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Even in prisons, technology is changing paradigms

Families with relatives in prison in Singapore can visit their kin more often now. If face-to-face visits are not always possible, "tele-visits" can always be arranged. The Singapore Prison Service website said tele-visits "allows visitors to see and talk to an inmate through television via tele-...

Safe and Humane

Article by Stephen A. Carter(11/24/2010). Source (http://www.correctionalnews.com) Many of my recent articles have chronicled a worldwide decline in prison population. Today, however, I want to present why this current trend is not a universal characteristic. On the wall in one of our confere...

Haiti - Disaster Relief Appeal

The Haitian Prison Authority has been grievously hurt by the earthquake on January 12, 2010. The Civile Penitenitary of Port-au-Prince sustained significant damage resulting in several deaths, exact numbers still unknown. The facility was housing 4,367 prisoners. All surviving prisoners fled. A ...