Changing societal perspectives, technological advancements, environmental challenges, and other evolving factors are driving significant transformation in corrections. For this change to be successful, leaders must envision, embrace and head this transformation. Read More
Explore the challenges and opportunities of modernisation though the lens of international stakeholders in the penitentiary sector. Read More
Read this piece by two leading experts in correctional facility design, sharing innovative approaches to transform prisons into environments that promote healing and rehabilitation. Read More
To address the underlying causes of criminal behaviour, rooted in socio-economic disparities, mental health issues, and systemic injustices, leaders have been challenged to look beyond the boundaries of their systems and institutions and actively engage with other agencies, policymakers, and the broader community. In this edition, we feature interviews with correctional leaders and articles by experts on transforming the system through upstream and downstream collaborations, policy reforms, digital technologies, and community engagement. Read More
An update on the expansion of the Smart Prison project in Finland, which provides digital devices and services to inmates for communication, task management, and rehabilitation purposes. Read More
The Belgian prison system presents their ongoing modernisation effort enabling detainees to stay connected to the digital world outside and supporting staff in their work. Read More
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
Rudy Van De Voorde, Director-General Belgian Prison Service Read More
Rómulo Mateus, Director-General of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More
Nivaldo Restivo, Colonel, Secretary of State for the penitentiary Administration, São Paulo, Brazil Read More
Deborah Richardson, Deputy Solicitor General (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
Join the conversation about the New European Bauhaus initiative SUBMIT YOUR CONTRIBUTION Expert’s Panel Ana Maria Evans & Pedro das... Read More
Public-private partnerships in the operation of prisons have existed since long time ago, although the extent of reliance on the... Read More
Woo Ying-ming, Commissioner of Correctional Services, Hong Kong Read More
Despite the industry’s best efforts to modernise and ‘professionalise’ sourcing practices, project management and service delivery methods; over 70% of... Read More
Luiz Carlos Cruz, Secretary of State for Justice, Espírito Santo, Brazil Read More
Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice, France Read More
General Jacek Kitliński, Director-General of the Prison Service, Poland Read More
Jean Alain Rodríguez, Attorney General of the Dominican Republic Read More
Nathalie Alvarado, Head of Citizen Security and Justice, Inter-American Development Bank Read More
Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, United Nations Read More
By Dr. Marayca López and Laura Maiello-Reidy, CGL Companies Scope of the Problem Worldwide, mental health disorders among the general population... Read More
By Robert Boraks, Parkin Architects Nelson Mandela once said: “No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside... Read More
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 Robert Boraks, Parkin Architects Today there is improved understanding that a correctional facility is no longer the “end of... Read More
Ysmael Paniagua Guerrero, Coordinator of the New Penitentiary Management Model, Dominican Republic 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
Věra Jourová, European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender equality Read More
Martin F. Horn, Executive Director of the New York State Permanent Commission on Sentencing, New York, USA Read More
Incarceration in Canada To be incarcerated means that the justice system has deemed that an individual be separated from society... Read More
Francisco Alberto Caricati, Director General of the Penitentiary Department of the State of Paraná, Brazil Read More
Gary Mohr, Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, United States of America Read More
Koen Geens, Minister of Justice, Belgium Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... 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
Stéphane Bredin, Director General of the Prison Administration, France Read More
Peter van der Sande, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
Peter Severin, Commissioner of the New South Wales Corrective Services (NSWCS), Australia Read More