By Russel Webster Systematic review finds interpersonal skills of case workers; access to social support and housing; and continuity of... Read More
Human Rights and Standards
By Russel Webster Prison environments and women prisoners’ needs are complex and demand gender-aware care in view of women’s vulnerability... Read More
By Russel Webster Children are often devastated when their mum is sent to prison but their interests are rarely considered... 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
By Russel Webster Professor Rosie Meek makes 12 recommendations to make sport and health living a key part of a... Read More
By Russel Webster NACRO briefing on how Friday prison releases can damage resettlement before it’s even properly started. A new... Read More
Susan Kigula, Human rights activist, Uganda Read More
Emiliano Blanco, National Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Argentina Read More
Roberto Santana, Director of the Regional Penitentiary Academy, Dominican Republic Read More
Ysmael Paniagua Guerrero, Coordinator of the New Penitentiary Management Model, Dominican Republic Read More
Ricardo Guzmán Loyo, First Vice Minister of Safety of the Ministry of Government, Guatemala Read More
Honourable Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, Head of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, United States of America Read More
Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Prison Philanthropist, UK Read More
Věra Jourová, European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender equality Read More
Dimitri Vlassis, Chief coordinator of the programme for the implementation of the Doha Declaration, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (UNODC) Read More
Martin F. Horn, Executive Director of the New York State Permanent Commission on Sentencing, New York, USA Read More
According to the recent statistics, Britons on average make 132 million mobile phone calls a day. On top of this,... Read More
Jennifer Oades, Chairperson of the Parole Board of Canada
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Desmond Chin, Commissioner of the Singapore Prison Service Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite cautious when it... Read More
Jails in America are obsolete and so are the buildings and the philosophy behind them. But, right now, they’re often... 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
In the last 40 years, one of the main concerns for prison administrations was the reduction of prison populations. The... Read More
Ever Martínez, Minister of Justice, Paraguay Read More
Alison Hannah, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI) Read More
The project “Improving capacities and capabilities within the prison service in the Republic of Serbia” especially focuses on providing support... Read More
Criminological paradigms, such as the “Social Bond Theory”, offer no doubt about the importance of social bonds and family support... Read More
Peter van der Sande, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
Joerg Jesse, Director General, Prison and Probation Administration of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Read More
Priit Kama, Deputy Secretary-General for Prisons, Estonia Read More
Ángel Yuste Castillejo, Secretary General of Penitentiary Institutions, Spain 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
Nela Kuburovic, Minister of Justice, Republic of Serbia Read More
Arkel Benítez Mendizábal, Secretary-General of COMJIB, Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Ibero-American Countries Read More
“When I moved to HMP Northumberland I was so happy to see a kiosk. In my previous prisons, friends spoke... Read More
The model of deprivation of liberty in Latin America has been going through a deep crisis for decades, and penitentiaries... Read More
Kathleen Van De Vijver and Tine Verhenne, Belgian Prison Service, Belgium Read More
Judge Edgar Taborda Lopes, Coordinator of the Training Department of the Centre for Judicial Studies, Portugal Read More
