Dear friends, members and colleagues, The Coronavirus pandemic has created extraordinary challenges for prison schools and penitentiary institutions all over the world. In many countries prison teachers (and other staff) are sent home to minimize the risk of spreading the … Read More
Statement from the EPEA on the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
(United Kingdom) Prisoners should be able to use iPads in their cells and stay in touch with friends and family via Skype, a major study commissioned by the justice secretary, Michael Gove, is expected to conclude. The review into prison education … Read More
NVL’s Nordic Prison Education Network presents five podcasts and videos about working with IT systems and the inmate’s digitization skills in open and closed prisons in the Nordic countries. The network works with the development of prison education and has … Read More
Studiers betydelse för hälsan En undersökning bland intagna på en kriminalvårdsanstalt av Anne Svedin och Kerstin Ekholm-Erestam Uppsatsen handlar om två områden, lärande och hälsa. Syftet med arbetet är att beskriva kvinnliga intagnas upplevelser av lärande och hälsa och att … Read More
A qualitative study of prisoners from Iraq, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Somalia. Published by Fylkesmannen i Hordaland, 2013 In all the Nordic countries, the composition of the prison population has changed in recent years. One sees a huge increase in … Read More