Why are there so few prisoners in the Netherlands? →
The Dutch justice system is cutting jail populations by offering specialist rehabilitation to people with mental illnesses. THE GUARDIAN
Read MorePrepping for parole →
A group of volunteers is helping incarcerated people negotiate a system that is all but broken. THE NEW YORKER
Read MoreCreative freedom →
Prisons with art programs release people back into the world who are more stable, and far less likely to return. Why don’t the programs exist everywhere? REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read More‘Gardening helps our mental health. They should do more of it in jail’ →
HMP Parc’s gardening scheme is improving prisoners’ lives – and has won an award from the Royal Horticultural Society. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreHow ping pong helps prisoners turn the tables on violence and reoffending →
A weekly table tennis session at HMP High Down improves behaviour, provides coaching skills – and boosts confidence. THE GUARDIAN
Read MorePrison restaurant serves up cut in reoffending →
A high-quality restaurant in prison, where inmates can learn valuable skills in cooking and hospitality, is making a "significant" difference in cutting reoffending rates, say researchers. BBC NEWS
Read MoreChoosing between God and the gang in El Salvador →
A church deep in La Dina, San Salvador is holding a service with a difference: many of the men here used to be in a gang. Eben-ezer is a functioning church but also runs a rehabilitation project for men who repent their past gang life. BBC NEWS
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