What is CIRA? CIRA is an organisational risk assessment tool that aims to raise awareness about risks and support prison... Read More
Radicalisation, Extremism & Organised Crime
Caron McCaffrey, Director-General of the Irish Prison Service & President of EuroPris Read More
What should be the approach when dealing with violent extremist and terrorist offenders (VETOs) in pretrial detention? Read More
Presenting a new and innovative European initiative built on best practices. Read More
Ángel Luis Ortiz González, Secretary General of Penitentiary Institutions, Spain Read More
Ahmed Najmaddin Ahmed, Jurist and Director-General of Social Reform, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Read More
Rudy Van De Voorde, Director-General Belgian Prison Service Read More
Nivaldo Restivo, Colonel, Secretary of State for the penitentiary Administration, São Paulo, Brazil Read More
Deborah Richardson, Deputy Solicitor General (Correctional Services), Ontario, Canada Read More
Judicial Strategy Against all Forms of Violent Extremism in Prison: Harmonised Guidelines for Judges
Read document What our administration wanted to publish, with the contribution of many partners, is a small handbook for European... Read More
Fabiano Bordignon, General Director of the National Penitentiary Department (DEPEN), Brazil Read More
Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice, France Read More
Giuseppe Spadaro Judge, President of the Juvenile Court of Bologna, Former President of the Lamezia Terme District Court Criminal Section, Italy Read More
Ariane Wolf, Violence Prevention Network, Head of International Affairs and Transnational Cooperation Read More
Torben Adams, Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), Co-chair of the Prison and Probation Working Group (P&P), RAN, European Commission Read More
Over the last 10 years, violent extremist (1) offenders (VEOs) have conducted several incidents analogous to some form of extremism,... Read More
Warren Coons Director General of the Preventive Security and Intelligence Branch, Correctional Service Canada The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)... Read More
The risk of prison radicalisation is a real and potent danger in correctional facilities across the globe. This risk is,... Read More
Prison, terrorism and emergency are causing a vicious circle and a dangerous situation in Europe, which is no longer justified... Read More
After a series of high-profile terrorist attacks involving previously incarcerated extremists during the last half-decade, “prison radicalisation” is an increasing... Read More
References Barrelle, K. (2014) Pro-integration: disengagement from the life after extremism. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. DOI: 10.1080/19434472.2014.988165... Read More
Michèle Coninsx, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations Read More
Sebastian Schulenberg, Director General of Prisons and Probation, Senator for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Bremen, Germany Read More
Brigadier Ayman Turki AL Awaisheh, Director General of Correctional and Rehabilitation Centres, Jordan Read More
The threat of radicalisation and terrorism has shown no boundaries. Expressed in different forms or formats, it is not specific... Read More
Prison gangs are pervasive in American corrections. According to official figures, thousands of inmates are currently affiliated with gangs, with... Read More
The FAIRNESS project promotes a balanced harmonisation of the Member States’ (MS) legal practices in relation to the implementation of... 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
The R4JUST project aims to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation and violent extremism inside prisons by exploring a... Read More
The WayOut project is fundamentally aimed at building a common framework to evaluate Exit programmes along with the development of... Read More
Ronald Gramigna, Fredy Fässler, Sylvie Bula, Switzerland Read More
Context In June 2009, the new government authorities of El Salvador and the General Directorate of Correctional Centres (DGCP, by... Read More
It wasn’t too long ago that if a Prison Officer suspected a person of carrying contraband into a prison then... Read More
Context & Problem Research shows that while the number of crimes has declined, the number of prisoners has not, and... Read More
The understanding that it is possible to make electronic monitoring (EM) technology evolve into the spectrum of preventive action is... Read More