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The staff at the heart of the Missouri corrections culture transformation

Anne Precythe, President of the Correctional Leaders Association & Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, USA Read More

Arraignment hearings guarantee human rights and avoid excessive pretrial detention in Brazil

Luís Geraldo Lanfredi, Deputy Judge of the Presidency of the National Council of Justice, Brazil Read More

Brazil: Arraignment hearings have prevented more than 270,000 pretrial detentions since 2015

Exploring the rollout of arraignment hearings in Brazil, the context that spurred the measure and the challenges of a paradigm shift. Read More

Elevating prison service based on an evolutionary and responsive strategy

Caron McCaffrey, Director-General of the Irish Prison Service & President of EuroPris Read More

Romanian prison system makes invaluable advances through foreign support

Dan Halchin, Director-general, Romanian Penitentiary Administration Read More

In the field of pretrial detention “it is not enough to change the law.”

José Lopes da Mota, Judge, Supreme Court of Justice, Portugal Read More

Campaigning for Fairness, Equality and Justice: “A Marathon Worth Running”

Norman L. Reimer, Global CEO, Fair Trials Read More

On the application of pretrial detention: expert contributions from Europe and beyond

Read the contributions from Directors-General of prison and probation administrations and worldwide correctional experts. Read More

Corrections as a Societal Driver: The Case for Modernization

How can corrections leverage modernization efforts to enhance communities safety and prosperity? Read More

Smart Prison: From Prison Digitalisation to Prison Using, Learning and Training Artificial Intelligence

Detailing the new programmes being implemented and tested in the scope of Smart Prison, a project that seeks innovations that work and can be applied to the general prison system. Read More

The key(s) to the success of the humanitarian mission in criminal justice

Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Read More

Spain: Corrections reaps the rewards of investments and reforms in recent decades

Ángel Luis Ortiz González, Secretary General of Penitentiary Institutions, Spain Read More

From punishment to rehabilitation: Namibia as a beacon of modernity in Africa

Raphael T. Hamunyela, Commissioner-General, Namibian Correctional Service Read More

Systemic change efforts in New Zealand Corrections are already bearing fruit

Jeremy Lightfoot, Chief Executive, Ara Poutama Aotearoa - Department of Corrections, New Zealand Read More

The opportunity that emerged from chaos

For a long time, heads of correctional administrations have prepared for different threat scenarios. But this time, it was different. The COVID 19 pandemic has taken us all by surprise and hit hard, showing how vulnerable our organisations can be. Read More

Respect for the rule of law at the core of the Justice portfolio

Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, European Commission Read More

Making changes on several fronts: infrastructure, personnel, health and digital

Rudy Van De Voorde, Director-General Belgian Prison Service Read More

Challenges and priorities for the Portuguese prison system… And the ongoing transformation despite COVID-19

Rómulo Mateus, Director-General of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More

Making a strategic investment to give a big step forward in modernisation

Deborah Richardson, Deputy Solicitor General (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More

A digital leap in Canada’s federal corrections triggered by the pandemic

Anne Kelly, Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada Read More

What solutions for the mentally ill caught in the web of a broken criminal justice system?

Christine Montross, M.D., Psychiatrist, author of “Waiting for an Echo – The Madness of American Incarceration”, USA Read More

Beyond Prisons: Women and Community Corrections – ICPA Taskforce

Article Diane Williams & Jennifer Oades The incarceration rate for women has skyrocketed globally by approximately 53% since 2000 and... Read More

ICPA Supporting the advancement of corrections throughout the globe

Peter Severin, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More

Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration…

Mark S. Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, United States of America Read More

Judicial Strategy Against all Forms of Violent Extremism in Prison: Harmonised Guidelines for Judges

What our administration wanted to publish, with the contribution of many partners, is a small handbook for European legal... Read More

Challenges, Profile, Competencies and Training of the European Prison Officer of the 21st Century: a quick view over the PO21 Sector Skills Alliance

Prison officers in Europe In Europe[1], there are nowadays, more than 588 940 citizens under the custody of the... Read More

CIRA Critical Incidents Readiness Assessment

Arraignment hearings guarantee human rights and avoid excessive pretrial detention in Brazil

Elevating prison service based on an evolutionary and responsive strategy

Romanian prison system makes invaluable advances through foreign support

CIRA Critical Incidents Readiness Assessment

New Software to Access the World Prison Brief Dataset: The prisonbrief Statistical Package∗

Prisons and the mentally ill: why design matters

Policy and Justice Reform

Arraignment hearings guarantee human rights and avoid excessive pretrial detention in Brazil

Brazil: Arraignment hearings have prevented more than 270,000 pretrial detentions since 2015

Elevating prison service based on an evolutionary and responsive strategy

Romanian prison system makes invaluable advances through foreign support

In the field of pretrial detention “it is not enough to change the law.”

Campaigning for Fairness, Equality and Justice: “A Marathon Worth Running”

On the application of pretrial detention: expert contributions from Europe and beyond

Smart Prison: From Prison Digitalisation to Prison Using, Learning and Training Artificial Intelligence

The key(s) to the success of the humanitarian mission in criminal justice

Spain: Corrections reaps the rewards of investments and reforms in recent decades

Challenges and priorities for the Portuguese prison system… And the ongoing transformation despite COVID-19

A digital leap in Canada’s federal corrections triggered by the pandemic

What solutions for the mentally ill caught in the web of a broken criminal justice system?

ICPA Supporting the advancement of corrections throughout the globe

Judicial Strategy Against all Forms of Violent Extremism in Prison: Harmonised Guidelines for Judges

Challenges, Profile, Competencies and Training of the European Prison Officer of the 21st Century: a quick view over the PO21 Sector Skills Alliance

Better technology in Public-Private Partnerships allow cost-savings for government

Designing new futures in justice and citizen security policies

The Polish prison modernisation programme as a turning point

Similarities between the ‘Ndrangheta mafia children and the young people who have turned to radicalisation

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