Drawing on prison officers' accounts, this article addresses the extent to which the
implementation of dynamic security and open cell regime has been successful in reforming …

This contribution aims to explore the tension between the juridical dimension of the prison
system and the everyday practices that take place within it. The article focus on prison …

This paper focuses on university education in prison as a strategic tool for building social
inclusion. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, it examines the Italian and Spanish …

This paper focuses on the evaluation of the therapeutic use of photocards by prisoners and
facilitators in a counselling psychology led European project, based on responses to open …

The Politics of Prison Crowding investigates recent transformations in Italy's penal system to
make the key analytical observation that conditions of overcrowding have become the 'new …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between drug use and
offending by using the concept of critical moments as an analytical tool …

When it comes to crime news and prison, the media frequently use screaming titles to
enhance the monstrous aspects of the offender and to denounce a justice system too lenient …

Questo lavoro nasce dall'intenzione di approfondire il fenomeno della radicalizzazione
islamista nelle carceri, con il suo potenziale di pericolosità e conflittualità, osservandolo …

The article aims to critically investigate some aspects concerning the «less eligibility»
criterion originally proposed by Rusche and Kirchheimer. The author reread this theoretical …

The Italian prison system is affected by deep organisational changes which affect the work of
prison officers. The implementation of the so called “dynamic security” within detention …