criminal matters - the case of detention conditions
Beatriz Martins, Joana Pinho & João Gomes
Reshaping the Romanian Prison System: progress, challenges and commitments
Romanian Penitentiary Administration
Partners
Alex Poulsen Architects
DLR Group
ViaPath Technologies
MHS Public Safety
Telio
Featured projects
J-CAP Judicial cooperation for the enhancement of mutual recognition regarding probation measures and alternative sanctions
J-CAP Next Judicial cooperation for the enhancement of mutual recognition regarding probation measures and alternative sanctions - EPP software 3.0
VicTory Restorative and victim-centred approach to mitigate hate and (violent) extremism
NO-OBLIVION Promoting Universal Jurisdiction while Evoking the Crimes Committed within the Former Yugoslavia
REUNION Rehabilitation of foreign inmates within the scope of FD 2008/909/JHA
