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RESCALED - European Movement for Detention Houses
#WorthASecondChance Community Check In: Small Scale Youth Justice Facilities in the Netherlands.
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EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON DETENTION HOUSES 20 & 21 March 2024

🙏 Empowering voices, igniting change: together we can change the system!  🌍 The European Symposium on Detention Houses brought together diverse perspectives and expertise from...

Lived experience in the detention house ecosystem

Our societies are under more and more fiscal strain due to increased wages, better healthcare and an ageing population in the Western world. Crime is...

“It’s a matter of communication but communication is a matter of feeling”

The journey towards community-integration in the implementation of a detention house Introduction Detention houses are characterized by three principles: small-scale, differentiation and community-integration. Unlocking the...

Kick-off INSPIRE project

INSPIRE is a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It stands for Incarceration & Social Purpose in Restorative Cities. INSPIRE is...

WISH-EU PROJECT – IT’S ALL ABOUT KNOWLEDGE & IMPACT

In March of 2022, a consortium of CSOs came together (De Huizen, Restorative Justice Netherlands, FARAPEJ, RESHAPE and Prison Insider) for the WISH-EU Project. WISH...

NOW TALKS 4# Privileges

On Thursday, September 29, 2022, the Maas youth panel organized the fourth NOW TALKS in collaboration with SPACE010 and Music Matters. The young people shine...

FROM NIMBY TO WIMBY PRACTICE BOOKLET.

This booklet addresses going from Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) to Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) when implementing a small-scale, differentiated and community-integrated detention house....

Dutch Indiana Bell Building; Small-scale (detention) facilities for youngsters

Last week, the Dutch newspaper NRC[1] headlined “Five small juvenile prisons started as an experiment and are now virtually empty”. As a result of all...

Punishment that makes a difference? 

RESCALED principles practiced in existing Norwegian prisons  Norway is a long and narrow country situated north in Europe, and has a relatively low population density....

RESCALED from an International Human Rights Law perspective

Graduated with a Master’s degree in International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law (IHRL), my first encounter with prisons’ issues were mostly through a...

CYCLES OF A CIVILIZED SOCIETY

Cycles can be discerned in a person’s life; day and night, winter, spring, summer, autumn. There are also cycles to unravel in society. In 1922...

STUDY OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF DETENTION HOUSES – RESHAPE PORTUGAL

https://unsplash.com/photos/WWX2bPqP-z4

A SOLUTION FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE

Belgium continues to build large-scale prisons that are based on a 19th century model. These new prisons are larger than ever. While Belgium used to...

HIGH-SECURITY INCARCERATION WITHIN THE PRINCIPLES OF RESCALED: Learning from a good, Norwegian practice

From 11/10 to 14/10 me and other members of APAC went to Norway, Oslo. We were introduced to the organization ‘Wayback’ and the Norwegian prison...

RESCALED General Assembly 2021: Opening speech by the Chair

Dear members, dear all, my dear friends It is really a great pleasure for me, and an honour, to inaugurate – and in person too!...

IS IT SAFE FOR TAXPAYERS TO INVEST IN OUR PRISONS?

Rumor has it that from a financial point of view, due to economies of scale, large prisons are a better option than small-scaled detention houses....
  • All
  • BARRIER BREAKER (4)
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  • REPORT (3)

EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON DETENTION HOUSES 20 & 21 March 2024

🙏 Empowering voices, igniting change: together we can change the system!  🌍 The European Symposium on Detention Houses brought together diverse perspectives and expertise from...

Lived experience in the detention house ecosystem

Our societies are under more and more fiscal strain due to increased wages, better healthcare and an ageing population in the Western world. Crime is...

“It’s a matter of communication but communication is a matter of feeling”

The journey towards community-integration in the implementation of a detention house Introduction Detention houses are characterized by three principles: small-scale, differentiation and community-integration. Unlocking the...

Kick-off INSPIRE project

INSPIRE is a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It stands for Incarceration & Social Purpose in Restorative Cities. INSPIRE is...

WISH-EU PROJECT – IT’S ALL ABOUT KNOWLEDGE & IMPACT

In March of 2022, a consortium of CSOs came together (De Huizen, Restorative Justice Netherlands, FARAPEJ, RESHAPE and Prison Insider) for the WISH-EU Project. WISH...

NOW TALKS 4# Privileges

On Thursday, September 29, 2022, the Maas youth panel organized the fourth NOW TALKS in collaboration with SPACE010 and Music Matters. The young people shine...

FROM NIMBY TO WIMBY PRACTICE BOOKLET.

This booklet addresses going from Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) to Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) when implementing a small-scale, differentiated and community-integrated detention house....

Dutch Indiana Bell Building; Small-scale (detention) facilities for youngsters

Last week, the Dutch newspaper NRC[1] headlined “Five small juvenile prisons started as an experiment and are now virtually empty”. As a result of all...

Punishment that makes a difference? 

RESCALED principles practiced in existing Norwegian prisons  Norway is a long and narrow country situated north in Europe, and has a relatively low population density....

RESCALED from an International Human Rights Law perspective

Graduated with a Master’s degree in International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law (IHRL), my first encounter with prisons’ issues were mostly through a...

CYCLES OF A CIVILIZED SOCIETY

Cycles can be discerned in a person’s life; day and night, winter, spring, summer, autumn. There are also cycles to unravel in society. In 1922...

STUDY OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF DETENTION HOUSES – RESHAPE PORTUGAL

https://unsplash.com/photos/WWX2bPqP-z4

A SOLUTION FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE

Belgium continues to build large-scale prisons that are based on a 19th century model. These new prisons are larger than ever. While Belgium used to...

HIGH-SECURITY INCARCERATION WITHIN THE PRINCIPLES OF RESCALED: Learning from a good, Norwegian practice

From 11/10 to 14/10 me and other members of APAC went to Norway, Oslo. We were introduced to the organization ‘Wayback’ and the Norwegian prison...

RESCALED General Assembly 2021: Opening speech by the Chair

Dear members, dear all, my dear friends It is really a great pleasure for me, and an honour, to inaugurate – and in person too!...

IS IT SAFE FOR TAXPAYERS TO INVEST IN OUR PRISONS?

Rumor has it that from a financial point of view, due to economies of scale, large prisons are a better option than small-scaled detention houses....