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Abstract This MSc thesis explores the application of the principles of Nordic Exceptionalism (normalization, openness, education, responsibility, security) in the Danish incarceration system. Specifically, ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with inmates, teachers, and guards were held in the closed Storstrøm prison … Read More

Following the ‘1st International Cycle of Conferences: Prison Education – Paths and Challenges’, held during the month of April 2022, a joint organization of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal) and the Portuguese Prison Education Association … Read More

After the years marked by the pandemic, which made the work of the EPEA difficult, it is in a process of renewal, which is often difficult and not easy to endure. Members are now needed on the Steering Committee who … Read More

We are delighted to invite you to the 18th International conference of the European Prison Education Association (EPEA) to be held at the Hotel Klubben in Tønsberg, Norway. The conference will be held from Tuesday 13th June to Saturday 17th … Read More

On Friday 30th September the European Prison Education Association (EPEA) was delighted to host an event to celebrate the conclusion of the innovative Erasmus Funded Arts of Freedom project. Colleagues from the Netherlands branch of the EPEA arranged a beautiful … Read More

Theatre education in the penal systemIn autumn 2021, a theatre education project took place in Affoltern am Albis (Kanton of Zurich, Switzerland) prison as part of a teaching module at the Zurich University of the Arts. Under the direction of … Read More