Annie Devos, Director General of the Houses of Justice, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium Read More
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Ángel Yuste Castillejo, Secretary General of Penitentiary Institutions, Spain Read More
Nela Kuburovic, Minister of Justice, Republic of Serbia Read More
The model of deprivation of liberty in Latin America has been going through a deep crisis for decades, and penitentiaries... Read More
Kathleen Van De Vijver and Tine Verhenne, Belgian Prison Service, Belgium Read More
Mihai Dima, Director General of the Romanian Probation System, Romania Read More
Mental health conditions are especially prevalent among the incarcerated population, which presently amounts to about 10 million, worldwide. These mental... Read More
Peer training is increasingly needed, especially for disadvantaged groups. The placement of offenders in peer-support roles is also increasingly recommended... Read More
It is widely recognised that street gangs are connected with violence. Aggressive and violent youths are at greater risk of... Read More
Rodil Hernández, Director General of Penitentiary Institutions of El Salvador Read More
“The contrast between a prison with and without kiosks is like night and day.” (Prisoner S.M., HMP Northumberland, operated by... Read More
The one constant of technology is that it is always evolving. While this constant evolution has the potential to enable... Read More
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite cautious when it... Read More
Jails in America are obsolete and so are the buildings and the philosophy behind them. But, right now, they’re often... Read More
In the last 40 years, one of the main concerns for prison administrations was the reduction of prison populations. The... Read More
There seems to be a consensus that prison and probation need to have close interaction and communication whenever a continuum... Read More
Criminological paradigms, such as the “Social Bond Theory”, offer no doubt about the importance of social bonds and family support... Read More
In the last 20 to 40 years, probation went through significant transformations. One of these changes that can be noticed... Read More
Trends influence virtually every aspect of daily living impacting what we eat, wear, listen to, purchase, believe, and trust. Establishing... Read More
According to the recent statistics, Britons on average make 132 million mobile phone calls a day. On top of this,... Read More
Priit Kama, Deputy Secretary-General for Prisons, Estonia Read More
Vivian Geiran, President of the Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP) of the Council of Europe and Director of the Irish Probation Service Read More
“When I moved to HMP Northumberland I was so happy to see a kiosk. In my previous prisons, friends spoke... Read More
To say that we are at the beginning of a new era for the usage of IT and technology in... Read More
Judge Edgar Taborda Lopes, Coordinator of the Training Department of the Centre for Judicial Studies, Portugal Read More
Celso Manata, Director of the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More
This project mobilises partners from different European countries through the use of expertise in urban security and counter-terrorism. The... Read More
This project is based on the idea that it’s possible to increase social reintegration of offenders through dialogue when it... Read More
Project partners BSAFE LAB law enforcement, justice and public safety research and technology transfer lab – Beira Interior University, Portugal... Read More
Best practices show that electronic monitoring (EM) can be an interesting tool, especially if used to serve a strategy of... Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More
This is quite a dilemma for many correctional agencies: once decided that something needs to happen to modernise the current... Read More
Cases of violence, arson and planned terror attacks, combined with the worrying number of young people joining extremist organisations or... Read More
Women are a minority in prison. Currently, of the 10.35 million prisoners worldwide, over 700.000 (6.8%) are female (1). However,... Read More
Mohamed Salah Tamek, Delegate General of the Correctional Department, Kingdom of Morocco Read More
The project “Improving capacities and capabilities within the prison service in the Republic of Serbia” especially focuses on providing support... Read More
Today, across Europe, numerous countries are dealing with the growing threat of radicalisation. While much has been made of the... Read More
Inmate family support and social ties are often referred to in criminological theories as important elements of crime prevention and... Read More
Most of the treatment literature in corrections focuses on the challenge of ‘reintegration’ – how best to encourage and support... Read More
According to the statistics of the Council of Europe, the total prison population in the European Union on September 1st... Read More
