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Gerry McNally, President of the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) Read More
Marianne Vollan, Director General of the Norwegian Correctional Service, Norway Read More
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Rodil Hernández, Director General of Penitentiary Institutions of El Salvador Read More
Celso Manata, Director of the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More
Mihai Dima, Director General of the Romanian Probation System, Romania Read More
Judge Edgar Taborda Lopes, Coordinator of the Training Department of the Centre for Judicial Studies, Portugal Read More
To say that we are at the beginning of a new era for the usage of IT and technology in... Read More
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Annie Devos, Director General of the Houses of Justice, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium Read More
Peter van der Sande, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
Criminological paradigms, such as the “Social Bond Theory”, offer no doubt about the importance of social bonds and family support... Read More
Ofra Klinger, Lieutenant General, Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service, Israel Read More
Stéphane Bredin, Director General of the Prison Administration, France Read More
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Koen Geens, Minister of Justice, Belgium Read More
Francisco Alberto Caricati, Director General of the Penitentiary Department of the State of Paraná, Brazil Read More
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Věra Jourová, European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender equality 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
Emiliano Blanco, National Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Argentina Read More
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There is a tendency to associate virtual reality with the gaming industry as, over the past couple of years, we... Read More
By Russel Webster Prison staff say illicit phones are about organised drug dealing while prisoners view them more as tools... Read More
By Russel Webster Prisoners and probation officers had different perceptions of how much prisoners understood recall, how much they communicated... 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
