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1ST INTERNATIONALCORRECTIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

ENHANCING COMPARABILITY AND UNDERSTANDING

GHENTBELGIUM27-29 MARCH 2017

International Corrections& Prisons Association

PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE

Hans Meurisse Director General

Belgian Prison ServicePresident of EuroPris

Peter van der SandePresident

ICPA

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Dear participants,

I have no doubt that this first International Correctional Research Symposium will be successful. I’m delighted to share this experience with you in Ghent, a beautiful background that will inspire our discussions.

As Director General of the Belgian Prison Service and as President of EuroPris, a better organisation of daily prison life is of great importance. This conference will contribute by highlighting the value of data analysis, by cultivating rich discussions on our core business and by inspiring practitioners with good models. A high-standard list of speakers and workshops will focus on relevant topics: How to manage specific work flows? How to give inmates more responsibility? How to implement smart correctional solutions in our institutions? Can we learn from Offender Management Systems or other Detention Service Platforms?

This symposium will also create a future sustainable meeting point where professionals, academics, researchers as well as NGO’s and non-profit organisations can learn from each other, based on correctional research.

Prepare to be challenged, excited and inspired!

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA), I am honoured and delighted to welcome you to Belgium, to Ghent, and to the 1st International Correctional Research Symposium. By organising this unique event, we aim to bring together researchers from across the world, strengthen the research network, encourage cross-jurisdictional collaboration, raise awareness of research practices, and to explore potential solutions which could promote the development of shared data definitions. The theme of this Symposium is ‘Enhancing Comparability and Understanding’. More than ever we rely on information which helps us to make better decisions. Good research is invaluable for improving the welfare of inmates, and the efficacy of our programmes and interventions. The theme reflects the importance of collaboration between prison agencies, academic institutions, non-governmental organisations and the private sector in the sharing and analysis of data to enhance the picture of what’s happening across the varied aspects of the work that we do within the Global Corrections Community.

I would like to thank the organising committee and our supporters for their efforts in making this event possible and I hope that this inaugural event will be the first of a series of such gatherings where our research and statistical experts can meet to discuss on a professional level.

Wishing you a fruitful symposium.

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EVENT SUPPORTERS

Abilis Solutions Inc.1010 Sherbrooke West, Suite 1900Montreal, H3A [email protected]

Abilis Solutions Inc.Abilis is an established leader in the design, delivery and support of information-centric offender management solutions (OMS) for the global corrections market. The CORIS® OMS Platform, a modular, COTS-based solution, provides comprehensive coverage of corrections business processes, and evergreen technology strategy that ensures quick deployment and long-term flexibility. Collectively, CORIS® manages more than 240,000 offenders, probationers and parolees. Nearly 25,000 corrections professionals use CORIS® in more than 280 secure facilities and community corrections offices. Abilis Solutions is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with US divisions in Portland, Maine and Nashville, Tennessee, as well as offices in Europe.

Business & DecisionSint Lambertusstraat 141 / Rue Saint LambertBrussels, [email protected]

Business & DecisionBusiness & Decision is a global management, strategy consulting and systems integration group solving business problems through Digital Transformation. As a leader in Digital Customer Experience and Data & Analytics, we leverage a unique combination of technical, functional and industry specialization, as well as partnerships with key software vendors, to deliver maximum-value projects and help clients break through barriers to innovation and business transformation.

Business & Decision is serving both Public & Private sector clients enabling customers to drive their business strategy and improve customer experience through effective use & insight to their customer data. Clients choose Business & Decision as their strategic Data & Analytics partner due to our expertise, core values, quality of service & our passion for delivery.

Unilink Software LtdEuropoint Centre, 5-11 Lavington St, London, SE1 0NZUnited [email protected]

Unilink Software LtdUnilink Software is a world leader in prisoner self-service and offender management software. The Unilink Group comprises four operating companies and has also offices in Australia, South Africa and the Netherlands in addition to the UK.Unilink provides services that help rehabilitation and more efficient running of prisons. This has been demonstrated through independent evidence from York University which shows that the software contributes significantly towards rehabilitation.Unilink’s biometric self - service system is an award winning product that works safely, securely and efficiently. It allows prisoners to have some control over organising the things that matter to them a lot: visits, food and canteen shopping. It releases prison officers from administration to focus on working with prisoners and creates back office efficiencies. In 2016 Unilink won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation and in 2015 was awarded “Best Citizen App” and UK Digital Leader overall winner.

e-BO EnterprisesTer Waarde 60, leper, [email protected]

e-BO Enterprisese-BO Enterprises provides technology for Prisons. Our flagship-product is PrisonCloud, a service platform for inmates which includes telephony, TV, e-learning, an electronic wallet, enquiries, video-on-demand and much more.

We can assist you with counter-drone measures, CCTV, Mobile phone jamming and perimeter detection. Therefore we integrate solutions from different vendors to offer the most robust solution tailored to the needs of your organization.

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HET PAND & THE BELGIAN PRISON SERVICE

Het Pand

Het Pand is one of the most prized locations the University of Ghent has to offer. The location is in the very middle of the historical center of Ghent.

In 1201 a hospital was established next to Saint Michael’s Chapel by Canon Utenhove. By 1225 the institute had become too small, and it was decided to construct a new one close to the Bijloke. By that time the first Dominicans had arrived in Ghent. By the agency of the then counts of Flanders, Ferdinand of Portugal and Johanna of Constantinople, the Dominicans were allocated the old hospital to serve as their new settlement. The year 1228 is considered to be the official date of establishment of the monastery in Ghent. The monastery was used as a Calvinist university until 1584. In 1651 the old Utenhove hospital was being pulled down and its foundations were used to construct a new hostel which was to be arranged to serve as a guest wing. In 1796, after the French Revolution; the monastery was closed and sold in lots. But the Decree of 29.10.1956 put the building on the list of classified premises, and the owner went searching for a potential buyer. It was a surprise when the Board of Management of the University of Ghent decided to acquire the building, They were very much convinced of its value, and the transaction took place on January 25, 1963. It was decided to arrange ‘Het Pand’ as the cultural center of the university, and the Direction of the Buildings was entrusted with its renovation and restoration. Works were started in 1971 and accomplished in 1991.

The building is now housing several museum collections, exhibition rooms kept in the original state.

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The Belgian Prison Service

There are 35 prisons in Belgium, of which 17 are located in the Dutch speaking part (Flandres), 16 in the French speaking part (Wallonia) and 2 in Brussels. Those in custody (persons accused or suspected) are brought to a remand prison. Those who have been sentenced to a sanction depriving them of their liberty are brought to a prison for convicts. The institution for the protection of society in Paifve houses mentally ill offenders, offenders who have been found by a court of law to be of unfit/unsound mind and who have been placed there by the Commission for the Protection of Society.

Most of the prisons are traditional closed prisons with all necessary surveillance infrastructure and security precautions. Four prisons operate on a more open communal regime focussing on inmates’ rehabilitation by giving them the opportunity to follow educational or vocational training courses or allowing them to work outside the prison.

There are nine Belgian prisons that houses both males and females, each group staying in different sections of the correctional facility. In the beginning of 2017, a new section for female inmates opened in the prison of Hoogstraten, operating on an open communal regime.

Three new prisons have been inaugurated since 2013, being the prisons in Marche-en-Famenne, Beveren and Leuze-en-Hainaut. Aside from modern security technologies, the new prisons are characterised by a modern humane living environment for inmates and a prison regime focused on rehabilitation, autonomy and a useful time occupation. They are also equipped with PrisonCloud, a digital service platform designed for the secure distribution of content and services to inmates.

In 2014, Belgium’s first forensic psychiatric centre (FPC) opened in Ghent. In this facility, mentally ill offenders with a medium to high security risk receive specialised psychiatric care and treatment in a safe and secure environment. The centre is operated by a non-profit and a private organisation, responsible for the psychiatric care and the security. A similar centre will open in Antwerp in the beginning of April 2017.


MONDAY - 27 MARCH

Welcome Reception

TUESDAY - 28 MARCH

Opening Sessions

PROGRAMME

0900-0910 Welcome

Jan Bogaert, Director General for the Courts and Magistrates, representing the Secretary General of the Belgian Federal Public Service of Justice

Refter Room

0910-0920 Enhancing Comparability and Understanding: The Challenges

Frank Porporino, Canada

0920-1030

Theme: The Challenges of Doing Research in Corrections: Research in Practice

Chair: Frank Porporino

The Administrator’s TalePhil Wheatley, Wheatley & Roy Associates Ltd, United Kingdom

The Researcher’s TaleAlison Liebling, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

1030-1100 Break

1830-2030 Welcome Reception at Het Pand Kapittelzaal Room

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Parallel Thematic Workshops

1100-1230 Theme #1: Cross-Jurisdictional Comparative Research

Moderator: Natalia Delgrande Refter

The World Prison Research ProgrammeCatherine Heard,Institute for Criminal Policy Research, United Kingdom



1100-1230 The SPACE Project: Comparative Prison and Probation Data in Europe

Marcelo Aebi,University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Refter

United Nations: The Development of Criminal Justice Indicators

Oualid Akakzia, Data Development and Dissemination Unit, UNODC, Austria

Theme #2: Using Research to Promote Standards and Reform

Moderator: Amy LudlowEdgar

Blancquaert

European Detention Norms and Standards: A Policy-making Perspective

Rebecca Deruiter, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy, Ghent University, Belgium

Reforming of the Criminal-Executive System of Ukraine: The Choice of the Vector

Yevgen Barash, Institute of Criminal Executive Service, Ukraine

Theme #3: Management of Research

Moderator: Leslie Anne KeownAugust

Vermeylen

Improving the Management of Research Stefan Fuchs, Ministry of Justice, Austria

Research in Prison from the InsideYves Sévenants, Belgian Prison Service, Belgium

1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1500 Theme: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Measuring Correctional Performance

Chair: Vincent Eechaudt Frank Porporino

Refter

Transforming Data Assets into Corporate Wisdom: The Application of Performance Technologies to Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) Administrative Data

Dan Kunic, Correctional Service Canada, Canada

Capturing complexity in understanding how education in prison can support desistance

Amy Ludlow, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ruth Armstrong, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

New Steps in Performance Management: A Methodology Put into Practice

Toon Molleman, Custodial Institutions Agency,Netherlands

Rianne van Os, Custodial Institutions Agency,Netherlands

15:00-1530 Break

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Plenary Sessions


1530-1700 Theme #1: Healthcare Research

Moderator: Sasu Tyni Refter

WEPHREN – A Worldwide Prison Health Research and Engagement Network

Emma Plugge, University of Oxford and PHE, United Kingdom

Nature-Based Health Promotion – A Valuable Tool for Supporting Female Prisoners with Complex Needs

Michelle Baybutt, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom

Theme #2: Applications of Probation and Community Research

Moderator: Kim Thornden-Edwards

August Vermeylen

Strengths-Based Sentence Planning and Transition Management

Jane Mulcahy, University College Cork, Ireland

Detention Houses: A Future-Oriented Solution to Old Problems

Helene De Vos, Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium

Theme #3: Offender-Focused Research: Applications of Technology

Moderator: Hans MeurisseEdgar

Blancquaert

Core Systems and Ulster University Prisoner Technology Usability (UX) Research

Emer O’Kane, Core Systems, Northern Ireland

Lessons Learned of the pilot ‘Quantified Self’ by the Dienst Justitiele Inrichting (DJI) in the Netherlands

Stefania Rosanio, Custodial Institutions Agency, Netherlands

Ernst Eilering,Custodial Institutions Agency, Netherlands

The Value of a Corrections Information Ecosystem to Support Stakeholder Needs

Eric Le Goff, Abilis Solutions, Canada

1830-2030 Host Welcome Reception

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WEDNESDAY - 29 MARCH

Plenary Sessions

0900-1030 Theme: Enhancing Comparability and Understanding: Research on Imprisonment

Chair: Toon MollemanRefter Room

Longitudinal study on the effects of imprisonment in the Netherlands (i.e. the Prison Project)

Anja Dirkzwager, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Netherlands

Paul Nieuwbeerta, Department of Criminology, Leiden University, Netherlands

Can Prisoner Self-Service Digital Technology Support Offender Rehabilitation? An Evaluation Using a Natural ‘Stepped Wedge’ Design

Dominic A.S. Pearson, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

1030-1100 Break

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1100-1230 Theme #1: Cross-Jurisdictional Comparative Research

Moderator: Fraser BryansRefter

Weaving the Pieces Together: The Use of Data in Evidence-Based Policy in the Correctional Service Canada

Leslie-Anne Keown, Correctional Service Canada, Canada

The US Bureau of Justice Statistics (via weblink)

E. Ann Carson, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, USA

Using human rights standards to overcome the hurdles of comparative prison research: the case of solitary confinement

Sharon Shalev, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Theme #2: Rehabilitation Research

Moderator: Helene De Vos Oude Infirmerie

A Personalised Approach to Offender Rehabilitation: Operational and Applied Research

Kim Thornden-Edwards,Interserve, United Kingdom

Caroline Marsh,Interserve, United Kingdom

Criminal Risk Management in Probation: The effectiveness of Individual Cognitive-Behavioural Program ‘One-to-One’ in Lithuania

Virginia Klimukiené, Vilnius University, Lithuania



1100-1230 Theme #3: Offender-Focused Research: Obtaining Data from Prison Populations

Moderator: Ken McGovernPriorzaal

How Do Detainees Experience Dutch Prisons: A Large-Scale Survey-Study

Anouk Bosma, Leiden University, Netherlands

Prisoners’participation and involvement in prison life: insights from a research project in the prison of Ghent

Dorien Brosens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Ethical Considerations for Research Involving Inmates

Hennie Bruyns,Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

Willem Luyt, University of South Africa, South Africa

1230-1330 Lunch


1330-1500 Theme #1: Offender-Focused Research: Gender Specific Needs

Moderator: Karam SinghRefter Room

Difference Genders, Equal Rights but Different Education Provisions: The Case for Gender-Responsive Education in Prison

Joseph Giordmaina, University of Malta, Malta

Horticulture, Hypermasculinity and Mental Wellbeing: The Connections in a Male Prison Context

Flo Seymour, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom

Theme #2: Research on Education in Prisons

Moderator: Emer O’Kane

Oude Infirmerie

The European Foriner project: Educational opportunities for European citizens detained in a foreign European country

Dorien Brosens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Learning and Cooperation in PrisonCharlotte Mathiassen, Aarhus University, Denmark

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Closing Session

1330-1500Theme #3: Healthcare Research

Moderator: Emma Plugge

Priorzaal

An Alternative Solution for Doctors? A 10-Year Experience of Telemedicine in South Korean Prisons

Min Kyung Han, Korean Institute of Criminology, South Korea

The Evaluation of Central Registration Points (CRPs) for Substance Users in Belgian Prisons

Stijn Vandevelde, Ghent University, Belgium

Freya Vander Laenen, Ghent University, Belgium

1500-1530 Break

1600-1700 Closing Armchair Panel with Heads of Research – Where next with Correctional Research?

Chair: Frank Porporino Refter Room

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Plenary Session

1530-1600 Theme: Enhancing Comparability and Understanding: Research in Improving Public Sector Services

Chair: Michelle Carpentier

Refter Room

Where Research and Practice meet – 10 Years of Challenges, Innovation and Implementation in Belgian Corrections

Hans Meurisse, Director General, Belgian Prison Service

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Event Organisers:

Fraser Bryans, ICPA, ScotlandMichelle Carpentier, ICPA, CanadaKirsten Hawlitschek, EuroPris, NetherlandsKathleen Van De Vijver, Belgian Prison Service, Belgium

Annelies Boffé, Belgian Prison Service, BelgiumJulia Iliyna, EuroPris, NetherlandsBeth Johnston, ICPA, ScotlandKris Lambert, Belgian Prison Service, BelgiumOlivier Michiels, Belgian Prison Service, BelgiumInge Nagels, Belgian Prison Service, BelgiumAleksandar Petrov, ICPA, BulgariaAnnemie Vanhove, Belgian Prison Service, Belgium

Marcelo Aebi, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandVincent Eechaudt, Ghent University, BelgiumPatricio Patino, ICPA-Latin America, MexicoFrank Porporino, ICPA Research and Development Group, CanadaRoy Walmsley, World Prison Brief, Institute of Criminal Policy Research, United KingdomEd Wozniak, former Head of Research, Scottish Prison Service, Scotland

Dan Andersson, Swedish Prison and Probation Service, SwedenHans-Jorgen Brucker, Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service, NorwayMartin Slijkhuis, Microsoft, NetherlandsSteven van de Steene, Smart Corrections, Belgium

Abilis SolutionsBusiness and Decisione-Bo EnterprisesGhent UniversityUnilink Software

Enrico Bisogno, UNODC, AustriaDavid Cardell, Swedish Prison and Probation Service, SwedenSteve Clark, EuroStat, LuxembourgMieke Dutré, Het Pand

A special thanks to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service for their efforts in helping to shape this symposium through its initial development.

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1ST INTERNATIONAL CORRECTIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

ENHANCING COMPARABILITY

AND UNDERSTANDING

27-29 MARCH 2017GHENT, BELGIUM

enhancing comparability and …...the theme of this symposium is ‘enhancing comparability and...

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