Healthcare in Prisons
By Russel Webster Prison environments and women prisoners’ needs are complex and demand gender-aware care in view of women’s vulnerability... Read More
Developing and Using Virtual Reality Technology for the Rehabilitation of Drug Users in the Probation Service This project aims... Read More
By Russel Webster Systematic review finds interpersonal skills of case workers; access to social support and housing; and continuity of... Read More
Occupational stress and prisons The workplace is one of the critical environments affecting people’s mental and physical health. In recent... Read More
By Robert Boraks, Parkin Architects Nelson Mandela once said: “No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside... Read More
Criminal recidivism by people who go through the prison system is a severe and costly problem that affects all... Read More
Susan Kigula, Human rights activist, Uganda Read More
Ysmael Paniagua Guerrero, Coordinator of the New Penitentiary Management Model, Dominican Republic Read More
Rodil Hernández, Director General of Penitentiary Institutions of El Salvador Read More
There is a tendency to associate virtual reality with the gaming industry as, over the past couple of years, we... Read More
Colette Peters, Director of the Department of Corrections, Oregon State, United States of America
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By Russel Webster Inquest examines the rising number of women who die in prison, 11 years after the Corston report.... Read More
Nathalie Alvarado, Head of Citizen Security and Justice, Inter-American Development Bank Read More
Incarceration in Canada To be incarcerated means that the justice system has deemed that an individual be separated from society... 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
By Dr. Marayca López and Laura Maiello-Reidy, CGL Companies Scope of the Problem Worldwide, mental health disorders among the general population... Read More
With drugs entering our prison systems on a regular basis, we need to address the “elephant in the room” that... 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
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 Substance misuse treatment providers embrace digital for a better user experience. The digital revolution is here…almost The... Read More
Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, United Nations Read More
Most of the treatment literature in corrections focuses on the challenge of ‘reintegration’ – how best to encourage and support... Read More
By Russel Webster Children are often devastated when their mum is sent to prison but their interests are rarely considered... Read More
Don Head, Commissioner of the Correctional Service, Canada Read More
Rehabilitation is a long-term goal that most countries have not begun to address. Although some have redesigned their institutional mission... Read More
Marianne Vollan, Director General of the Norwegian Correctional Service, Norway Read More
Kathleen Van De Vijver and Tine Verhenne, Belgian Prison Service, Belgium 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
Mental health conditions are especially prevalent among the incarcerated population, which presently amounts to about 10 million, worldwide. These mental... Read More
By Russel Webster Prisoners and probation officers had different perceptions of how much prisoners understood recall, how much they communicated... Read More
Joao Goulão MD, Director General of SICAD, the Portuguese Service in Addiction Behaviours and Dependencies, Portugal 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
Exercising leadership can be as exciting and rewarding as a distressing and lonely experience, even when surrounded by many people.... Read More
Peter van der Sande, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More
It wasn’t too long ago that if a Prison Officer suspected a person of carrying contraband into a prison then... Read More
Gary Mohr, Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, United States of America Read More