Prison Issues in the Criminal Justice Field : International

Reentry Presentation at the International Corrections and Prison Association

Peggy L. Ritchie — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:06:00 GMT

During the week of October 21-27, 2006, the International Corrections and Prison Association is holding a conference in Vancouver, Canada. Check out the program guide for this conference here. A special track at the conference, Reentry: The Challenge of 21st Century Corrections, is being sponsored by the International Association of Reentry (IAR). I will be be presenting there, along with other IAR representatives. See my power point slides attached in the file below and watch for my highlights of the conference when I return in a week!

A Restorative Prison? What's that?

Peggy L. Ritchie — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:19:00 GMT

The United Kingdom's International Centre for Prison Studies has published a document called: "Prisons and their communities: testing a new approach" by Vivien Stern. SEE ATTACHMENT BELOW.

This is a story of how projects that offenders could work on might actually meet a need in the community. It turned into a concept called the Restorative Prison Project. It questions issues and values of "work" in prisons for the sake of working versus contributing to a community. A story of how the paradigm of isolated prisons and prisoners become part of the community within the walls. Concepts include:

Prisons and victims
Resolving conflicts
Restorative principles in a prison setting
Challenging how prisons are managed on a daily basis; a "restorative regime in a prison"

Will this work in the US? What do you think?

Other international news at Prison Reform International, a non-governmental organization (NGO) with consultive status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Council of Europe.

Security Newsletter highlights British Actions per Terrorism; Corrections are familiar with such contraband in Prisons

Peggy L. Ritchie — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:54:00 GMT

Security newsletter highlights foiled terrorist attempt; also note the clip on the use of video cameras for highway security that more US local law enforcement may consider.