Blog Justice
The prison reform agenda in Brazil is struggling. Very different systems of 'justice' are at work in Brazil. Could Lula going to prison be the only thing to challenge the public to think again?
Thinking of implementing a gender-sensitive approach to probation and community-based sentences? Don't forget these 8 things. Lessons from a final evaluation of an innovative project in Kenya.
Key lessons to come out of a two year project promoting community service as an alternative to prison across three countries in East Africa. Lessons included modernisation of...
Directors of Probation from across Africa met with UNAFRI (the UN African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders) & CEP (Confederation of European Probation) to discuss what contributes to successful alternatives to imprisonment.
The Kampala consultation was attended by the high ranking officials from the Uganda Prison Service to discuss the implementation on the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners...
One of the reasons that community service is underused is because different agencies and the individuals employed by them sometimes do not understand or completely fulfil their roles. For example, a first time offender who...
Consistently, one of the key stumbling blocks in achieving an increase in the number of Community Service Orders (CSOs) given by the courts as an alternative to short sentences, is that the local community doesn’t back the initiative. This can be seen in the results of...
