The UNODC aids Iraq in prison reform, working with the government and partner nations to bolster corrections, counter-radicalisation, intelligence, and global anti-terrorism efforts. Read More
Human Rights and Standards
Colette Peters, Director of the Department of Corrections, Oregon State, United States of America
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The use of technology is increasing in the criminal justice landscape. This is slowly receiving attention from academic research in... Read More
Emiliano Blanco, National Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Argentina Read More
Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, European Commission Read More
Women are a minority in prison. Currently, of the 10.35 million prisoners worldwide, over 700.000 (6.8%) are female (1). However,... Read More
Article ODSecurity 2020 was a challenging year for worldwide correctional services managing the devastating effects of COVID-19, and although the... Read More
In the last 40 years, one of the main concerns for prison administrations was the reduction of prison populations. The... Read More
Jean Alain Rodríguez, Attorney General of the Dominican Republic Read More
Joerg Jesse, Director General, Prison and Probation Administration of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Read More
Bryan Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, USA Read More
Exploring the rollout of arraignment hearings in Brazil, the context that spurred the measure and the challenges of a paradigm shift. Read More
Norman L. Reimer, Global CEO, Fair Trials Read More
Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa Read More
Prison, terrorism and emergency are causing a vicious circle and a dangerous situation in Europe, which is no longer justified... Read More
Mohamed Salah Tamek, Delegate General of the Correctional Department, Kingdom of Morocco Read More
In the developed and modern 21st century, the punishment, retribution, security, rehabilitation and restorative dimensions of the prison sentence, cannot... Read More
Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice, France 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
Jana Špero, Secretary General, Confederation of European Probation (CEP) Read More
Gemma Tuccillo, Head of the Department of Juvenile and Community Justice, Ministry of Justice, Italy Read More
Etéreo Armando Medina, Director-General of the Penitentiary System, Panama Read More
Kathleen Van De Vijver and Tine Verhenne, Belgian Prison Service, Belgium Read More
The FAIRNESS project promotes a balanced harmonisation of the Member States’ (MS) legal practices in relation to the implementation of... Read More
Celso Manata, Director of the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More
Often fuelled by a punitive social climate, there are frequent calls to
increase incarceration and build more prisons. Even if urgently needed in some countries to replace sometimes very old, outdated, and degraded prison infrastructure, building more prisons can be an unreasonable solution. Alternative measures are essential.
We interviewed magistrates, correctional leaders, and NGO representatives to understand their work in modernising justice systems
and their views on reducing pretrial detention. We also present
noteworthy cases from different continents on how jurisdictions are reducing pretrial detention. Read More
Mental health conditions are especially prevalent among the incarcerated population, which presently amounts to about 10 million, worldwide. These mental... Read More
Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Prison Philanthropist, UK Read More
By Russel Webster Public Health England’s annual health and justice review highlights specific health needs of women and older prisoners.... Read More
Context Citizens in Northern Ireland (NI) have embraced advances in technology. The most recent research states that 76% of people... Read More
Over the last 10 years, violent extremist (1) offenders (VEOs) have conducted several incidents analogous to some form of extremism,... Read More
Read the contributions from Directors-General of prison and probation administrations and worldwide correctional experts. Read More
Victor Dickson, President and CEO, Safer Foundation, USA Read More
Ever Martínez, Minister of Justice, Paraguay Read More
In the last 20 to 40 years, probation went through significant transformations. One of these changes that can be noticed... Read More
Desmond Chin, Commissioner of the Singapore Prison Service Read More
Inmate family support and social ties are often referred to in criminological theories as important elements of crime prevention and... Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More