Ricardo Pérez Manrique, Judge, President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Read More
Human Rights and Standards
Jana Špero, Secretary General, Confederation of European Probation (CEP) Read More
Joint interview with members and experts of the Council for Penological Co-operation of the Council of Europe Read More
Shie Yong Lee, Commissioner, Singapore Prison Service Read More
Bryan Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, USA Read More
A new vision requires modern offender management systems, capable of responding to the issues facing prison administrations today, with the flexibility and ability to learn and respond to issues that we will face in the future. Read More
Integrating technology in the transfer process of probationary or alternative measures for foreign nationals in the EU. Read More
Luís Geraldo Lanfredi, Deputy Judge of the Presidency of the National Council of Justice, Brazil Read More
José Lopes da Mota, Judge, Supreme Court of Justice, Portugal Read More
Norman L. Reimer, Global CEO, Fair Trials 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
A scheme providing legal aid to the accused, ensuring that prompt decisions are taken upon arrest, arraignment and prosecution. Read More
Read the contributions from Directors-General of prison and probation administrations and worldwide correctional experts. 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 Even if urgently needed in some countries to replace sometimes very old, outdated, and degraded prison infrastructure, building more prisons can be an unreasonable solution.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
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Read More
Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, European Commission Read More
Fiorella Salazar Rojas, Minister of Justice and Peace, Costa Rica Read More
Jan Kleijssen, Director of the Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Council of Europe Read More
Ivan Zinger, Correctional Investigator of Canada Read More
Nivaldo Restivo, Colonel, Secretary of State for the penitentiary Administration, São Paulo, Brazil Read More
Victor Dickson, President and CEO, Safer Foundation, USA Read More
Article Diane Williams & Jennifer Oades The incarceration rate for women has skyrocketed globally by approximately 53% since 2000 and... 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
Peter Severin, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
Woo Ying-ming, Commissioner of Correctional Services, Hong Kong Read More
Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa Read More
Gerard Bakker, Director-General of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI), The Netherlands Read More
Fabiano Bordignon, General Director of the National Penitentiary Department (DEPEN), Brazil Read More
Valdeci Ferreira, Executive Director of the Brazilian Fraternity of Assistance to the Convicted Read More
// The Unilink Group consists of four companies operating in the Criminal Justice Sector: Unilink Software, providing biometrically enabled Custodial... Read More
Nelson Mandela once said, “No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not... 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
General Jacek Kitliński, Director-General of the Prison Service, Poland Read More
General Milan Ivan, Director-General of the Prison and Court Guards Corps, Slovakia Read More
Etéreo Armando Medina, Director-General of the Penitentiary System, Panama Read More
Ariane Wolf, Violence Prevention Network, Head of International Affairs and Transnational Cooperation Read More
Over the last 10 years, violent extremist (1) offenders (VEOs) have conducted several incidents analogous to some form of extremism,... Read More
The use of technology is increasing in the criminal justice landscape. This is slowly receiving attention from academic research in... Read More
Prison, terrorism and emergency are causing a vicious circle and a dangerous situation in Europe, which is no longer justified... Read More
