Isolation – a New Prison Podel in France
Walls several meters high, cells under constant surveillance, bulletproof glass partitions separating visitors from prisoners: In Vanden le Vieux, a small town 200
Sweden Set to Rent Cells in Estonian Prisons
Sweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places
The UK: Tech Firms Suggested Placing Trackers Under Offenders’ Skin at Meeting with Justice Secretary
Tracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed
Professor Keith Humphreys: America’s Incarceration Rate Is About to Fall Off a Cliff
For more than 40 years, the United States — a nation that putatively cherishes freedom — has had one of the largest prison
Prison Policy as a Component of Social Control: Between Penological Pessimism and the Rehabilitation Paradigm: Introduction
In this edition, given the considerable scope of the research, I decided not to be overly original. I decided to retain the basic
Dmytro Yagunov. Prison Policy as a Component of Social Control: Between Penological Pessimism and the Rehabilitation Paradigm
This monograph was prepared and published during my work and research at the University of Tübingen as part of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative
Japan’s Prison Reform Focuses on Rehabilitation
For the first time in more than a century, Japan has overhauled its prison system with new rules placing greater emphasis on rehabilitation
Societies Grappling with a ‘Silent but Growing’ Prison Crisis
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls
UK Will Roll Out Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders
The British government is to rollout the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of sex offenders, as part of a package