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From punishment to rehabilitation: Namibia as a beacon of modernity in Africa

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Santa Catarina correctional system makes progress on several fronts despite challenges

Leandro Lima, Secretary of State for Prison and Socio-Educational Administration, S.C., Brazil Read More
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Systemic change efforts in New Zealand Corrections are already bearing fruit

Jeremy Lightfoot, Chief Executive, Ara Poutama Aotearoa - Department of Corrections, New Zealand Read More
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Change and humanization: Watchwords among community corrections professionals in the US

Brian Lovins, President of the Board of Directors, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), USA Read More
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Leadership training as the foundation for correctional management excellence

Douglas Dretke, Executive Director, Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT), Sam Houston State University, USA Read More

Extremist offender rehabilitation: Innovative, multiple and overlapping approaches as the path to success

Presenting a new and innovative European initiative built on best practices. Read More

Electronic monitoring: Overcoming operational and logistical challenges during the pandemic

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
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Education may be expensive, but we all know where ignorance will take us

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

How different is Prison Officer training from the job’s current and future needs and challenges?

Exploring the role of prison officers and the diversity of standards in the education and training of these professionals. Read More

Correctional staff training: the views of experts worldwide

Read the contributions from many Directors-General of prison and probation administrations worldwide and correctional experts and leaders. Read More
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Justice and beyond: Council of Europe working on setting global benchmarks on artificial intelligence

Jan Kleijssen, Director of the Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Council of Europe Read More
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Making changes on several fronts: infrastructure, personnel, health and digital

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Challenges and priorities for the Portuguese prison system… And the ongoing transformation despite COVID-19

Rómulo Mateus, Director-General of Reintegration and Prison Services, Portugal Read More
Ina Eliasen

Prison overcrowding and staffing problems: Critical situation leads to unprecedented strategies

Ina Eliasen, Director-General, Department of Prisons and Probation, Denmark Read More
Deborah Richardson

Making a strategic investment to give a big step forward in modernisation

Deborah Richardson, Deputy Solicitor General (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
Anne Kelly

A digital leap in Canada’s federal corrections triggered by the pandemic

Anne Kelly, Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada Read More
Christine Montross

What solutions for the mentally ill caught in the web of a broken criminal justice system?

Christine Montross, M.D., Psychiatrist, author of “Waiting for an Echo – The Madness of American Incarceration”, USA Read More
Peter Severin

ICPA Supporting the advancement of corrections throughout the globe

Peter Severin, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
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Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration…

Mark S. Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, United States of America Read More
Gerard Bakker

A safe return to society as a goal: how can we achieve it?

Gerard Bakker, Director-General of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI), The Netherlands Read More

CIRA Critical Incidents Readiness Assessment

What is CIRA? CIRA is an organisational risk assessment tool that aims to raise awareness about risks and support prison... Read More

Challenges, Profile, Competencies and Training of the European Prison Officer of the 21st Century: a quick view over the PO21 Sector Skills Alliance

  Prison officers in Europe In Europe[1], there are nowadays, more than 588 940 citizens under the custody of the... Read More

Leadership skills development as a critical factor for occupational stress reduction in correctional settings

Occupational stress and prisons The workplace is one of the critical environments affecting people’s mental and physical health. In recent... Read More

Core Correctional Skills The training kit

What is the main subject of this new book?   Ioan Durnescu: For almost 20 years, we’ve been speaking about core... Read More
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The ambitious justice reform in France

Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice, France Read More

From plan to action: the recent probation service of Slovenia

Danijela Mrhar Prelić, Director of the National Probation Service, Slovenia Read More
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RAN P&P: A working group dedicated to the issue of radicalisation in correctional settings in Europe and beyond

Torben Adams, Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), Co-chair of the Prison and Probation Working Group (P&P), RAN, European Commission Read More

Understanding radicalisation, dynamic security and intelligence in prisons

Over the last 10 years, violent extremist (1) offenders (VEOs) have conducted several incidents analogous to some form of extremism,... Read More

The global risk of radicalisation in prisons

The risk of prison radicalisation is a real and potent danger in correctional facilities across the globe. This risk is,... Read More

The humanisation plan that seeks a unified and renewed prison model

Jean Alain Rodríguez, Attorney General of the Dominican Republic Read More

Radicalisation, dynamic security, technologies and other focal points of Bremen’s correctional system

Sebastian Schulenberg, Director General of Prisons and Probation, Senator for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Bremen, Germany Read More

Comprehensive efforts to reduce overcrowding, implement technology and counter extremism

Brigadier Ayman Turki AL Awaisheh, Director General of Correctional and Rehabilitation Centres, Jordan Read More

“The great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together”

The threat of radicalisation and terrorism has shown no boundaries. Expressed in different forms or formats, it is not specific... Read More

Improving prison effectiveness through secure communications and the use of machine learning technologies

The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners state that prisoners have the right to communicate with family and... Read More

What do we know about American prison gangs?

Prison gangs are pervasive in American corrections. According to official figures, thousands of inmates are currently affiliated with gangs, with... Read More
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PRE-RIGHTS Assessing the impact and performance of preventive measures on EU Directives and Framework Decisions

The PRE-RIGHTS project promotes a balanced approach to judicial and police cooperation, in line with the provisions of the EU’s... Read More
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R4JUST Radicalisation Prevention Competences’ Development Programme for Justice Professionals

The R4JUST project aims to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation and violent extremism inside prisons by exploring a... Read More
Virtual reality for drug rehabilitation in probation project

VR for drug rehabilitation

Developing and Using Virtual Reality Technology for the Rehabilitation of Drug Users in the Probation Service   This project aims... Read More

WayOut Integrated exit programme for prisons and probation

The WayOut project is fundamentally aimed at building a common framework to evaluate Exit programmes along with the development of... Read More

AWARE European Arrest Warrant

The AWARE EAW project aims at increasing the cooperation between EU Member States using two Framework Decisions (FDs) in particular:... Read More

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