Torres Novas Prison Establishment

Torres Novas Prison Establishment (from now on “Torres Novas Prison”) is a prison in Torres Novas, located in central Portugal in the Santarém district. The facility falls under the supervision of the General Directorate of Rehabilitation and Prison Services (the DGRSP) and the establishment of this organization reflected a broader framework of progressive development and […]

Casa Betania

Casa Betania is a detention house in Rimini, Italy. This facility is part of the APG-association, also known as “Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII.” The international APG association was founded by Father Orest Benzi. It is a religious organization focused on the practical and constant commitment to fight marginalization and poverty. The APG Association’s houses […]

Casa Madre del Perdono

Casa Madre del Perdono is a detention facility located in Montefiore Conca, Italy, and opened in 2004. The facility is an integral part of the APG Association, known as the “Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII”. The APG Association has an international presence and operates as a religious organisation with a practical and constant commitment to […]

Etablissement du Simplon

Etablissement du Simplon is a detention facility situated in Lausanne, Switzerland, and founded in April 2012. It is owned by the State Penitentiary Service (SPEN) of the canton of Vaud, located in the French-speaking region of the country. The primary purpose of the Simplon facility is to carry out custodial sentences in the form of […]

Florești Penitentiary

The Ploieşti prison is located in Ploieşti (Romania), it houses 395 people and accommodates male adults after conviction in semi-open and open regimes. In October 2022, the Ploieşti Prison began a new open program, which is located at a different place, called Floreşti. The project is known as “Work point with permanent accommodation for incarcerated […]

CIMI Los Alcores

CIMI Los Alcores (Spanish: Centro Para Menores Infractores) is a center for juvenile offenders, it is located in Carmona, Southern Spain and established in 1998. It is part of the Diagrama Foundation, which has more than 35 secure educational centers throughout Europe and aims to support vulnerable people at risk of social exclusion. For young […]

CIMI Medina Azahara

CIMI Medina Azahara (Spanish: Centro Para Menores Infractores) is a juvenile detention facility in Cordóba, Spain and was founded in 1991. It is part of the Diagrama Foundation, which has more than 35 secure educational centers throughout Europe and aims to support vulnerable people at risk of social exclusion. For young people to rehabilitate, they […]

Vilnius Halfway House

Vilnius Halfway House is located in the capital city of Lithuania, Vilnius. It is one of nine halfway houses in the country and was established in 2017. The halfway house falls under the jurisdiction of the Lithuanian prison system and is dedicated to promoting reintegration and reducing recidivism. It has been part of various projects […]

Skejby halfway house

Skejby halfway house is a facility located in the suburbs of Aarhüs. It is one of eight halfway houses in Denmark and these are all operated by the Danish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalforsorgen). Skejby halfway house was founded in 1973 as a social experiment where offenders are mixed with non-offenders to minimize their chances […]

Pis d’Acollida

Penitentiary Pastoral Association, also known as APP, is a non-profit association that runs a transition house, named Pis d’Acollida, located on the outskirts of Palma, a city in Mallorca. Pis d’Acollida is described as a comprehensive support and counseling service for former people in detention in the process of social-employment integration. In addition to the […]