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OPERATIONALIZING EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRINCIPLES IN REDUCING RECIDIVISM AMONGST HIGH-RISK OFFENDERS IN SINGAPORE (15,135) Karam Singh & Salina Samion The use of empirical evidence in guiding correctional practice in the Singapore Prison Service began some 15 years ago when it first adopted the well-known Risks, Needs and R esponsivity (RNR) model. The RNR model has sound theoretical underpinnings that have been empirically validated (Andrews & Dowden, 2005). In Singapore, the growth in the use of evidence-informed correctional practices continued steadily through the years until, quite recently, when a particularly comprehensive application of empirical evidence served to integrate and elaborate a new approach. This paper discusses how empirical evidence guided the development and […]
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ENGAGING PRISONERS IN EDUCATION: REDUCING RISK AND RECIDIVISM (20,761) Helen Farley & Anne Pike Engaging prisoners in education is one of a range of measur es that could alleviate security risk in prisons. For prisoners, one of the main challenges with incarceration is monotony, often leading to frustration, raising the risk of injury for staff and other prisoners. This article suggests that prisone r engagement in education may help to alleviate security risk in prisons through relieving monotony and reducing re-offending by promoting critical thinking skills. It discusses some of the chal lenges to accessing higher levels of education in prisons and argues that if education was considered for its […]
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PROMOTING CORRECTIONAL OFFICER WELLBEING: GUIDELINES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS (26,558) Justin S. Trounson & Jeffrey E. Pfeifer This paper explores the issue of staff wellbeing in a correctional context and discusses the need for the development of evidence-based and industry-responsive training for correctional officers to ameliorate the negative psychological effects of perceived workplace adversity. The paper provides a rationale for the development of training based on the existing literature and offers a set of overarching guidelines for consideration when developing programs aimed at positively impacting the wellbeing of correctional staff. Among other things, the enunciation of these gui delines is based on the contention that there is […]
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MANAGING RISK THROUGH RATIONAL PRETRIAL DETENTION PRACTICES (16,880) Martin Schönteich Prison systems face relatively high, often distinctive, risks and challenges in both confining and managing pretrial detainee populations. Large pretrial detainee populations undermine key objectives common to most correctional systems – incarcerating and rehabilitating convicted offenders, enhancing public security, and punishment. Pretrial detention contributes to prison overcrowding, has a criminogenic effect, and diverts scarce resources from other criminal justice priorities. A number of legal and policy interventions can reduce the arbitrary and excessive use of pretrial detention and the risks and burdens this entails for penal systems.
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DESIGNING CARCERAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR INDIGENOUS PRISONERS: A COMPARISON OF APPROACHES IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, THE US AND GREENLAND (48,449) Elizabeth Grant The high incarceration rate of people from Indigenous cultures is a worldwide phenomenon. Disproportionately high numbers of Indigenous people are confined in prisons as a legacy of forced colonisation. There is a capacity for the design of prison facilities to have an impact on the prisoners’ experiences and outcomes. This paper will examine some trends and recent projects in the design of prison facilities for Indigenous prisoners in the US, Canada, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat). It reflects on the important considerations and summarises eight […]
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THE RISK OF ‘A COLD CONSERVATISM’ IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY DESIGN: THE CASE FOR DESIGN INNOVATION (33,404) Rohan Lulham, Douglas Tomkin, Luke Grant & Yvonne Jewkes This paper examines the relationship between physical design and risk within modern correctional practice. It seeks to identify the potential risks and paradoxes of the current emphasis on considering correctional design primarily as a means of reducing security risks. We suggest that innovation in correctional design is required that embeds meanings that both support the goals of security risk management, but also the goals of reducing reoffending risk and promoting desistance. Drawing on a case study of the design and evaluation of a correctional education […]
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A NEW ‘IT’ BUSINESS CAPABILITY MODEL WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA Simon Bonk & Ted Reinhardt In the 21st century, with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) playing a strategic enabling role in leading organizations, there is an opportunity to shift the conversation concerning ICT and assess its value for and contribution to Correctional Services1. With the mandate of assisting the rehabilitation of offenders and their safe reintegration into the community as law-abiding citizens, the conversation should become more about the ability of ICT to help achieve this mandate throughout the correctional process, from beginning to end of incarceration and then eventually with a focus on reintegration back into the […]
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TRANSFORMING THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAINING CONTINUUM OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA Sylvain Mongrain This paper provides an overview of the approach that was taken by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) to transform the Correctional Officers training program. It will describe the changes in the training continuum and the main collaborative activities that have made the transformation both possible and successful.
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BUILDING AND SUSTAINING AN ANALYTICAL CULTURE IN CORRECTIONS Larry L. Motiuk Correctional organizations with an analytical culture have a keen interest in the strategic use of data for business planning and decision making. Correctional Service of Canada’s own analytic journey began with moving from a position of reacting to one problem at a time to a more strategic organization equipped with the analytic capacity to find solutions proactively. The first section of this paper highlights the key elements required for building an analytical culture in corrections. The second section focuses on sustaining this analytical culture through applied practice. More specifically, by showing how data analytics respond to six important and […]
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THE IMPACT OF INMATE EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP TO THE MANAGEMENT OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: LESSONS FROM UGANDA AND KENYA Jackline Mwende & Rabia Pasha Focusing on Uganda and Kenya, this paper will discuss the impact of supporting leadership via education and mentorship of inmates. It will discuss tried strategies that have seen inmates’ leadership and academic excellence change prison programming in both countries. The discussion will look at the traditional closed circuited nature of prisons before iconic advances in formal education and case law originating from efforts of incarcerated individuals in both countries. Case studies from these countries will show how prisons can be changed via indirect and non-confrontational strategies that […]
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