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Category: Issue #2
Content published in issue nr 2
Electronic monitoring as an intermediate punitive territory
Best practices show that electronic monitoring (EM) can be an interesting tool, especially if used to serve…
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Empowering prisoners through technology
“The contrast between a prison with and without kiosks is like night and day.” (Prisoner S.M., HMP…
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Modernisation of the penitentiary systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: the role of the Inter-American Development Bank
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its…
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Collaborating across boundaries: unifying the correctional community in innovating technology solutions
The one constant of technology is that it is always evolving. While this constant evolution has the…
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Technological solutions for corrections: develop or purchase?
This is quite a dilemma for many correctional agencies: once decided that something needs to happen to…
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Criminal justice is increasingly eager to embrace the technological revolution
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite…
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Radicalisation prevention in prisons and in the community
Cases of violence, arson and planned terror attacks, combined with the worrying number of young people joining…
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American jails: the advent of three-door justice centers
Jails in America are obsolete and so are the buildings and the philosophy behind them. But, right…
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How to reduce the number of women in prison
Women are a minority in prison. Currently, of the 10.35 million prisoners worldwide, over 700.000 (6.8%) are…
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More short prison sentences or alternatives: which way do we go?
In the last 40 years, one of the main concerns for prison administrations was the reduction of…
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Advocating for human rights: the mirage of the de-politicisation of criminal policies
// Interview: Alison Hannah Executive Director of Penal Reform International JT: What is Penal Reform International…
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Serbian prisons towards the EU acquis
The project “Improving capacities and capabilities within the prison service in the Republic of Serbia” especially focuses…
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The children of prisoners: communication that heals relationships
Criminological paradigms, such as the “Social Bond Theory”, offer no doubt about the importance of social bonds…
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Correctional Service of Canada: when one of the best systems faces major challenges
// Interview: Don Head Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada JT: What makes the Correctional…
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New infrastructure as a lever for the modernisation and streamlining of the correctional system
// Interview: Peter Severin Commissioner of the New South Wales Corrective Services (NSWCS), Australia JT: How…
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A model system for its sense of mission and high recruitment standards
// Interview: Joerg Jesse Director General, Prison and Probation Administration of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany JT: Unlike…
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The untouchable social work principles of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation probation system
// Interview: Annie Devos Director General of the Houses of Justice, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium JT: A document…
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The weight of history in a correctional system in transition
// Interview: Priit Kama Deputy Secretary-General for Prisons, Estonia JT: Although Estonia has a high prison population…
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The Spanish penitentiary system: changes to comply with European regulations and current challenges
// Interview: Ángel Yuste Castillejo Secretary General of Penitentiary Institutions, Spain JT: What are the main…
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Council for Penological Cooperation of the Council of Europe: developing standards for prison and probation services
// Interview: Vivian Geiran President of the Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP) of the Council of Europe…
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Serbia’s judicial reform: the strategy to get closer to joining the European Union
// Interview: Nela Kuburovic Minister of Justice, Republic of Serbia // JT: We have learned that Serbia’s…
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Promoting a more cohesive legal space in Ibero-America and beyond
// Interview: Arkel Benítez Mendizábal Secretary-General of COMJIB, Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Ibero-American Countries…
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Cooperation and knowledge sharing: a lever in the policy development process
“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are…
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