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For the fourth consecutive year, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has conducted an international consultation to gain a better understanding of the challenges nations face in their correctional organizations and the strategies used to address them. Each consultation has a different focus, with previous surveys exploring areas such as ageing infrastructure, rapid technological development, offender heath, and operational issues. In anticipation of the 20th ICPA AGM and Conference which theme was “Beyond Prisons: The Way Forwards”, the focus of the present consultation is to better understand the community reintegration policies and practices being used globally. View the survey (EN) View the survey (FR) View past surveys
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The ICPA R&D Network is an informal collection of both researchers and other corrections professionals committed to promoting evidence-informed practice in our field. With a current signed-up count of more than 60 members from 18 countries, the group concentrates on a few major activities in realizing its mission — ‘To effectively disseminate research-informed correctional knowledge and promote its application for the advancement of professional and humane corrections and prisons world-wide’. In view of the size and spread of the Network, most communication among members is conducted via e-mail, mostly as follow-through from our Annual Network Meeting in conjunction with the Annual ICPA Conference. The following are some of the key […]
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ICPA participated, for the second year, in The New Ideas for New Opportunities networking workshop from 22 to 23 November 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting attracted attendees from 28 countries to work together under a theme generated from a saying of Henry Ford: “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” The New Ideas for New Opportunities workshop was organized to: Exchange and present project ideas; Create new and enforce existing partnerships; Share skills and experiences. Networking has become one of the most important and efficient way for ICPA to develop new projects in the modern sharing/collaborative economy. As a result of discussions and […]
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Overview The International Corrections and Prisons Association organised its 20th Anniversary Conference and AGM in Montréal with the support of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). The event took place between 21 and 26 October 2018 in Montréal Marriott Château Champlain. The theme of the conference was “Beyond Prisons: The Way Forward”. 652 attendees from more than 74 countries took part in one of the biggest ICPA conferences. 196 speakers shared their knowledge and expertise with the participants. 188 presentations, workshops and meetings were held during the event. Download the presentations View the photos Annual General Meeting Delegates who attended the Annual General Meeting heard the reports on ICPA’s activities, financial […]
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The International Corrections and Prisons Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Correctional Excellence Awards Programme – a recognition for their contribution to the development and progress of professional corrections. Congratulations to the 2018 Winners: Offender Management and Reintegration Award The Good Loaf, United Kingdom During the first three years of operation (2015 – 2018), The Good Loaf successfully set up and ran a social enterprise which operates a wholesale bakery, community café (open to the public) and training to female offenders and to other vulnerable groups including: sex workers, women affected by drugs and/or alcohol, survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence, young single parents, long term […]
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The International Corrections and Prisons Association is pleased to announce the sixth issue of the journal “Advancing Corrections”. This 6th Edition is dedicated to the ‘Innovation in Education: Voices from the Front Line’. The contributions in the journal are international – from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Hungary and Africa. The first two papers are from ‘incarcerated learners‘ – the ones who it is all about and who we should listen to more often. The next set of papers present the ‘voices’ of Educators; academics who are trained to write dispassionately but who in this case clearly lean into what they believe deeply, followed by the […]
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The SkillHUBS project aims to develop a transnational counselling and training model for inmates and to elaborate recommendations for the introduction of the model into national prison education systems across Europe. The introduction of the “SkillHUBS” model into EU prison education systems will represent a significant improvement of EU prison education as it will provide more efficient tools for skills assessment among inmates, address actual offenders’ educational needs and provide tailor-made learning opportunities for each individual inmate. In this project ICPA is partnering with: Centre for Education and Culture Trebnje, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, European Association for Education of Adults, National Learning and Work Institute, University of Malta – […]
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The International Corrections and Prisons Association, in collaboration with the National Administration of Penitentiaries – Romania, organized a four-day training workshop which took place from 3rd-6th September, 2018, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The theme of the workshop was Proper Reaction Kit for Prison Staff Stress Reduction through Environmental Therapy: Experiential Learning Workshop. Near the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca, in the middle of Faget Forest, a group of highly motivated and passionate people gathered with interest for the unexpected that would happen in the following days of the workshop. The name of the event seemed to be a bit related to science fiction, and the curiosity of each participant was stimulated by […]
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The Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons (R2pris) Project seeks to reduce radicalisation and extremism inside prisons by enhancing the competencies of frontline staff (correctional officers, educational staff and psychologists, social workers) to identify, report and interpret signals of radicalisation and respond appropriately. ICPA was a partner in this project. A few months ago the R2PRIS project ended, but the Radicalisation Awareness Network (A Center of Excellence within the EU) continues to promote, as an example of good practice, the Risk Assessment Tool that was developed in the project. Radicalisation Risk Assessment in Prisons (RRAP) was developed under the European Commission project ‘Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons’ (R2PRIS) and built as a result […]
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The International Corrections and Prisons Association, in collaboration with the National Administration of Penitentiaries – Romania, organised a four-day training workshop which took place from 3-6 September, 2018, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The theme of the workshop was “Proper Reaction Kit for Prison Staff Stress Reduction Through Environmental Therapy: Experiential Learning Workshop”. Participants from the Czech Republic, Romania, Moldova and the United Kingdom took part in this unique training. The attendees were able to learn how to reduce stress and react to everyday life and work-related situation. Perhaps, one of the most valuable parts for all those who attended the event, was the opportunity to get closer to the nature and […]
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