Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa 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
Vivian Geiran, President of the Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP) of the Council of Europe and Director of the Irish Probation Service Read More
David Scott, Director of the Toronto Bail Programme, Ontario, Canada Read More
In the last 40 years, one of the main concerns for prison administrations was the reduction of prison populations. The... 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
By Russel Webster Professor Rosie Meek makes 12 recommendations to make sport and health living a key part of a... 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
Trends influence virtually every aspect of daily living impacting what we eat, wear, listen to, purchase, believe, and trust. Establishing... 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
In conferences, training events and meetings, I am frequently asked: “how can innovation take place in prisons?” My answer, regardless... Read More
Best practices show that electronic monitoring (EM) can be an interesting tool, especially if used to serve a strategy of... Read More
The acknowledgement of the negative impact of imprisonment on individuals, families and communities led, over the last three decades, to... Read More
It wasn’t too long ago that if a Prison Officer suspected a person of carrying contraband into a prison then... Read More
// The Unilink Group consists of four companies operating in the Criminal Justice Sector: Unilink Software, providing biometrically enabled Custodial... 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
In Ibero-America, we live in democracy after ending the dictatorial regimes. In international time, that was just the day before... Read More
Ariane Wolf, Violence Prevention Network, Head of International Affairs and Transnational Cooperation Read More
Luiz Carlos Cruz, Secretary of State for Justice, Espírito Santo, Brazil Read More
In the developed and modern 21st century, the punishment, retribution, security, rehabilitation and restorative dimensions of the prison sentence, cannot... 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
Gerard Bakker, Director-General of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI), The Netherlands Read More
Gemma Tuccillo, Head of the Department of Juvenile and Community Justice, Ministry of Justice, Italy Read More
by Robert Boraks, Parkin Architects Today there is improved understanding that a correctional facility is no longer the “end of... Read More
Valdeci Ferreira, Executive Director of the Brazilian Fraternity of Assistance to the Convicted Read More
Context In June 2009, the new government authorities of El Salvador and the General Directorate of Correctional Centres (DGCP, by... Read More
Danijela Mrhar Prelić, Director of the National Probation Service, Slovenia Read More
Major General Dr Tamás Tóth, Director General of the Hungarian Prison Service 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
The understanding that it is possible to make electronic monitoring (EM) technology evolve into the spectrum of preventive action is... Read More
Fabiano Bordignon, General Director of the National Penitentiary Department (DEPEN), Brazil Read More
By Dr. Marayca López and Laura Maiello-Reidy, CGL Companies Scope of the Problem Worldwide, mental health disorders among the general population... Read More
The R2PRIS certification is a capacity building programme developed with the support of the European Commission and built as the... Read More
Introduction – Moving the dial The mission of corrections is a constant. However, the environment is which it operates is... Read More
The Cart Before the Horse: this would be an apt analogy for some organisations’ approach to digital transformation. We too... Read More
Convergence of technology has been a constant feature in the industry for decades. With recent progress in technology, the pace... Read More
“When I moved to HMP Northumberland I was so happy to see a kiosk. In my previous prisons, friends spoke... Read More