Mental Health & Probation: Expert Insights with Charlie Brooker and Coral Sirdifield
In a recent interview, Cristina Neves from the CEP Expert Groups on Mental Health spoke with Charlie Brooker and Coral Sirdifield, co-authors of the influential paper Best Practice in Working with People with Mental Health Problems on Probation. Their discussion provided powerful insights into the challenges and opportunities of addressing mental health within probation services.
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CEP at Eurocrim 2024: Criminology goes East
The 24th Annual ESC Conference in Bucharest, Romania, from 11 to 14 September 2024, saw active participation from CEP members. Vice-President Iuliana Carbunaru represented CEP, with Ioan Durnescu and Anna Matczak contributing as panelists.
Continue readingCEP visited Rebibbia prison
Jana Spero Kamenjarin, CEP Secretary General and CEP Board Members Ms. Danijela Mrhar Prelic, Danijela Mrhar Prelic and Mr. Daniel Danglades visited Italian Prison Rebibbia in Rome together with colleagues from EuroPris and members of the CoE PC-CP.
Continue readingCEP at the 36th PC-CP Working Group
CEP is actively represented at the 36th PC-CP Working Group meeting taking place from 17-19 September 2024 in Rome, with CEP board members Danijela Mrhar Prelic and Daniel Danglades, alongside Secretary General Jana Špero Kamenjarin contributing to discussions on mental health management for prisoners and probationers, strategies to counter organized crime, and the revision of key recommendations on prison education.
Continue readingCEP at the Symposium “Gerechtigkeit und Wiedergutmachung”
Jo Tein, board member and former Head of the Unit and Executive Department at the Ministry of Justice, Schleswig-Holstein, has been invited to participate as a panelist at this nationwide event.
Continue readingHonoring the Memory of Suzanne O’Reilly
Suzanne O’Reilly (née Vella) former CEP Vice-President, has passed away after a long illness.
Continue readingRestorative Justice After Sexual Violence
In a recent “Relationships Matter” interview, Jane Mulcahy and Marlee Liss discuss Marlee’s journey to becoming the first person in North America to access court-mandated Restorative Justice for sexual violence after her 2016 assault.
Continue readingPodcast Series Explores the Purposes and Future of Probation
The Rehabilitating Probation project is exploring the impact of years of structural reforms, including part-privatisation and its reversal, on probation in England and Wales.
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