In 2007, I gave someone a second chance. I was in Danbury Federal Correctional Institution recruiting women for a new program for people returning from prison that I was running in New York City. More...

Today the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published a report on a visit to Norway carried out in spring 2018. During its visit, the CPT examined the situation of persons deprived of their liberty in police establishments, prisons, the Trandum immigration detention centre, a psychiatric hospital and a nursing home. More...

Pour la première fois, la Fondation Agir contre l'exclusion (Face) a organisé un forum des métiers au centre pénitentiaire rennais des femmes. 31 détenues ont ainsi pu échanger avec une dizaine de structures : agences d'emploi, organismes de formation, entreprises de l'agroalimentaire.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Insertion.-Face-organise-un-forum-des-metiers-pour-les-detenues-rennaises

The Republic of Moldova should take determined action to eradicate informal prisoner hierarchies in prisons, which expose inmates to intimidation and inter-prisoner violence, says the Council of Europe anti-torture committee (CPT) in a report published today. More...