// Interview: Sérgio Moro Minister of Justice and Public Security (MJSP), Brazil * JT: Data released…
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Espírito Santo: a systems transformation of the state Penitentiary system
// Interview: Luiz Carlos Cruz Secretary of State for Justice, Espírito Santo, Brazil JT: The Brazilian…
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Modernising and strenghtening the capacity of the federal and state level penitentiary systems
// Interview: Fabiano Bordignon General Director of the National Penitentiary Department (DEPEN) Brazil * JT: The…
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ICPA Supporting the advancement of corrections throughout the globe
// Interview: Peter Severin President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) JT: ICPA is an…
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APAC: Prisons without guards, police, weapons, violence, corruption, drugs and discrimination
// Interview: Valdeci Ferreira Executive Director of the Brazilian Fraternity of Assistance to the Convicted, an entity…
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Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration…
// Interview: Mark S. Inch Ensuring communities safety through retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration Secretary of…
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Make prisons more decent and respectful and prisoners will change their own lives
Sir Martin Narey is NED on the Board of Unilink. Is former Director-General of the Prison Service,…
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Evidence-informed practices for the prevention of criminal recidivism
Criminal recidivism by people who go through the prison system is a severe and costly problem…
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CIRA Critical Incidents Readiness Assessment
What is CIRA? CIRA is an organisational risk assessment tool that aims to raise awareness about risks…
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Judicial Strategy Against all Forms of Violent Extremism in Prison: Harmonised Guidelines for Judges
What our administration wanted to publish, with the contribution of many partners, is a small handbook…
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Structuring Prison work and industries in Hungary
The prison service in Hungary is a state-governed armed force supervised by the Ministry of Interior, aiming…
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Human dignity and privacy: Ensuring compliance with the Nelson Mandela Rules during body searches
Nelson Mandela once said, “No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A…
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Challenges, Profile, Competencies and Training of the European Prison Officer of the 21st Century: a quick view over the PO21 Sector Skills Alliance
Prison officers in Europe In Europe[1], there are nowadays, more than 588 940 citizens under the…
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Better technology in Public-Private Partnerships allow cost-savings for government
Public-private partnerships in the operation of prisons have existed since long time ago, although the extent of…
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Inmate’s family and community contacts: beyond the rehabilitation speech, there is a real need for action…
In the developed and modern 21st century, the punishment, retribution, security, rehabilitation and restorative dimensions of the…
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Leadership skills development as a critical factor for occupational stress reduction in correctional settings
Occupational stress and prisons The workplace is one of the critical environments affecting people’s mental and physical…
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Preparing persons in custody for a life without crime
// Interview: Woo Ying-ming Commissioner of Correctional Services, Hong Kong JT: Although the prison population rate…
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Achieving Optimum Outcomes in Public-Private Partnerships
Despite the industry’s best efforts to modernise and ‘professionalise’ sourcing practices, project management and service delivery methods;…
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Offenders rehabilitation and their contribution to the South-African society
// Interview: Ronald Lamola Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa JT: You have recently…
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A safe return to society as a goal: how can we achieve it?
// Interview: Gerard Bakker Director-General of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI), The Netherlands JT:…
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The need for alternative measures to pre-trial detention: towards the realisation of common standards
The preventive detention phenomenon: an increasing trend On a global scale, 10.74 million individuals were, as of…
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