Article ODSecurity 2020 was a challenging year for worldwide correctional services managing the devastating effects of COVID-19, and although the... Read More
// The Unilink Group consists of four companies operating in the Criminal Justice Sector: Unilink Software, providing biometrically enabled Custodial... Read More
Criminal recidivism by people who go through the prison system is a severe and costly problem that affects all... Read More
Danilo Freire & Robert Myles McDonnell The World Prison Brief Dataset (WPB) provides a unique source of information about the... Read More
Judicial Strategy Against all Forms of Violent Extremism in Prison: Harmonised Guidelines for Judges
Read document What our administration wanted to publish, with the contribution of many partners, is a small handbook for European... Read More
The prison service in Hungary is a state-governed armed force supervised by the Ministry of Interior, aiming at protection of... Read More
Nelson Mandela once said, “No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not... Read More
Prison officers in Europe In Europe[1], there are nowadays, more than 588 940 citizens under the custody of the... Read More
Public-private partnerships in the operation of prisons have existed since long time ago, although the extent of reliance on the... Read More
In the developed and modern 21st century, the punishment, retribution, security, rehabilitation and restorative dimensions of the prison sentence, cannot... Read More
Occupational stress and prisons The workplace is one of the critical environments affecting people’s mental and physical health. In recent... Read More
Despite the industry’s best efforts to modernise and ‘professionalise’ sourcing practices, project management and service delivery methods; over 70% of... Read More
The preventive detention phenomenon: an increasing trend On a global scale, 10.74 million individuals were, as of 2018, arrested worldwide.... Read More
Over the last 10 years, violent extremist (1) offenders (VEOs) have conducted several incidents analogous to some form of extremism,... Read More
Warren Coons Director General of the Preventive Security and Intelligence Branch, Correctional Service Canada The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)... Read More
The risk of prison radicalisation is a real and potent danger in correctional facilities across the globe. This risk is,... Read More
The use of technology is increasing in the criminal justice landscape. This is slowly receiving attention from academic research in... Read More
Prison, terrorism and emergency are causing a vicious circle and a dangerous situation in Europe, which is no longer justified... Read More
After a series of high-profile terrorist attacks involving previously incarcerated extremists during the last half-decade, “prison radicalisation” is an increasing... Read More
These reforms are designed to build on the successful elements of the existing system, Transforming Rehabilitation, which led to... Read More
References Barrelle, K. (2014) Pro-integration: disengagement from the life after extremism. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. DOI: 10.1080/19434472.2014.988165... Read More
The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners state that prisoners have the right to communicate with family and... Read More
Prison gangs are pervasive in American corrections. According to official figures, thousands of inmates are currently affiliated with gangs, with... Read More
The FAIRNESS project promotes a balanced harmonisation of the Member States’ (MS) legal practices in relation to the implementation of... Read More
The PRE-RIGHTS project promotes a balanced approach to judicial and police cooperation, in line with the provisions of the EU’s... Read More
The R4JUST project aims to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation and violent extremism inside prisons by exploring a... Read More
With drugs entering our prison systems on a regular basis, we need to address the “elephant in the room” that... Read More
Developing and Using Virtual Reality Technology for the Rehabilitation of Drug Users in the Probation Service This project aims... Read More
The WayOut project is fundamentally aimed at building a common framework to evaluate Exit programmes along with the development of... Read More
The AWARE EAW project aims at increasing the cooperation between EU Member States using two Framework Decisions (FDs) in particular:... Read More
Code4000 is a UK-based community interest project set up with a clear mission to provide industry-specific coding training within the UK prison estates Read More
The Cart Before the Horse: this would be an apt analogy for some organisations’ approach to digital transformation. We too... Read More
Context In June 2009, the new government authorities of El Salvador and the General Directorate of Correctional Centres (DGCP, by... Read More
Context Artificial intelligence (AI) consists of the ability of machines or computers to emulate human thinking and decision making. A... Read More
Context Almost everyone in the United States uses a computer, smartphone or another form of technology, daily, to work, access... Read More
