This project addresses the phenomena of radicalisation and extremism inside prisons, by enhancing the competences of frontline staff (correctional officers,... Read More
Best practices show that electronic monitoring (EM) can be an interesting tool, especially if used to serve a strategy of... Read More
“The contrast between a prison with and without kiosks is like night and day.” (Prisoner S.M., HMP Northumberland, operated by... 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 one constant of technology is that it is always evolving. While this constant evolution has the potential to enable... Read More
This is quite a dilemma for many correctional agencies: once decided that something needs to happen to modernise the current... Read More
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite cautious when it... Read More
Cases of violence, arson and planned terror attacks, combined with the worrying number of young people joining extremist organisations or... 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
There seems to be a consensus that prison and probation need to have close interaction and communication whenever a continuum... 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
Juan Torres López, Director General of CIRE Centre for Reintegration Initiatives, Catalonia, Spain Read More
Peter van der Sande, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
Don Head, Commissioner of the Correctional Service, Canada Read More
Peter Severin, Commissioner of the New South Wales Corrective Services (NSWCS), Australia Read More
Joerg Jesse, Director General, Prison and Probation Administration of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Read More
Annie Devos, Director General of the Houses of Justice, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium 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
“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out... Read More
