Danijela Mrhar Prelić, Director of the National Probation Service, Slovenia Read More
Leadership & Staff Development
Raphael T. Hamunyela, Commissioner-General, Namibian Correctional Service Read More
Marianne Vollan, Director General of the Norwegian Correctional Service, Norway Read More
Exploring the role of prison officers and the diversity of standards in the education and training of these professionals. Read More
Pedro das Neves, CEO of IPS_Innovative Prison Systems, Luís Neves of the PJ – Judiciary Police in Portugal, and Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves of the Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services in Portugal present the importance of the PO21 – Prison Officers for the 21st Century project and its approach to initial and continuous vocational education and training for prison officers in Europe Read More
Peter Severin, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) 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
Rafael Velasco Brandani, National Secretary for Penal Policies, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Brazil 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
Haliru Nababa, Controller General of Corrections, Nigerian Correctional Service Read More
Jan Kleijssen, Director of the Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Council of Europe Read More
Nathalie Alvarado, Head of Citizen Security and Justice, Inter-American Development Bank Read More
Exercising leadership can be as exciting and rewarding as a distressing and lonely experience, even when surrounded by many people.... 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
Douglas Dretke, Executive Director, Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT), Sam Houston State University, USA Read More
Explore the challenges in preventing radicalisation and rehabilitating violent extremists, and learn about effective strategies implemented across different jurisdictions. Read More
Deborah Richardson, Deputy Solicitor General (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
Rudy Van De Voorde, Director-General Belgian Prison Service Read More
Nordin Muhamad, Commissioner General of Prisons, Malaysia Read More
Paolo Di Sciuva, International Director of the EURESP project in Ecuador Read More
If, as Dostoyevsky said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, we could... Read More
Karen Ellis, Deputy Solicitor General, (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
Context & Problem Research shows that while the number of crimes has declined, the number of prisoners has not, and... Read More
Most of the treatment literature in corrections focuses on the challenge of ‘reintegration’ – how best to encourage and support... Read More
Adrian Neagoe, Vice-President of the Trade Union of Penitentiary Policemen (SNPP) in Romania, talks about the importance of updating prison officer training and how they work to promote the attractiveness of the role 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
Carlos Sousa, President of SNCGP, Trade Union of Prison Officers in Portugal, shares his opinion on the need for an update in prison officer training and for raising awareness of the importance of the role Read More
Dorin Muresan, chair of the training and development network of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) speaks about the important role of prison officers and the need for training and development of these professionals 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
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
Dr Jorge Monteiro, Head of Department at the Portuguese Prison and Probation Services, reflects on the importance of investing in initial and continuous training for prison officers. Read More
Justina Dzienko, Deputy Director of EUROPRIS talks about the importance of updating prison officer training programmes to meet new requirements in their work, and of highlighting the role prison officers in society. In the scope of the project PO21 - European Prison Officers for the 21st Century, at the PO21 Final Conference. Read More
As a trainer of new officers in Bremen, Germany, Lars Dietze shares the point of view of prison officers on the crucial role of having updated training to face their daily challenges. In the scope of the project PO21 - European Prison Officers for the 21st Century, at the PO21 Final Conference. 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
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
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
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
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
Dr Vitor Costa, researcher at the PO21 project's lead partner the BSAFE Lab of the Beira Interior University highlights the skill needs of prison officers Read More