// Interview: Luiz Carlos Cruz Secretary of State for Justice, Espírito Santo, Brazil JT: The Brazilian…
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Category: Social reintegration
Evidence-informed practices for the prevention of criminal recidivism
Criminal recidivism by people who go through the prison system is a severe and costly problem…
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Offenders rehabilitation and their contribution to the South-African society
// Interview: Ronald Lamola Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa JT: You have recently…
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A safe return to society as a goal: how can we achieve it?
// Interview: Gerard Bakker Director-General of the National Agency of Correctional Institutions (DJI), The Netherlands JT:…
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Ethical and moral reflections on the digital prison
The use of technology is increasing in the criminal justice landscape. This is slowly receiving attention from…
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GPS Technology – A tool for the reintegration of radicalised offenders into society
After a series of high-profile terrorist attacks involving previously incarcerated extremists during the last half-decade, “prison radicalisation”…
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The humanisation plan that seeks a unified and renewed prison model
// Interview: Jean Alain Rodríguez Attorney General of the Dominican Republic JT: March 2019 news reports…
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Radicalisation, dynamic security, technologies and other focal points of Bremen’s correctional system
// Interview: Sebastian Schulenberg Director General of Prison and Probation, Senator for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Bremen,…
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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…
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Using technology to promote desistance in Northern Ireland: “Changing Lives” Mobile App
Context Citizens in Northern Ireland (NI) have embraced advances in technology. The most recent research states that…
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Electronic monitoring as an intermediate punitive territory
Best practices show that electronic monitoring (EM) can be an interesting tool, especially if used to serve…
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Criminal justice is increasingly eager to embrace the technological revolution
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite…
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The children of prisoners: communication that heals relationships
Criminological paradigms, such as the “Social Bond Theory”, offer no doubt about the importance of social bonds…
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EIGEP European Interaction Guidelines for Education Professionals when working with Children in Juvenile Justice Contexts
EIGEP proposal focuses on reducing the disparities in the learning outcomes of the educational experience of a…
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PPROMPT Peer Pro-Social Modeling in Probation
Peer training is increasingly needed, especially for disadvantaged groups. The placement of offenders in peer-support roles is…
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DIACEN The Dialogue Center – Taking further prisoners’ education projects
This project is based on the idea that it’s possible to increase social reintegration of offenders through…
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ECOPRIS Ecological Economics in Prison Work Administration
ECOPRIS promotes open and flexible learning, virtual mobility and other innovative learning methods, fostering the development of…
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