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The New European Bauhaus: an opportunity to revisit the way we think about prisons

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Beyond Prisons: Women and Community Corrections – ICPA Taskforce

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Smart Prison: A historical digital leap in Finnish prisons

Article Pia Puolakka Project’s background In 2015, Finnish legislation enabled prisoners to gain digital access to social, educational and health... Read More

Video calls in prisons: current needs and challenges after the pandemic

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Designing new futures in justice and citizen security policies

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Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration…

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Offenders rehabilitation and their contribution to the South-African society

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

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Espírito Santo: The extensive transformation of the state prison system

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APAC: Prisons without guards, police, weapons, violence, corruption, drugs and discrimination

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Make prisons more decent and respectful and prisoners will change their own lives

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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 that affects all... 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

Structuring Prison work and industries in Hungary

The prison service in Hungary is a state-governed armed force supervised by the Ministry of Interior, aiming at protection of... 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

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Inmate’s family and community contacts: beyond the rehabilitation speech, there is a real need for action…

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Core Correctional Skills The training kit

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The ambitious justice reform in France

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The Polish prison modernisation programme as a turning point

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From plan to action: the recent probation service of Slovenia

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Slovak prison service looking to the future

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Multiple investments to transform the Panamanian prison system

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“We talk to extremists, not about them” – prevention, intervention, deradicalisation

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RAN P&P: A working group dedicated to the issue of radicalisation in correctional settings in Europe and beyond

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Times of change and modernisation in the Portuguese justice system

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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
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Prison intelligence: contributions of decision-makers from Belgium, Canada and Argentina

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The global risk of radicalisation in prisons

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Ethical and moral reflections on the digital prison

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Restorative justice beyond the emergency caused by terrorism

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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” is an increasing... Read More

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