AI & Rehabilitation Webinar
The International Network for Criminal Justice, in partnership with the Probation Institute, is holding an international online webinar and related discussion events exploring the growing role of technology and artificial intelligence in rehabilitation across probation, prisons, and community justice settings in different jurisdictions.
The events will focus on how practitioners, researchers, and policymakers are responding to the opportunities and challenges presented by AI-enabled tools, digital services, and data-driven systems.
Particular attention will be given to maintaining a human-centred approach to rehabilitation, and to building confidence that technology can support inclusive practice while respecting ethnic diversity, gender, and neurodiversity.
A central aim is to demystify the subject and create space for informed, practice-grounded discussion rather than abstract or speculative debate.
Dr Victoria Knight, Associate Professor in Research for the Community and Criminal Justice Division in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at De Montfort University, has kindly agreed to chair the events and has commended the work of colleagues across the network to us.
Dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Bianca’s work focuses on the intersection of inequalities and digital media and the Internet, with a focus on digital inequalities among marginalized populations. In her recent research, Dr. Reisdorf has been focusing on internet access in correctional settings and how returning citizens navigate a technology-dependent world after release.
Dr Carolyn McKay – presentation on line
Dr Carolyn McKay is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Law School. She is author of The Pixelated Prisoner: Prison video links, court ‘appearance’ and the justice matrix (2018, Routledge) and currently undertaking the Australian Government funded Digital Criminal Justice Project: Vulnerability and the Digital Subject (2021-2024)
Dr Sarah Ellison Davies and Glyn Davies
Dr Sarah Ellison Davies is the Research Director for “Breaking Free on Line”, and Glyn Davies is the Service Director Digital , substance misuse, addiction, justice. “Breaking Free Online” is a comprehensive digital treatment and recovery programme that allows people to recognise and address the psychological and lifestyle issues that are driving their use of alcohol and/or drugs, so helping them to conquer their dependence once and for all.
The events are Tuesday 10 February at 16.00 UK time for the international webinar, and Tuesday 17 March at 16.00 UK time for the international round-table follow-up discussion.