This project strives to improve the transition process between prison and/or probation systems and the community for those at risk... Read More
EIGEP proposal focuses on reducing the disparities in the learning outcomes of the educational experience of a child within the... Read More
According to the statistics of the Council of Europe, the total prison population in the European Union on September 1st... Read More
Most of the treatment literature in corrections focuses on the challenge of ‘reintegration’ – how best to encourage and support... Read More
Trends influence virtually every aspect of daily living impacting what we eat, wear, listen to, purchase, believe, and trust. Establishing... Read More
Inmate family support and social ties are often referred to in criminological theories as important elements of crime prevention and... Read More
In the last 20 to 40 years, probation went through significant transformations. One of these changes that can be noticed... Read More
Today, across Europe, numerous countries are dealing with the growing threat of radicalisation. While much has been made of the... Read More
Project partners BSAFE LAB law enforcement, justice and public safety research and technology transfer lab – Beira Interior University, Portugal... Read More
It is widely recognised that street gangs are connected with violence. Aggressive and violent youths are at greater risk of... 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
Peer training is increasingly needed, especially for disadvantaged groups. The placement of offenders in peer-support roles is also increasingly recommended... Read More
Mental health conditions are especially prevalent among the incarcerated population, which presently amounts to about 10 million, worldwide. These mental... Read More
To say that we are at the beginning of a new era for the usage of IT and technology in... Read More
The model of deprivation of liberty in Latin America has been going through a deep crisis for decades, and penitentiaries... Read More
“When I moved to HMP Northumberland I was so happy to see a kiosk. In my previous prisons, friends spoke... Read More
Criminological paradigms, such as the “Social Bond Theory”, offer no doubt about the importance of social bonds and family support... Read More
The project “Improving capacities and capabilities within the prison service in the Republic of Serbia” especially focuses on providing support... Read More
There seems to be a consensus that prison and probation need to have close interaction and communication whenever a continuum... Read More
In the last 40 years, one of the main concerns for prison administrations was the reduction of prison populations. The... 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
Jails in America are obsolete and so are the buildings and the philosophy behind them. But, right now, they’re often... Read More
Cases of violence, arson and planned terror attacks, combined with the worrying number of young people joining extremist organisations or... Read More
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite cautious when it... Read More
This is quite a dilemma for many correctional agencies: once decided that something needs to happen to modernise the current... Read More
The one constant of technology is that it is always evolving. While this constant evolution has the potential to enable... Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... 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
Best practices show that electronic monitoring (EM) can be an interesting tool, especially if used to serve a strategy of... Read More
On the 27th February 2018, the European Commission (EC) and the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union... Read More
The R2PRIS certification is a capacity building programme developed with the support of the European Commission and built as the... Read More
Incarceration in Canada To be incarcerated means that the justice system has deemed that an individual be separated from society... Read More
You have a kid that you have taken care of your whole life, and suddenly he/she ends up in prison.... Read More
Rehabilitation is a long-term goal that most countries have not begun to address. Although some have redesigned their institutional mission... Read More
Introduction – Moving the dial The mission of corrections is a constant. However, the environment is which it operates is... Read More
In Ibero-America, we live in democracy after ending the dictatorial regimes. In international time, that was just the day before... Read More
According to the recent statistics, Britons on average make 132 million mobile phone calls a day. On top of this,... Read More
Overcoming the challenges of prison overcrowding has proven to be a difficult task for many jurisdictions around the globe. Social... Read More
