Ysmael Paniagua Guerrero, Coordinator of the New Penitentiary Management Model, Dominican Republic Read More
Officers Training and Learning
Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, United Nations Read More
The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners state that prisoners have the right to communicate with family and... Read More
Pedro das Neves, CEO of IPS Innovative Prison Systems, shed light on the potential of digital tools to transform not... Read More
Anne Klockmeier, Digitalisation Manager for prison and probation systems for the Bremen Ministry of Justice, talks about the factors to... Read More
This project strives to improve the transition process between prison and/or probation systems and the community for those at risk... Read More
Over the last 10 years, violent extremist (1) offenders (VEOs) have conducted several incidents analogous to some form of extremism,... Read More
Nadya Radkovska, Chairperson of the Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP) of the Council of Europe, shares her insights on the way prison officers must be prepared for the dynamic challenges prison environment presents Read More
Loh Teck En, Director of the Transformation and Technology Division, Singapore Prison Service Read More
There is a tendency to associate virtual reality with the gaming industry as, over the past couple of years, we... Read More
Karen Ellis, Deputy Solicitor General, (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, Director-General of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More
How can we adapt prison officers’ training curricula and make this job more attractive? Gustav Tallving, Director of the European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EuroPris), shares his insights in the scope of PO21 – European Prison Officers for the 21st Century Read More
In the framework of the PO21 Prison Officers for the 21st Century project, Florus Mulder, Head of the Swiss Training Centre, reflects on the need to update PO training and raise awareness to the importance and attractiveness of the position. Read More
Bart Van Den Langenbergh, Prison Director in the high-tech prison of Beveren in Belgium, speaks the challenges of the PO daily work and the related competences that are expected from them. He argues for the need of providing PO's with adequate training and respect. Read More
Emiliano Blanco, National Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Argentina Read More
Natasha Porter, CEO of Unlocked Graduates, speaks about the role of the prison officer and the attractiveness of the function at the PO21 Final Conference Read More
It is widely recognised that street gangs are connected with violence. Aggressive and violent youths are at greater risk of... Read More
Paolo Di Sciuva, International Director of the EURESP project in Ecuador Read More
Prof. Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, Director General of the Portuguese Prison and Probation Service speaks about the importance and attractiveness of the Prison Officers role Read More
Martin Holmgren, Director-General, Swedish Prison and Probation Service Read More
The R4JUST project aims to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation and violent extremism inside prisons by exploring a... Read More
Brian Lovins, President of the Board of Directors, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), USA Read More
Renato Casagrande, Governor, Espírito Santo, Brazil Read More
Imagine a hospital where the doctors, nurses and other professionals don’t know how to do their job, and don’t have the necessary instruments to diagnose and care for their patients. Read More
Torben Adams, Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), Co-chair of the Prison and Probation Working Group (P&P), RAN, European Commission Read More
Jean Alain Rodríguez, Attorney General of the Dominican Republic Read More
The AWARE EAW project aims at increasing the cooperation between EU Member States using two Framework Decisions (FDs) in particular:... Read More
Mark S. Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, United States of America Read More
What is CIRA? CIRA is an organisational risk assessment tool that aims to raise awareness about risks and support prison... Read More
Vivian Geiran, President of the Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP) of the Council of Europe and Director of the Irish Probation Service Read More
Peter Severin, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
Today, across Europe, numerous countries are dealing with the growing threat of radicalisation. While much has been made of the... Read More
The electronic monitoring sector response during the early phase of COVID-19 focused on implementing remote learning modalities as an emergency response. As the pandemic has evolved, so too have electronic monitoring responses. Read More
Steven van de Steene, Consultant and Researcher of SMART Corrections Consulting, elaborates on the importance of digital maturity and digital... Read More
Laura Kikas, President of EPTA - European Prison Training Academies, shares how important it is, in the 21st Century, to be in the same places people are, like social media. Nowadays, it is important to be aware that the “old-fashioned” ways of finding people don’t work anymore Read More
Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice, France Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More
Marc Cerón, Deputy Director General for Training and Research at the Centre of Legal Studies of the Justice Department of Catalunya tell us about the challenges of prison officer recruitment and training Read More
Christine Montross, M.D., Psychiatrist, author of “Waiting for an Echo – The Madness of American Incarceration”, USA Read More