This project strives to improve the transition process between prison and/or probation systems and the community for those at risk... Read More
Leadership Development
Hans Meurisse, Director-General of the Belgium Prison Service and President of EuroPris the European Association of Prisons and Correctional Services Read More
Marianne Vollan, Director General of the Norwegian Correctional Service, Norway Read More
Today, across Europe, numerous countries are dealing with the growing threat of radicalisation. While much has been made of the... Read More
It is widely recognised that street gangs are connected with violence. Aggressive and violent youths are at greater risk of... 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
Joerg Jesse, Director General, Prison and Probation Administration of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Read More
Cases of violence, arson and planned terror attacks, combined with the worrying number of young people joining extremist organisations or... Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More
Koen Geens, Minister of Justice, Belgium Read More
You have a kid that you have taken care of your whole life, and suddenly he/she ends up in prison.... Read More
Ysmael Paniagua Guerrero, Coordinator of the New Penitentiary Management Model, Dominican Republic Read More
Roberto Santana, Director of the Regional Penitentiary Academy, Dominican Republic Read More
Emiliano Blanco, National Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Argentina Read More
Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, United Nations Read More
Nathalie Alvarado, Head of Citizen Security and Justice, Inter-American Development Bank Read More
Ronald Gramigna, Fredy Fässler, Sylvie Bula, Switzerland Read More
In conferences, training events and meetings, I am frequently asked: “how can innovation take place in prisons?” My answer, regardless... Read More
The AWARE EAW project aims at increasing the cooperation between EU Member States using two Framework Decisions (FDs) in particular:... Read More
The WayOut project is fundamentally aimed at building a common framework to evaluate Exit programmes along with the development of... Read More
Developing and Using Virtual Reality Technology for the Rehabilitation of Drug Users in the Probation Service This project aims... Read More
The R4JUST project aims to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation and violent extremism inside prisons by exploring a... Read More
The PRE-RIGHTS project promotes a balanced approach to judicial and police cooperation, in line with the provisions of the EU’s... Read More
Prison gangs are pervasive in American corrections. According to official figures, thousands of inmates are currently affiliated with gangs, with... Read More
Sebastian Schulenberg, Director General of Prisons and Probation, Senator for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Bremen, Germany Read More
Jean Alain Rodríguez, Attorney General of the Dominican Republic Read More
The risk of prison radicalisation is a real and potent danger in correctional facilities across the globe. This risk is,... Read More
Danijela Mrhar Prelić, Director of the National Probation Service, Slovenia Read More
Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice, France Read More
Gerard Bakker, Director-General of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI), The Netherlands 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
Prison officers in Europe In Europe[1], there are nowadays, more than 588 940 citizens under the custody of the... Read More
Mark S. Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, United States of America Read More
Peter Severin, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
Christine Montross, M.D., Psychiatrist, author of “Waiting for an Echo – The Madness of American Incarceration”, USA Read More
Deborah Richardson, Deputy Solicitor General (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
Ina Eliasen, Director-General, Department of Prisons and Probation, Denmark Read More
