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The International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) has announced the winners of its Correctional Excellence Awards, honouring individuals, agencies and organisations whose work advances humane, professional and rehabilitative corrections

Yesterday ICPA’s membership elected seven new board members from five continents will strengthen the Association's reach, evidence base and partnerships across the international correctional community

The International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) is pleased to announce the election of President Heidi Washington (USA) and Treasurer David Brown (Australia). Both were elected at the Association's 28th Annual General Meeting, held at the International Convention Centre Belfast on 27 October 2026.

With a focus on collaboration across sectors, St. Leonard’s Society of Canada is working to address persistent gaps in post-custody support, from housing access to navigating fragmented services for people serving life or indeterminate sentences.

Correctional systems are never short of new initiatives. What is far rarer is an initiative still shaping daily practice years after its launch. Edition 21 of the Advancing Corrections Journal sets out to understand the difference.

The International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) is proud to announce the launch of the ICPA First Nations and Indigenous Network - a new international community of practice created to strengthen Indigenous and First Nations leadership, connection, and knowledge-sharing across the global corrections community.

Rob Jeffreys, Director of the Nebraska Correctional Service and a board member of ICPA, has received the 2026 AWEC Legacy Award in recognition of his consistent, practical support for women in corrections leadership.

Represented by Board Member Steven Van De Steene, ICPA joined correctional practitioners, international organisations, academics and specialists from around the world to explore how digitalisation is reshaping detention. The two-day programme covered digital services and detainee autonomy, contact with the outside world, education, artificial intelligence, healthcare, ethics and smart monitoring.

From the layout of a cell to the design of a healthcare space, every physical decision in a correctional facility sends a message about what the system values and what it expects people to achieve.

Founded by a prisoner's family member more than three decades ago, Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group (POPS) has grown into one of the UK's most influential voices for family-centred correctional practice, reaching nearly 200,000 individuals impacted by the justice system in 2025 alone.