PROGRAMME OVERVIEW |
20-21 October | Event Check-In |
21 October | Graduate Student Pre-Conference Symposium, Network Group Briefings, and Welcome Reception |
22 October | Brendan Kevin Reynolds Memorial Lecture, Plenary and Workshop Sessions, and Host Welcome Reception |
23 October | Network Group Meetings, IACFP Distinguished Scholar Lecture, Plenary and Workshop Sessions, Annual General Meeting |
24 October | Host Country Day (CSC), Plenary and Breakout Sessions, ICPA Correctional Excellence Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner |
25 October | Plenary and Breakout Sessions and Closing Remarks |
26 October | Facility Tours |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Please note that there might be changes in the programme. |
MONDAY, 22 OCTOBER | |
Beyond Prisons: Did we Lose our North Star? | Jennifer Oades, Chairperson, Parole Board of Canada |
Transformative Leadership: Powerful Voices Leading "The Way Forward" |
James Ackerman, President and CEO, Prison Fellowship, USA Dr. Reginald Wilkinson, Retired Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and former Vice-President, ICPA, USA Leann Bertsch, Director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Immediate Past-President of the Association of State Correctional Administrators, USA Doug Dretke, Executive Director, Correctional Management Institute, Sam Houston State University and Board Member ICPA-NA, USA |
Prison Oversight and Human Rights |
Michele Deitch, Senior Lecturer, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, USA Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prison, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, England & Wales (UK) Michael Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, USA |
Future of Prison Leadership | Sam Charles, Client Director, TDP Development Limited, England (UK) |
The 7 Habits of Effective Captains of Lives | Justin Paul, Singapore |
Strategic Human Resources Initiatives to Build a Committed and Professional Workforce | Siu Hang CHAN, Hong Kong |
Staff Commitment - How Can we Sustain it | Haji Ahmad Faudzi Haji Awang, Malaysia |
Moral and Ethical Issues of Using Technology in Corrections |
Steven Van De Steene, Belgium Victoria Knight, England (UK) |
How Will Society Deal with People Who Break the Law in the Future? An Exploration Using a Scenario Planning Approach |
Rohan Lulham, Australia Stijn van Erp, Australia |
An Exploration of Algorithm Impact Assessments in the Criminal Justice System | James Lant, Canada |
Artificial Intelligence: New Technology Possibilities for Prisons | Benny Goedbloed, Belgium |
Rehabilitation is a Dirty Word: Learning to Desist from Crime | Fiona McGregor, Australia |
Prison Education: Desistance Catalyst and Portal to an Alternative Universe |
Anne Pike, England (UK) Helen Farley, Australia |
The Way Forward – Education is the Key to a Reduction in Recidivism…A Foodservice Perspective |
Leslie Paffe, USA Rich Felsher, USA Mark Engelke, USA |
Engaging Faith Communities in Offender Reintegration | Michael Taylor, Canada |
Reintegration Programs in Uganda Prisons Service; The Way Forward | Nuruh Mbalyowere, Uganda |
Oregon’s Second Chance Employment Tour – Connecting Businesses to People with Criminal Backgrounds |
Colette Peters, USA Genevieve Martin, USA |
Agricultural Vocational Training and Employment Support for Parolees: Efforts of the National Center for Offender Rehabilitation in Ibaraki |
Hidenori OHINATA, Japan Junichiro HARA, Japan Anna MIYACHI, Japan |
Beyond Prisons to Community Engagement: Wyoming Pathways from Prison’s No-Cost College in Prison Model |
Robert Lampert, USA Susan Dewey, USA |
Integration not Reintegration - The Role of Prison Planning and Design |
Sara Snell, Switzerland Rohan Lulham, Australia Lucy Klippan, Australia Kiran Kashyap, Australia
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Women’s Pathways to Prison and the Implementation of the Bangkok Rules in Kenya |
Chontit Chuenurah, Thailand Samantha Jeffries, Australia Dennis Mungo, Kenya |
Female Prisoners Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Uganda Prisons Service | Frank Baine, Uganda |
Wahine – e rere ana kit e pae hou: Women’s Strategy 2017 – 2021; Women Rising Above a New Horizon |
Jo Field, New Zealand Nova Banaghan, New Zealand |
Utilizing the OMS to Support Agency Recidivism Objectives |
Rick Davis, USA Tim Oakeley, USA |
“Moving Forward” with 2020 Innovations is Difficult when your Offender Management Solution is Stuck in the ‘90s—Learn How to Modernize with a COTS |
Dan Thomson, Canada Steven Van De Steene, Belgium Ben Harrell, USA |
AMStrength and CopEWell: Evidence-based Wellbeing Programs for Corrections Staff and Prisoners | Jeffrey Pfeifer, Australia |
Enhancing the Well-being and Resilience of Correctional Officers: Findings from the AMStrength Program | Sarah Benson, Australia |
Why Help Prisoners Manage their Well-being? Exploring the Benefits of Coping Enhancement and Well-being Training | Justin Trounson, Australia |
Defining and Assessing Offender Wellbeing in Corrections |
Jeffrey Pfeifer, Australia Sarah Benson, Australia Jason Skues, Australia |
Community Service as a Constructive Condition for Placement under the System of Community Corrections: A Case Study of a South African Township | Francois Louw, South Africa |
Innovations in a Model of Rehabilitative Supervision with Community-based Offenders | Mark Howard, Australia |
Social Enterprise Development and Entrepreneurship: New Solutions in Community Corrections & Reentry |
April Bernard, USA Victor B. Dickson, USA Sodiqa R. Williams, USA |
“Tzahala Project”- Community-Based Rehabilitation Project in Ofek Prison (Prison for Juveniles) | Hagay David, Israel |
Moving Forward – Providing Programmes that Build Positive Identities and Pathways forYouth in Custodial Settings |
Ashley Tedham, England (UK) Lindsay Stovel, Canada |
Beyond Custody: Addressing Age-Related Needs for Successful Community Integration |
Anita Desai, Canada Michel Gagon, Canada |
The Evolution of Corrections Delivery in Ontario, and Lessons Learned Going Forward | Robert Boraks, Canada |
The New Ravenhall Correctional Centre - Striving for Masterplanning Simplicity in Complexity and Retaining Prisoner Autonomy | Kavan Applegate, Australia |
TUESDAY, 23 OCTOBER | |
“What We Need to Know About Prisons” | Paul Gendreau, OC, Ph.D. , Professor Emeritus, University of New Brunswick, Canada |
Government and NGO Collaboration on Corrections | Marc Susser, USA |
How HKCSD Engage with Community to Pursue a Safer and More Inclusive Society | Che Leung LAM, Hong Kong |
Implementing and Sustaining EBP Beyond the Prison Walls: Minnesota Dept. of Corrections' Road to Engaging Community Based Programs |
Bridget Letnes, USA Carrie Sullivan, USA |
Transforming the Inmate Environment: How and Why Facilities are Implementing Tablet Programs |
Dan Szakacs, Canada Mike Tholenaer, Canada |
In-situ Detection of Psychoactive Substances in a Custodial Setting |
Oliver Sutcliffe, England (UK) Andrew Costello, England (UK) |
Collaborative Approach to Developing Digital Locking Technology to Meet End User Needs | Kevin Skipper, USA |
Mind the Gap |
Jan-Erik Sandlie, Norway Marianne Vollan, Norway Suzanne Nor, Norway |
Emerging Roles and Challenges of Corrections in Hong Kong | Chi Wing TANG, Hong Kong |
The Adelaide Women's Prison Accommodation Upgrade Project - Creating Better Secure Environments And Real Job Pathways | Sarah Paddick,
Australia Paul Robinson, Australia |
Women's Way Forward: A Creative, Intensive Approach to the Future of the Women's Estate | Kylie Calwell, Australia |
Motivation for Change among Women Offenders in Prison-Based Treatment and Longitudinal Outcomes of Recidivism | Mana Yamamoto, Japan |
Development of an Intervention and Prevention Response to the Radicalization Leading to Violence within the Probation System in France |
Cateline Autixier, Canada Anne-Sophie Ponsot, Canada |
R2PRIS - A Multi-level Approach to Deal with Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons. Results from 3 years of Development in Europe |
Pedro das Neves, Portugal Kathleen Van de Vijver, Belgium |
Colorado Industries: Working Towards Success |
Rick Raemisch, USA Kellie Wasko, USA |
Vocational Village | Heidi Washington, USA |
Innovative Approaches to Reentry in Ohio: Chopping for Change and the Workforce Training Experience |
Todd Ishee, USA Brandeshawn Harris, USA |
The Case For Change: Modernizing Corrections In Ontario, Canada | Howard Sapers , Independent Reviewer, Independent Review of Ontario Corrections, Canada |
A Crisis of Confidence - When Trust Breaks Down in the Correctional System | Dean Williams, Commissioner, State of Alaska Department of Corrections, USA |
Our Top 10 - The Way Forward in New Zealand |
Jo Field, Deputy Chief Executive Service Development, Department of Corrections, New Zealand Juanita Ryan , Director of programmes and Interventions, Department of Corrections, New Zealand |
Learning from Probation Reform – Emerging Future Thinking and Lessons Learned from Transforming Rehabilitation in England and Wales, United Kingdom |
Ian Poree, Director of Community Interventions, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, England & Wales (UK) Sonia Crozier, Executive Director, Probation and Women, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, England & Wales (UK) |
Ara Poutama – The Journey from Prison to the Community: an Integrated Practice Framework |
Jo Field, New Zealand Nova Banaghan, New Zealand |
A Future for Corrections: Tennessee's Seamless Supervision Model |
Wes Landers, USA Sean Hosman, USA |
Pretrial Justice - an Integral Part of Communities’ Well-being | Marina Ilminska, Germany |
Why Rehabilitation is Important from a Council of Europe Perspective | Ilina Taneva, Council of Europe |
Taking Digital Literacies from the outside in: Introducing Technologies for Learning into Prisons |
Helen Farley, Australia Anne Pike, England (UK) |
Harnessing Digital Technologies for Offender Rehabilitation - Lessons Learned During Development and Implementation of Breaking Free Online |
John Weekes, England (UK) |
Virtual-Enabled Justice: Delivering Swifter Outcomes and Improved Victim and Witness Experience |
Mukund Krishna, England (UK) Jimmie Olson, USA |
Detention in Conflict Situations: South Sudan | Ajak Deng Reng, Sudan |
Chance for a Better Future | Elena Beradze, Georgia |
Developing an Evidence-based Approach to Corrections in Kenya | Damaris Seina, Kenya |
Integrating the Through the Gate (ITTG) Model into the Community (focusing on accommodation) | Ian Ware, England & Wales (UK) Kim Thornden-Edwards, England & Wales (UK) |
The Work of ICRC in Restoring Family Links | Vincent Ballon, Switzerland |
Family Dysfunctions: Implications for Psychoactive Substance use Among Offenders Entering Prison Custody in Nigeria |
Johnson Okoro, Nigeria Stanley Udeagha, Nigeria |
Moving into and through Prison: Improved Well-being with the SPARC and Prison Voicemail Initiatives |
Lauren Mumby, England (UK) Todd Hogue, England (UK) |
A Constitutional Right to Rehabilitation and Reintegration for Prisoners in Ireland: What Would This Mean? | Jane Mulcahy, Ireland |
The Cornerstones | Lee Chapelle, Canada |
A Collaborative Approach to Improve Health, Reduce Reoffending and Support Continuity of Care – The Experience of England, United Kingdom | Carine Lewis,
England & Wales (UK) Caroline Schofield, England & Wales (UK) |
Building a Better Understanding between Probation Services Needs and Private Companies Offerings | Pedro Ferreira Marum, Belgium |
Linking procurement to purpose - an integrated approach from the Netherlands | Wolter van der Vlist, Netherlands |
WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER | |
Utilizing Data Mining to Inform Reintegration Strategies: The Use of Decision Trees | Leslie Anne Keown, Canada |
The Issues and Challenges When Working with a Multiethnic Clientele | Mohamed Ait Lahcen, Canada |
Reintegration in the Province of Quebec Promoted through Reintegration Support Funds | Stéphanie Borgia, Canada |
“Don’t Give up in the Middle” the AB Community Corrections Story | Lisa Cooke, Canada |
Monitoring and Reporting Performance in CSC | Laurie Walinga, Canada |
Transforming Administrative Segregation | Kevin Snedden, Canada |
Management of Offenders with Gender Considerations in Corrections | Luc Bisson, Canada |
Managing a Diverse and Changing Inmate Population through Innovated Methods: Guthrie Therapeutic Community, Right Living and Complex Needs Unit | Teri DuTemple, Canada |
Offender Mental Health Research: Results, Outcomes and Implications for Policy | Lynn Stewart, Canada |
Behind the Prison Walls: Addressing the Health Care Needs of Older Adults in Custody | Henry de Souza, Canada |
Lessons Learned within the Culture of Interdisciplinary Complex Cases for Mental Health | Christine Perreault, Canada |
The Transition Day Room: An Alternative Correctional Experience for Vulnerable Inmates with Cognitive Impairment and Compromised Mental Health | John Scoville, Canada |
Section 84 Releases for Indigenous Offenders | Shanna Farrell-MacDonald, Canada |
Culture- and Gender-Responsive Programming: An Examination of Aboriginal Women Offender Correctional Program (AWOCP) Outcomes | Kaitlyn Wardrop, Canada |
Restoring Balance through Reconciliation and Culturally Responsive Decision Making | Lucille Stewart, Canada |
CSC National Indigenous Plan | Eric Cyr, Canada |
Outcomes and Operational Impacts of Electronic Monitoring to Monitor Supervision Conditions in Canadian Corrections | Laura Hanby, Canada |
Embarking on the Digital Journey at CSC |
Simon Bonk, Canada Janak Alford, Canada |
Conceptualizing Correctional Space: The Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) Technologies to Correctional Service Canada’s Data | Dan Kunic, Canada |
Collaboration between a Parole Office and a Police Department – an Example of Effective Community Partnership in the Quebec Region | Karine Gingras, Canada |
Partnering to Provide Integrated Support for Client Re-Entry (Integrated Offender Management and Homelessness Intervention Program) | Carrie McCulley, Canada |
Emma’s Acres: Reintegration, Restoration and Food Security – Best Practice in Community Engagement |
John Glendon Flett, Canada Don Head, Canada |
Supporting Offenders Through the Correctional Continuum |
Dianne Giguère, Canada Dania Khanafer, Canada Lise Côté, Canada |
The Integrated Correctional Programs |
Loméga Étienne, Canada Alexandre D’Amour, Canada Marie-Lynn Bériau, Canada Nancy Poirier, Canada |
Offender Education and Employment Interventions: Impact on Correctional Results | Geoff Wilton, Canada |
CSC Employment and Employability Program: An Integrated Program and Business Model | Anie Latour-Archambault, Canada |
CSC Education Programs: A Key to Successful Reintegration | Annie Geneau, Canada |
CSC Re-Opening of Penitentiary Farm Operations |
Kelly Hartle, Canada |
Assessing Ethical Risks in the Correctional Service of Canada | Elizabeth Smith, Canada |
Ethics / Correctional Culture and Building a Healthy and Respectful Organizational Culture | Katherine Belhumeur, Canada |
Correctional Employee Well-being: The National Adaptation and Implementation of an Innovative Staff Well-being Training Initiative within CSC | Sylvain Mongrain,
Canada Justin Trounson, Australia |
Processing Offender Grievances in Canadian Federal Corrections | Larry Motiuk, Canada |
Understanding Overdose Incidents in Correctional Custody in the age of Opioids | Stephanie Biro, Canada |
Contraband Control and Preventive Security | Warren Coons, Canada |
CSC Engagement and Intervention Model | Lee Redpath, Canada |
Gender Informed Programs for Women Offenders – from Research to Practice | Andrea Moser, Canada |
Maintaining the Bond Between Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children in Canada | Chantal Allen, Canada |
Women’s Healing Lodges, Preparing for the Future | Rachel Parker, Canada |
Building Community Partnerships for Safe Reintegration of Indigenous Women | Claire Carefoot, Canada |
Establishing Research Partnerships in a Federal Correctional System | Tammy Ryan, Canada |
Telling our Story: Effective Internal and External Communications within a Correctional Environment | Heather Cloutier, Canada |
Impact of Volunteer Advisory Groups on the Correctional Service of Canada’s Operations | Chelsea Morrey, Canada |
Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples through the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Section 81 Agreements | Marty Maltby, Canada |
Women Offender Facilities, Staffing Selection Process, and Training for Staff working with Women Offenders | Penny Angel, Canada |
Strategic Actions to Accommodate Aging Offenders | Brigitte Ng, Canada |
Inuit Healing Centre | Ester Powell, Canada |
THURSDAY, 25 OCTOBER | |
The Neuro-physiology of “Talk”: Using Trauma and Resiliency Informed Communication to Increase Safety, Engagement and Reduce Recidivism |
Marilyn Van Dieten, Senior Partner, Orbis Partners, Canada Alyssa Benedict, Executive Director, Core Associates, USA |
Realities of Working in Prison Spaces: Violence, Unpredictability, Trauma, and Mental Health Injuries |
Rosemary Ricciardelli, Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Diane Groll, Associate Professor, Queen's University, Canada |
Why People Stop Offending? | Karam Singh, Singapore |
Horticulture, Hypermasculinity and Mental Wellbeing: the Connections in a Male Prison Context |
Flo Seymour, England (UK) (co-authors: Prof. Mark Dooris, Dr. Michelle Baybutt, Dr. Alan Farrier) |
Development of General Risk Assessment Tool for Inmates in Japan |
Tatsuo Kaji, Japan Madoka Watari, Japan |
The Peace Education Program: A Way Forward Beyond Prisons |
Michel Judy Klamph, Canada Penny Maclean, Canada Terrence Mathews, USA |
Security & Technology in Prisons: The Way Forward | James Levy, England (UK) |
Embracing Technology to Complement the Dynamic Management of Security Risks inPrisons | Matthew Clarke, England & Wales (UK) |
The Convergence of Information Technology and Operational Technology in Corrections: a Driver for Innovation | Ser Leng Kuai, Singapore |
Does Court diversion for the Seriously Mentally Ill Work in Reducing Re-offending | Tony Butler, Australia |
Complex Co-occurring Disorders and Demand for Prison Diversion | Julian Somers, Canada |
The Justice Continuum – Supporting Cognitively Disabled Offenders with Complex Needs from Custody to Community |
Stan Pappos, Australia Vaughan Winther, Australia |
One Commonwealth: Two Approaches to Designing for Youth |
Stephen Carter, USA Gregory Cook, USA Robert Boraks, USA |
Prison Cell Spatial Density and Adverse Health Effects: State of the Evidence and Practice-based Implications |
Paul Simpson, Australia Tony Butler, Australia |
Moving Beyond Design Stereotypes – a Study of the Possibilities and Contradictions for Manufacturers’ of Secure Cell Components |
Douglas Tomkins, Australia Rohan Lulham, Australia Jason Hinds, Australia |
“Hospice is about Living”: Examining Lived Experiences with Peer-based End of Life Care in Prison | Daina Stanley, Canada |
Mental Health, Ageing and Palliative Care: Challenges and Responses for Correctional Services |
Kathleen Van De Vijver, Belgium Pedro das Neves, Portugal |
Rethinking the Social Reintegration of Older Prisoners with a History of Psychoactive Substance Use Problems: A Literature Overview | Valérie Aubut, Canada |
Looking to the Future – the Israel Prison Service (IPS) in 2030 | Ilan Malka, Israel |
Music as a Tool for Rehabilitation | Librati Assaf Joe, Israel |
The WHY of Rehabilitation is Crucial to Ensure a Successful Rehabilitation in the 21st Century | Avraham Hoffmann, Israel |
Therapeutic Community in Corrections: An Evidence Based Model of Treatment that has been Changing Lives for over 70 Years | Heather Kerr, Canada |
Gaps and Challenges for the Largest Mental Health Provider in the US….the Criminal Justice System | Lindsay Ayearst, Canada |
Technological Advances in the Assessment and Treatment of Addictions and Impulse Control Deficits in Offenders |
Michael Amlung, Canada James MacKillop, Canada |
The rise of Social Media and the Impact on the Corrections Industry | Patricia O'Hagan, Northern Ireland (UK) |
Sense for Safety | Roland Heesen, Netherlands |
Designing Effective Pre-Release Programs: Challenges and Pathways towards Successful Post-Release Outcomes |
E. Rely Vîlcică , USA Steven Belenko, USA |
Unlocking the Gates to Health: Peer Health Mentoring for Women Transitioning from a Canadian Provincial Correctional Facility | Mo Korchinski, Canada |
Using Emotional Intelligence to Change the Culture of Corrections | Steven Stein, Canada |
Sustaining a Resilient Workforce: Trauma-Informed Leadership |
Robin Timme, USA Harmony Goorley, USA |
Transforming Agency Culture Through DOC-Stat. | Quincy Booth, USA |
2018 International Survey of Correctional Services: Community Reintegration |
Bruno Jean, Canada Kaitlyn Wardrop, Canada |
“Beyond Prisons Must be Our Way Forward” | The Honourable Kim Pate, C.M., Independent Senator for Ontario, The Senate of Canada |