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Unilink: A digital leap from paper to empowerment – one prisoner’s view
“When I moved to HMP Northumberland I was so happy to see a kiosk. In my previous…
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The role of UNODC in penitentiary reform processes in Latin America
The model of deprivation of liberty in Latin America has been going through a deep crisis for…
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Using Virtual Reality for Inmates Rehabilitation
There is a tendency to associate virtual reality with the gaming industry as, over the past couple…
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Reducing prison population and recidivism through the use of real-time monitoring technologies
Overcoming the challenges of prison overcrowding has proven to be a difficult task for many jurisdictions around…
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Radicalisation: Finding regional solutions for regional challenges – Developing learning hubs in Central Europe and the Balkans
Today, across Europe, numerous countries are dealing with the growing threat of radicalisation. While much has been…
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Mass supervision: the silent crisis of probation
In the last 20 to 40 years, probation went through significant transformations. One of these changes that…
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Striving to keep prisons safe, while increasing the opportunity for inmate social reintegration
Inmate family support and social ties are often referred to in criminological theories as important elements of…
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Transferring Prison Design Trends
Trends influence virtually every aspect of daily living impacting what we eat, wear, listen to, purchase, believe,…
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Old and Forgotten Behind Bars: Facing the Crisis of the Elderly in Prisons
Most of the treatment literature in corrections focuses on the challenge of ‘reintegration’ – how best to…
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Addressing new learning solutions for foreign inmates in EU prisons
According to the statistics of the Council of Europe, the total prison population in the European Union…
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Technology in Corrections: Challenges & Strategy
To say that we are at the beginning of a new era for the usage of IT…
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From Uganda’s Death Row to Human Rights Activism
// Interview: Susan Kigula Human rights activist, Uganda Background: In September 2002, Susan Kigula had been sentenced…
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CARCEL: Empowering female inmates through work
// Interview: Veronica D’Souza CARCEL’s founder and CEO JT: What is CARCEL and how did this business…
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Argentina: improving the penitentiary system through the training of first line practitioners
// Interview: Emiliano Blanco National Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Argentina JT: When you took…
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Public safety through penitentiary reform and gang control
// Interview: Rodil Hernández Director General of Penitentiary Institutions of El Salvador JT: Which are the main…
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The Regional Penitentiary Academy: supporting the prison reform in Latin America
// Interview: Roberto Santana Director of the Regional Penitentiary Academy, Dominican Republic JT: What is the Regional…
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Dominican Republic: an example of penitentiary reform to be followed
// Interview: Ysmael Paniagua Guerrero Coordinator of the New Penitentiary Management Model of the Dominican Republic Background:…
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National Penitentiary Reform: Challenges of Guatemala’s Penitentiary System
// Interview: Ricardo Guzmán Loyo First Vice Minister of Safety of the Ministry of Government of Guatemala…
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Cellmade: Reducing Recidivism through Work in Prisons
// Interview: Kathleen Van De Vijver and Tine Verhenne Belgian Prison Service JT: What is CELLMADE and…
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The decriminalization of drug use in Portugal and its impact in the criminal justice system
// Interview: Joao Goulão, MD Director General of SICAD, the Portuguese Service in Addiction Behaviours and Dependencies …
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The American Justice System and the decision to close Rikers Island jail complex
// Interview: Honourable Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman Head of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal…
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Working Towards Prison Reform in the UK
// Interview: Lady Edwina Grosvenor Prison Philanthropist, UK JT: When and how have you awaken to the…
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The Future of Training of the Judicial Staff
// Interview: Judge Edgar Taborda Lopes Coordinator of the Training Department of the Centre for Judicial Studies,…
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Romania: Challenges and Paradoxes of the Probation System
// Interview: Mihai Dima Director General of the Romanian Probation System JT: What do you consider to…
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Turkish Corrections in Transition
// Interview: Enis Yavuz Yildirim Director General of Prisons and Detention Houses of Turkey JT: What are…
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Challenges and Achievements of the Portuguese Correctional System
// Interview: Celso Manata Director of the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services of Portugal JT:…
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Full rights citizens: the principle of normality in Norwegian prisons
// Interview: Marianne Vollan Director General of the Norwegian Correctional Service JT: Norway is a worldwide reference–case…
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European Probation Systems in Transition
// Interview: Gerry McNally President of the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) JT: Across Europe, cultural diversity…
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European Penitentiary Systems in Transition
// Interview: Hans Meurisse Director General of the Belgium Prison Service & President of EuroPris* JT: Can…
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Shaping New Futures in European Justice
// Interview: Věra Jourová EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender equality JT: The European Commission and…
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Leadership should not be a lonely experience
Exercising leadership can be as exciting and rewarding as a distressing and lonely experience, even when surrounded…
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