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Beyond implementing evidence-based practice: Creating rehabilitative experience

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Designing new futures in justice and citizen security policies

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Modernising and strenghtening the capacity of the federal and state level penitentiary systems

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

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The ambitious justice reform in France

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From plan to action: the recent probation service of Slovenia

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Multiple investments to transform the Panamanian prison system

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Times of change and modernisation in the Portuguese justice system

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Digital transformation within the probation sector

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

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R4JUST Radicalisation Prevention Competences’ Development Programme for Justice Professionals

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WayOut Integrated exit programme for prisons and probation

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The Swiss correctional system: the complex challenge of harmonisation

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The Hungarian correctional system on the path to modernisation

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Latin America and the Caribbean: Fostering development through finding solutions to crime and violence

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The Italian juvenile and community justice in transition

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Singapore Prison Service towards total digitisation

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Taking evidence-based decisions and employee wellness in the spotlight

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

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The challenges and opportunities of the Italian penitentiary system

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A leadership of proximity with eyes on solutions and continuous improvement

Jana Špero, Assistant Minister, Directorate for Prisons and Probation, Ministry of Justice, Croatia Read More

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