Releasing convicts amid the pandemic is not enough. The government should issue a law that provides alternatives to detention to avoid overcrowding.
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Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
Gangs are still a significant reality in US prisons. But most inmates say that their power has been watered down, and they no longer rule facilities with an iron fist.
The effective response to crime has always been a matter of debate. But evidence is mounting in favour of treatment and support, rather than punishment.
Rapidly decreasing the prison population by letting people out is a public health imperative as governments for solutions to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
This year’s oversight report into the penitentiary system shows that long-standing problems have become entrenched in Canada’s federal prisons.
Between 1983 and 2013, the number of immigrants detained in rural county jails has increased.
Governments must think very carefully before sacrificing the very human rights that give the state its identity and democracy.
Crime rates are down, but they were decreasing while imprisonment rates were increasing, so that doesn’t really explain lower numbers in our prisons.
I know first-hand the need for a rehabilitative rather than punitive system.
Education for those behind bars is gaining more attention. In these four articles, scholars take an up-close look at efforts to provide – and restrict – higher education in prison.
A terrorism expert explains the legislation that led to the attacker’s release.
Nearly two-thirds of incarcerated mothers have never received a visit from their children. A scholar who studies women in prison explains the barriers that families face and how they might be removed.
A scholar who has taught in prison weighs in on ‘College Behind Bars,’ which airs Nov. 25 and 26 on PBS. The documentary prompts viewers to consider the importance of higher education in prison.
And homelessness makes reoffending more likely.
As of Dec. 1, inmates in Canada’s federal prisons can no longer be legally held in solitary confinement. But is it truly just an exercise in rebranding?
Research offers an insight into the experiences of pregnant women left to give birth in their cells without midwives
What does it mean to hold a party in a place with a long history of death and suffering?
Governments impose harsh restrictions to the freedom of sex offenders after their sentence. But there’s no evidence to support that ‘doing more of the same’ improves community safety.
Supporting mums in prison and whose babies are in care to breastfeed has benefits for mums, their children and wider society.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Emeritus Professor, University of South Africa and Visiting professor and strategic advisor in Faculty of Humanities., University of Johannesburg
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Reader in Social Policy, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD Candidate in Criminology at Australian National University, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Bath
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Social Justice, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Criminology, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham
