Prison Issues

Northern Territory Juvenile Justice Exposure

Graphic footage aired on the ABC’s Four Corners Program has shed light on the brutal mistreatment of young boys in the juvenile justice system between 2010 and 2015. Detainees as young as thirteen were repeatedly stripped naked, thrown against walls, kneed and knocked to the ground, forcefully restrained, placed in solitary confinement for extended periods and sprayed […]

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ICOPA 18 – London 2018

OVERVIEWAbout 400 activists, academics and ex-prisoners participated in the ICOPA 18 conference based at Birkbeck campus of the University of London. It was hosted by the Department of Criminology Birkbeck University of London, Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative, the Open University, and the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Other participating organisations were the Action

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ICOPA History

The International Conference on Penal Abolition written by the late Ruth Morris. Rittenhouse, Canada 1997 The modern abolition movement has roots in European criminologists promoting abolition, and American (mostly Quaker) abolitionists. Fay Honey Knopp’s group in the USA produced a landmark book called Instead of Prisons. This group and this book helped infect Canadians with the

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Education for Prisoners

Latest News Prisoner Education Survey Report 01/10/2024  Internet & prison education in WA Employment Resource List & Media Release ACEA Conference Denying Education to the Willing: The Jeffrey McKane Story RAND (Reports on the efficacy of prison education programs) Human Right to Education  Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that education

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Art in Prison

Art in Prison is a project that documents the history of Prison Art as a genre and exploring its impact as an effective therapeutic and rehabilitative tool that offers a form of communication that transcends narrow perceptions. Including creations by prisoners and contributions from the justice community, the Art in Prison Report intends to stimulate discussions around

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Remission

Earning Early Release Punishment for The Past, Training for The Future Draft Paper 29.06.2012 download here Prisoners expressed that they felt helpless awaiting the end of their sentence, suggesting remission as an incentive for self-improvement and to successfully re-enter the community.

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ICOPA

OVERVIEW What is ICOPA? The International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA) is bi-annual global gathering of a variety of people around the world including academics, activists, practitioners and people who are currently or were previously imprisoned. The conference encourages a dialogue for new ideas to work towards the abolition of imprisonment and the penal system.Click here for

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