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RESCALED - European Movement for Detention Houses

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#WorthASecondChance Community Check In: Small Scale Youth Justice Facilities in the Netherlands.

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ESTUDO DE VIABILIDADE ECONÓMICA E FINANCEIRA PARA CASAS DE REINSERÇÃO DA RESHAPE PORTUGAL

RESHAPE PORTUGAL 1 March 2022

FROM NIMBY TO WIMBY PRACTICE BOOKLET.

FARAPEJ 7 October 2022

This booklet addresses going from Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) to Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) when implementing a small-scale,

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

Veronique Aicha 6 October 2022

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

Punishment that makes a difference?

Katrine Antonsen & Fabian Wahl Sandvold 12 September 2022

RESCALED principles practiced in existing Norwegian prisons Norway is a long and narrow country situated north in Europe, and has

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NOW TALKS 4# Privileges

Veronique Aicha 10 October 2022

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.

FARAPEJ 7 October 2022

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

Veronique Aicha 6 October 2022

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?

Katrine Antonsen & Fabian Wahl Sandvold 12 September 2022

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

Elise Garel 3 June 2022

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

Veronique Aicha Achoui 11 April 2022

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...

ESTUDO DE VIABILIDADE ECONÓMICA E FINANCEIRA PARA CASAS DE REINSERÇÃO DA RESHAPE PORTUGAL

RESHAPE PORTUGAL 1 March 2022

A SOLUTION FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE

Timmy, incarcerated person 20 December 2021

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

Elieze Termote 30 November 2021

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

Marie-Odile Theoleyre, Chair of RESCALED 28 October 2021

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?

Inês Viterbo 30 September 2021

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....

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Towards an optimal parenting context in detention

Izco Rincón, M., Pintelon, M. & Vanhouche, A. 18 August 2021

When a judge imposes a prison sentence, it has far-reaching consequences for the convicted person, for his or her family and the children involved. The...

Pooling our efforts

Hans Claus – Board member of RESCALED 17 June 2021

It seems that we all have gained some experience in deprivation of liberty since the outbreak of COVID-19. It seems that on average we have...

Incarcerated students are also students: Challenges and solutions from a practical perspective

Aurelia Bijnens 3 May 2021

All people have the right to education. This human right is also enshrined in international human rights instruments for incarcerated people (see for example the...

Less and smaller prisons for more human dignity

Sonja Snacken, Professor of Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 23 March 2021

Prisons are highly potent but highly damaging institutions, both symbolically and in their real effects. Prisons are especially potent in “producing prisoners”, that means persons...

How to exercise autonomy within a small-scale detention house?

Admin 9 February 2021

Autonomy is a fundamental human need. This is also true for incarcerated people. However, when people are detained in a closed setting, they lose a...