The R4JUST project aims to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation and violent extremism inside prisons by exploring a... Read More
By Dr. Marayca López and Laura Maiello-Reidy, CGL Companies Scope of the Problem Worldwide, mental health disorders among the general population... Read More
Dimitri Vlassis, Chief coordinator of the programme for the implementation of the Doha Declaration, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (UNODC) Read More
Electronic monitoring and the future What do we talk about when we talk about “electronic monitoring” (EM)? We talk about... Read More
The judicial and corrections sector, both from academics and practitioners’ point of view, has traditionally been quite cautious when it... Read More
In conferences, training events and meetings, I am frequently asked: “how can innovation take place in prisons?” My answer, regardless... Read More
To say that we are at the beginning of a new era for the usage of IT and technology in... Read More
Mohamed Salah Tamek, Delegate General of the Correctional Department, Kingdom of Morocco Read More
Convergence of technology has been a constant feature in the industry for decades. With recent progress in technology, the pace... Read More
Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa Read More
Susan Kigula, Human rights activist, Uganda Read More
This is quite a dilemma for many correctional agencies: once decided that something needs to happen to modernise the current... Read More
Michèle Coninsx, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), 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
Peter van der Sande, President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Read More
The understanding that it is possible to make electronic monitoring (EM) technology evolve into the spectrum of preventive action is... Read More
In the last 20 to 40 years, probation went through significant transformations. One of these changes that can be noticed... Read More
The Email a Prisoner (EMAP) service has made a huge difference to our prisoners and in their maintaining family ties.... Read More
The R2PRIS certification is a capacity building programme developed with the support of the European Commission and built as the... Read More
Alison Hannah, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI) Read More
“The contrast between a prison with and without kiosks is like night and day.” (Prisoner S.M., HMP Northumberland, operated by... Read More
“When I moved to HMP Northumberland I was so happy to see a kiosk. In my previous prisons, friends spoke... Read More
The WayOut project is fundamentally aimed at building a common framework to evaluate Exit programmes along with the development of... Read More
Criminological paradigms, such as the “Social Bond Theory”, offer no doubt about the importance of social bonds and family support... Read More
Overcoming the challenges of prison overcrowding has proven to be a difficult task for many jurisdictions around the globe. Social... Read More
With drugs entering our prison systems on a regular basis, we need to address the “elephant in the room” that... Read More
Inmate family support and social ties are often referred to in criminological theories as important elements of crime prevention and... Read More
Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, United Nations 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
Cases of violence, arson and planned terror attacks, combined with the worrying number of young people joining extremist organisations or... 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
