The acknowledgement of the negative impact of imprisonment on individuals, families and communities led, over the last three decades, to... Read More
Electronic Monitoring
Gerry McNally, President of the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) Read More
In the last 20 to 40 years, probation went through significant transformations. One of these changes that can be noticed... Read More
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
Annie Devos, Director General of the Houses of Justice, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium 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
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite cautious when it... Read More
The one constant of technology is that it is always evolving. While this constant evolution has the potential to enable... Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More
Francisco Alberto Caricati, Director General of the Penitentiary Department of the State of Paraná, Brazil Read More
Best practices show that electronic monitoring (EM) can be an interesting tool, especially if used to serve a strategy of... 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
Introduction – Moving the dial The mission of corrections is a constant. However, the environment is which it operates is... Read More
Overcoming the challenges of prison overcrowding has proven to be a difficult task for many jurisdictions around the globe. Social... 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
Loh Teck En, Director of the Transformation and Technology Division, Singapore Prison Service Read More
Electronic monitoring and the future What do we talk about when we talk about “electronic monitoring” (EM)? We talk about... Read More
Nathalie Alvarado, Head of Citizen Security and Justice, Inter-American Development Bank Read More
Context The Adoption of Electronic Monitoring Technologies The Portuguese Ministry of Justice is no stranger to the multiple benefits that... Read More
The understanding that it is possible to make electronic monitoring (EM) technology evolve into the spectrum of preventive action is... Read More
Context & Problem Research shows that while the number of crimes has declined, the number of prisoners has not, and... Read More
Context In June 2009, the new government authorities of El Salvador and the General Directorate of Correctional Centres (DGCP, by... Read More
The Cart Before the Horse: this would be an apt analogy for some organisations’ approach to digital transformation. We too... Read More
In conferences, training events and meetings, I am frequently asked: “how can innovation take place in prisons?” My answer, regardless... Read More
After a series of high-profile terrorist attacks involving previously incarcerated extremists during the last half-decade, “prison radicalisation” is an increasing... Read More
The use of technology is increasing in the criminal justice landscape. This is slowly receiving attention from academic research in... Read More
Francisca Van Dunem, Minister of Justice, Portugal Read More
Danijela Mrhar Prelić, Director of the National Probation Service, Slovenia Read More
Fabiano Bordignon, General Director of the National Penitentiary Department (DEPEN), Brazil Read More
Luiz Carlos Cruz, Secretary of State for Justice, Espírito Santo, Brazil Read More