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ICPA took part in the kick-off meeting of a new project called AWARE . The gathering took place between 20 and 21 December 2018, in Bremen, Germany. Mr. Gary Hill – Chair of the Staff Training and Development Network, represented ICPA at the event. The AWARE Project is a multi-agency training for working with prisoners and former prisoners with mental health needs. AWARE’s overall objective is to train relevant staff to recognize, refer and/or treat moderate to severe mental health problems within the confines of daily prison and probation systems, and to foster better interaction between agencies working in prisons and probation on health, mental health, substance abuse and resettlement. […]
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As a country in which the political system changed 30 years ago, Romania has undergone significant improvement in the attitude toward its cultural legacy, especially the national principles towards a better future and better rights for all its citizens. Romania has become a part of the European Union, implicitly meaning that our political leadership has agreed to adhere to a whole class of European political ideals. EU standards were imposed as a new objective target for the future of the country, one that had a shade of communistic view across many past years. This difference between what was in the past, and what should be in the future should be […]
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Worldwide over half a million foreign nationals are detained abroad. Many foreign national prisoners (FNPs) encounter difficulties as a result of the language barrier. To overcome this obstacle Femke Hofstee-van der Meulen developed a picture dictionary with more than 450 colourful pictures and translation of basic words and sentences in twenty different languages. The aim of this pocket-sized booklet is to stimulate FNPs in their communication with others, to encourage them to learn a foreign language and to create awareness about prison rules and its regime. The first edition of the picture dictionary was sent to all Dutch nationals in foreign detention as a gift to thank them for their […]
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The author is a CEP Ambassador and independent consultant on community-based justice. He formerly led international work for the then National Offender Management Service, England and Wales, during which time he oversaw several European research and development projects. Earlier roles included managing the England and Wales “Resettlement Pathfinders”, pilots which involved extensive prison and probation collaboration in design and delivery and which were externally researched. Hosted by the Prison Service of the Czech Republic and Prague’s magnificent Old Town Hall, presenters and participants from all over the world, gathered in Prague in May 2018. The occasion was the second ICPA and EuroPris International Correctional Research Symposium. The event was widely […]
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The eight papers that are summarized in this issue address the following questions: What kinds of police activities suppress voter turnout? How are people affected by police shootings of unarmed civilians? Are politicians right when they suggest that higher rates of pretrial detention would reduce crime? Who benefits from high concentrations of immigrants in a neighbourhood? When punishments are decreased in a jurisdiction and crime goes up, is it possible to determine whether one caused the other? How good are people at evaluating forensic science evidence in court? Should restorative justice conferences be used with youths charged with crimes? Does it matter where accused people sit in court during their […]
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During our last ICPA Conference in Montreal, at the meeting of the ICPA Research & Development Network, a suggestion that was made to conduct a survey of ICPA Conference delegates using the Conference App. Terry Hackett and Rodica Popa were kind enough to assist us in doing this. We brainstormed two questions during the meeting which were then posted on the App – with some rather interesting results (see Charts below). We had a respectable 112 delegates respond to a question on the most important research topics which should be addressed, and 99 delegates react to the question on degree of influence of research on correctional practice. For the research […]
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ICPA is excited to announce the launch of a new online resource! The Planning and Design Hub is designed to inspire, encourage sharing and enhance collaboration on the planning and design of humane correctional facilities. The ICPA Planning and Design Hub strives to inspire, challenge and motivate architects, administrators and professionals from across the world to create more humane correctional facilities. The Hub includes projects, resources and discussion threads regarding exemplary practice in correctional planning and design. We believe that this website will be a valuable tool for all of you who are interested in the built environment. Thus far, projects and resources from several countries and various focus areas […]
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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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