It is estimated that about 80 per cent of released prisoners in South Africa were likely to reoffend (READucate, 2024). To help reduce the likelihood of recidivism, READucate focuses on rehabilitation ...

In 2007, Dani Hedlund founded the Brink Literacy Project formerly known as Tethered by Letters. The Brink Literacy Project uses the power of storytelling to transform the lives of people on the brink.

Juba Central Prison, Wau Central Prison and Malakal Central Prison in South Sudan have partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to offer ...

The Turning Pages programme is supported by Shannon Trust staff and a team of more than 100 volunteers (Shannon Trust, 2024). Since its launch in June 2015, the Turning Pages programme and reading ...

The Uthai Thani Provincial Prison is nearly 100 years old. It is located in the Uthai Thani province of Thailand and houses approx. 750 prisoners. The Life-Changing Library is a lively library that ...

The UK charity Storybook Dads has existed since 2002 and is currently active in around 100 prisons, including women's prisons, young offender institutes and secure hospitals across the country. It ...

In 2002, Rebecca Howlett, an educator in New York City, organized a programme that she called ‘Literacy for Incarcerated Teens’ (LIT) to equip a library in a juvenile detention centre in the Bronx. At ...

As of October 2023, Norway had 58 prisons with around 3,000 inmates (World Prison Brief, 2023). Norway’s criminal justice system focuses on rehabilitating inmates and, at 20 per cent, it has one of ...

Aggrey Gisiora Mokaya, a Senior Research Scientist at Kenya Medical Research Institute, founded the Change Hub Innovation Centre in 2016. The Change Hub Innovation Centre leads a rehabilitation ...

The Ministry of Justice of Brazil introduced a law in 2012 enabling prisoners to reduce their sentences by reading books. The law is based on the Criminal Enforcement Act, approved in 1984, which ...

Teachers play an essential role in upholding the right to education. To ensure quality education and learning opportunities for all, every learner must have access to a qualified teacher. Therefore, ...

The Hamburg Sustainability Conference will gather policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society representatives from around the world to discuss the design of potential measures to effectively ...