Beyond the Wall Newsletter

The 2021 Winter Edition of ICPA’s newsletter Beyond the Wall is now available. In this issue: B-competent: International Training Needs Assessment Report of Civilian Prison Staff (Europe); An Investment in Staff Is an Investment in Our Mission (Canada); Looking Back to Move Forward: Improving Correctional Staff Training (USA); Core Correctional Skills. From Then Until Now (Europe).

The 2020 Summer Edition of ICPA’s newsletter Beyond the Wall is now available. In this issue: Supervision Around the World (SAW) Project (USA), Changing practice in a pandemic – Community Corrections New South Wales (Australia), Sanctions and measures without deprivation of liberty increasingly used in Europe: New Survey (Europe), NIJ-Funded Research Examines What Works for Successful Reentry (USA), Tempus Novo tackling crime in their own unique way (United Kingdom).

The 2019 Autumn Edition of ICPA’s newsletter Beyond the Wall is now available. In this issue: Prisons 2.0 – A Community Version (Portugal), “Think Like a Scientist” Prison Course: Teaching a Way of Thinking (Canada), The reintegration of prisoners by work in Belgium: new management, new perspectives (Belgium), The nature of power in prisons (Ireland), Reframing the Landscape of Justice with California Lawyers for the Arts (USA), Reflections on the 2nd International Correctional Research Symposium: Implications for Community Corrections (United Kingdom).

Our Summer 2018 Edition of Beyond the Wall features articles on the topic of Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Education. Our featured article comes from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction on “Innovative Approaches to Reentry in Ohio: Chopping for Change and the Workforce Training Experience”, which introduces a targeted upstream intervention that reduces recidivism rates and enhances employment for post-release women offenders.

Also, read about how the Islamic Republic of Iran is reducing its use of incarceration, an Australian education programme which started in 2012 and now reaches across 76 countries, a rehabilitative theatre programme in Singapore, and a skills-based employment programme for brewing that perfect cup of coffee!

This third edition of Beyond the Wall provides our readers with a 360°  perspective on the news, best practices and the present resources within our community. In the spotlight is the article from Richard Roche “Changed by the job – bringing prison work home”, which focuses on the wellbeing of prison staff and highlights the physical and psychological dangers of the work that they do. Also, read about the launching of the Worldwide Prison Health Research & Engagement Network (WEPHREN), a new sentencing order that reduces recidivism in Australia, examples of effective interagency partnerships, and articles on the latest technologies and innovations.

In this second edition of Beyond The Wall we have included articles on good practices from across the world. Read about a healthcare initiative in Russia, information on Australia’s latest prison, radicalisation programmes in Thailand, insights on applications of European policies and standards, studies on children with incarcerated parents, current trends in prison planning and design, and an overview of prison reform in Ukraine.

The first edition of the newsletter “Beyond the Wall” contains articles, interviews, researches and stories on a broad range of topics – radicalisation, reintegration, women offenders, staff training, research and statistics, mental health disorders and traumatic experience.