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Legal aid upon arrest reduces pretrial detention in Nigeria 

A scheme providing legal aid to the accused, ensuring that prompt decisions are taken upon arrest, arraignment and prosecution. Read More

Preventing radicalisation in the context of pretrial detention

What should be the approach when dealing with violent extremist and terrorist offenders (VETOs) in pretrial detention? Read More

Can digital transformation be a catalyst for operational transformation?

Operational transformation is necessary in the post-pandemic corrections agencies. "Selecting the right expert digital partners, is the key to overcoming challenges" - Core Systems. Read More

Pretrial behaviour change intervention for men charged with domestic violence offences

The New South Wales (NSW) Remand Domestic Violence intervention programme is changing minds through voluntary participation. Read More

On the application of pretrial detention: expert contributions from Europe and beyond

Read the contributions from Directors-General of prison and probation administrations and worldwide correctional experts. Read More

Pretrial detention overuse: the European way forward

Shining a light on the worrying numbers and consequences of the (over)use of pretrial detention around the world. Read More

Risk assessment in Corrections

Where are we now in our ability to assess risk in corrections? The day is fast approaching when we will be able to systematically assess and reassess individuals, efficiently, effectively and comprehensively. Read More

Swedish correctional services: growing challenges in an era of change

Martin Holmgren, Director-General, Swedish Prison and Probation Service Read More

Spain: Corrections reaps the rewards of investments and reforms in recent decades

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Santa Catarina correctional system makes progress on several fronts despite challenges

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Change and humanization: Watchwords among community corrections professionals in the US

Brian Lovins, President of the Board of Directors, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), USA Read More

Extremist offender rehabilitation: Innovative, multiple and overlapping approaches as the path to success

Presenting a new and innovative European initiative built on best practices. Read More

Electronic monitoring: Overcoming operational and logistical challenges during the pandemic

The electronic monitoring sector response during the early phase of COVID-19 focused on implementing remote learning modalities as an emergency response. As the pandemic has evolved, so too have electronic monitoring responses. Read More
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Justice and Peace: Challenges and advancements in times of pandemic

Fiorella Salazar Rojas, Minister of Justice and Peace, Costa Rica Read More
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Justice and beyond: Council of Europe working on setting global benchmarks on artificial intelligence

Jan Kleijssen, Director of the Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Council of Europe Read More
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Challenges and priorities for the Portuguese prison system… And the ongoing transformation despite COVID-19

Rómulo Mateus, Director-General of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More
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A focus on reducing recidivism both in custody and community corrections

David Brown, Chief Executive, Department for Correctional Services, South Australia Read More
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Challenges and opportunities for a prison system with more than 200,000 inmates

Nivaldo Restivo, Colonel, Secretary of State for the penitentiary Administration, São Paulo, Brazil Read More
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Prison overcrowding and staffing problems: Critical situation leads to unprecedented strategies

Ina Eliasen, Director-General, Department of Prisons and Probation, Denmark Read More
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Making a strategic investment to give a big step forward in modernisation

Deborah Richardson, Deputy Solicitor General (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
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A digital leap in Canada’s federal corrections triggered by the pandemic

Anne Kelly, Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada Read More

Beyond Prisons: Women and Community Corrections – ICPA Taskforce

Article Diane Williams & Jennifer Oades The incarceration rate for women has skyrocketed globally by approximately 53% since 2000 and... Read More

Making prison and probation work

Article Francis Toye Imagine for a moment that you are responsible for the operation of information technology in prisons and... Read More
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ICPA Supporting the advancement of corrections throughout the globe

Peter Severin, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
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Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration…

Mark S. Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, United States of America Read More
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New Software to Access the World Prison Brief Dataset: The prisonbrief Statistical Package∗

Danilo Freire & Robert Myles McDonnell The World Prison Brief Dataset (WPB) provides a unique source of information about the... Read More
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Offenders rehabilitation and their contribution to the South-African society

Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa Read More
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A safe return to society as a goal: how can we achieve it?

Gerard Bakker, Director-General of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI), The Netherlands Read More
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Espírito Santo: The extensive transformation of the state prison system

Luiz Carlos Cruz, Secretary of State for Justice, Espírito Santo, Brazil Read More
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Modernising and strenghtening the capacity of the federal and state level penitentiary systems

Fabiano Bordignon, General Director of the National Penitentiary Department (DEPEN), Brazil Read More
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APAC: Prisons without guards, police, weapons, violence, corruption, drugs and discrimination

Valdeci Ferreira, Executive Director of the Brazilian Fraternity of Assistance to the Convicted Read More

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 2018, arrested worldwide.... Read More

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 custody of the... Read More

Core Correctional Skills The training kit

What is the main subject of this new book?   Ioan Durnescu: For almost 20 years, we’ve been speaking about core... Read More
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The ambitious justice reform in France

Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice, France Read More

From plan to action: the recent probation service of Slovenia

Danijela Mrhar Prelić, Director of the National Probation Service, Slovenia Read More

Similarities between the ‘Ndrangheta mafia children and the young people who have turned to radicalisation

Giuseppe Spadaro Judge, President of the Juvenile Court of Bologna, Former President of the Lamezia Terme District Court Criminal Section, Italy Read More

Multiple investments to transform the Panamanian prison system

Etéreo Armando Medina, Director-General of the Penitentiary System, Panama Read More

“We talk to extremists, not about them” – prevention, intervention, deradicalisation

Ariane Wolf, Violence Prevention Network, Head of International Affairs and Transnational Cooperation Read More
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Times of change and modernisation in the Portuguese justice system

Francisca Van Dunem, Minister of Justice, Portugal Read More

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