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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
Anne Kelly

A digital leap in Canada’s federal corrections triggered by the pandemic

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Beyond Prisons: Women and Community Corrections – ICPA Taskforce

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Making prison and probation work

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ICPA Supporting the advancement of corrections throughout the globe

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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
Ronald Lamola

Offenders rehabilitation and their contribution to the South-African society

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Gerard Bakker

A safe return to society as a goal: how can we achieve it?

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Luiz Carlos Cruz

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

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APAC: Prisons without guards, police, weapons, violence, corruption, drugs and discrimination

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The need for alternative measures to pre-trial detention: towards the realisation of common standards

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  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

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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

The global risk of radicalisation in prisons

The risk of prison radicalisation is a real and potent danger in correctional facilities across the globe. This risk is,... Read More
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Restorative justice beyond the emergency caused by terrorism

Prison, terrorism and emergency are causing a vicious circle and a dangerous situation in Europe, which is no longer justified... Read More
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GPS Technology – A tool for the reintegration of radicalised offenders into society

After a series of high-profile terrorist attacks involving previously incarcerated extremists during the last half-decade, “prison radicalisation” is an increasing... Read More
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Digital transformation within the probation sector

  These reforms are designed to build on the successful elements of the existing system, Transforming Rehabilitation, which led to... Read More

Radicalisation, dynamic security, technologies and other focal points of Bremen’s correctional system

Sebastian Schulenberg, Director General of Prisons and Probation, Senator for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Bremen, Germany Read More

“The great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together”

The threat of radicalisation and terrorism has shown no boundaries. Expressed in different forms or formats, it is not specific... Read More
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FAIRNESS Implementation of the Stockholm’s Roadmap in cases of terrorism and radicalisation

The FAIRNESS project promotes a balanced harmonisation of the Member States’ (MS) legal practices in relation to the implementation of... Read More
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PRE-RIGHTS Assessing the impact and performance of preventive measures on EU Directives and Framework Decisions

The PRE-RIGHTS project promotes a balanced approach to judicial and police cooperation, in line with the provisions of the EU’s... Read More
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R4JUST Radicalisation Prevention Competences’ Development Programme for Justice Professionals

The R4JUST project aims to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation and violent extremism inside prisons by exploring a... Read More
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VR for drug rehabilitation

Developing and Using Virtual Reality Technology for the Rehabilitation of Drug Users in the Probation Service   This project aims... Read More

WayOut Integrated exit programme for prisons and probation

The WayOut project is fundamentally aimed at building a common framework to evaluate Exit programmes along with the development of... Read More

AWARE European Arrest Warrant

The AWARE EAW project aims at increasing the cooperation between EU Member States using two Framework Decisions (FDs) in particular:... Read More
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The Hungarian correctional system on the path to modernisation

Major General Dr Tamás Tóth, Director General of the Hungarian Prison Service  Read More
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Fostering development through finding solutions to crime and violence

Nathalie Alvarado, Head of Citizen Security and Justice, Inter-American Development Bank Read More
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Preventing juvenile delinquency in Panama through talent and purpose

Erika Ender, Singer-songwriter and philanthropist, founder and president of the Puertas Abiertas Foundation, Panama Read More
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The Italian juvenile and community justice in transition

Gemma Tuccillo, Head of the Department of Juvenile and Community Justice, Ministry of Justice, Italy  Read More
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Singapore Prison Service towards total digitisation

Loh Teck En, Director of the Transformation and Technology Division, Singapore Prison Service Read More

A constructive alternative to incarceration at the disposal of the most vulnerable

David Scott, Director of the Toronto Bail Programme, Ontario, Canada  Read More
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The challenges and opportunities of the Italian penitentiary system

Francesco Basentini, Director General of the Penitentiary Department, Italy  Read More

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