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Corrective Services NSW cordially invites you to the 4th World Congress on Probation, which will be held at the Sofitel Hotel, Sydney NSW in September this year. The theme of this years Congress is “Building public confidence in community offender management.” Be part of the conversation as leading criminologists, international experts and practitioners from around the world join together in Sydney to share their knowledge and expertise in managing offenders in the community. Keynote speakers include: Professor Fergus McNeill, University of Glasgow – Criminology and Social Work Dr Don Weatherburn, Executive Director of NSW BOCSAR Professor Faye Taxman, George Mason University – Criminology Michael Spurr CB, Former chief executive of […]
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The International Corrections and Prisons Association is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for Advancing Corrections Journal – Issue #8! The Journal invites submission of papers that can be digested and appreciated by practitioners, managers, policy-makers and other correctional professionals. Authors are welcomed to submit papers for one of three sections of the Journal. Featured Research Articles should be more research oriented and scholarly, including the usual practice of referencing the relevant literature. Another section called Views and Reviews welcomes shorter and thoughtful discussions of a particularly relevant or emerging issue/topic. And finally, a section we are calling Practice Innovation in Corrections would like to profile what is going […]
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This article was originally published in the ICPA External Prison Oversight and Human Rights Network’s Newsletter Issue #2 – http://bit.ly/2D4eg5n The Australian Capital Territory Office of the Inspector of Correctional Services (ACT OICS) was established in 2017 to provide independent oversight of ACT Correctional and Youth Justice facilities, focusing on continual improvement and prevention of ill-treatment. This oversight is provided through conducting periodic examination and reviews of ACT Correctional facilities and services, and reviewing critical incidents. The ACT Inspector of Correctional Services is Neil McAllister. He was appointed to the position in March 2018 for a five year term. There are two other staff members, the Deputy Inspector, Rebecca Minty, and a […]
Read MoreThe 4th World Congress on Probation invites individuals, agencies and organisations interested in presenting papers at the 4th World Congress on Probation to submit proposals for consideration. The theme for the Congress is “Building Public Confidence in Community Offender Management”. The organisers invite submissions from both public and private sector practitioners, the non-government sector, academics and researchers, justice officials, international organisations, consultants and others engaged in community corrections and related correctional services. Submissions are encouraged from jurisdictions in the process of developing and implementing probation services as well as those with well-established services. The Congress will be hosted by Corrective Services NSW, in Sydney, Australia from 18 – 20 September […]
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The International Corrections and Prisons Association, in collaboration with the Center for Promoting Lifelong Learning (CPIP) and National Administration of Penitentiaries – Romania, is delighted to invite you to a two-day training workshop on Standards in Prison Health. The training will take place from 30 April to 1 May, 2019, in Timisoara, Romania. International law recognizes the right of everyone, including people deprived of their liberty, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. However, in practice, many prisoners receive healthcare of a far inferior standard to that available outside in the community, if they receive treatment at all. Prisoners with existing healthcare conditions may have their health needs ignored or neglected, and […]
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The Dominican Republic is rapidly gaining international prominence for its remarkable achievements in building a new kind of prison system – with a focus on human rights and rehabilitation, not repression. Since 2003, the Dominican Republic has developed a “New Prison Management” model, which aims to apply international principles of human rights and the United Nations Mandela Rules (the 2015 Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners), as well as experiences from other countries, to the local Dominican context. This is an ongoing process of reform, which has expanded gradually but only covers part of the Dominican prison system. The older and the newer types of prisons co-exist in […]
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ICPA is one of the partners in a new project called “FAIRNESS: Implementation of the Stockholm’s Roadmap in cases of Terrorism and Radicalisation”. FAIRNESS will focus, on one side, on the practical implementation and coherence between key EU Directives composing the Stockholm’s Roadmap (particularly Directive (EU) 2016/343 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings; and Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons […]
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ICPA, in collaboration with the National Penitentiary Workers’ Union (SNLP) – Romania, supported a three-day workshop “Enhancing Social Dialogue: Improving Interactions Between Prison Management and Staff”. The event took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 19-22 March 2019. Participants of the workshop were various European Trade Unions, the European Public Service Union (EPSU), and the National Penitentiary Workers’ Union (SNLP) – Romania. The aim of the workshop was to bring together prison unions from different countries, in order to discuss the social dialogue process, and to share the practices that are in place in their own administrations. A recent project of EPSU (European Public Service Trade Union) showed that many prison workers […]
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Background Following discussions at the recent African Correctional Leadership Workshop, conducted by ICPA in Namibia during April 2018, the Commissioner of Corrections of Lesotho (LCS) requested the ICPA Staff Training and Development Network (STDN) for assistance. Commissioner Mothepu later attended our Annual Conference in Montreal in October 2018 and met with STDN representatives to discuss the provision of a pro-active joint venture on upgrading and developing the prison management via the officer training curriculum. The aim of the mission was to improve the quality and content of prison officers’ training provided by the LCS, and to establish and develop the implementation and evaluation of the curricula. It was agreed a […]
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Editor’s Note: the column below is in response to a Cape Breton Post article (‘Released from prison,’ Dec. 17) which used the term ‘Free Man’ as the ‘kicker’ above the headline. A kicker, in newspaper lingo, is intended to provide readers with an overall idea of what the article is about. Examples might be politics, crime, education, etc. A recent article in your paper described an offender that had been granted parole as a “free man.” This underscored for me the lack of public understanding that exists around parole, and the important role media play in shaping public perception around it. Criminal justice stories routinely make headlines at the local, […]
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