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RESCALED Academy: Moving knowledge into action for detention houses
Exploring the RESCALED Academy
Joint learning
Access to joint learning sessions and materials supporting collective learning on detention houses and justice reform.
RESCALED Knowledge Workspaces
Dedicated spaces (digital and physical) connecting research, policy, and practice. These workspaces support collaborative consolidation, bringing forward tangible outputs for the implementation of detention houses in Europe
Resource library
A curated library that brings together diverse knowledge resources on detention houses, designed to inform justice reform and public debate.
What does knowledge mean to RESCALED?
THE ACADEMY
"Any act of producing knowledge is, by definition, a political one; and those producing knowledge need to engage with the policy process with their eyes wide open." - Jones et al. (2013)
RESCALED proposes the use of detention houses instead of large prison institutions. It brings together people and organisations who are committed to rethinking the justice system by advocating for detention houses. The movement is built on shared values, horizontal collaboration, and the belief that real change happens collectively, across professions, countries, and personal experiences.
RESCALED is committed to continuously improving this work through integrating knowledge from academia, experience from practice and expertise from lived experience. With the RESCALED academy, we are improving access to existing knowledge, translating it between contexts and developing new knowledge about detention houses.
Together, we’re not just sharing what we know – we’re co-creating what comes next.
Empowering Knowledge Spaces
Our Knowledge Workspaces
WOMEN
LIVED EXPERIENCE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
VOICES OF IMPACT
“We’ve learned how others did it, it helped shape our own work.”
“RESCALED sits in between practical, strategic, with access and vision, but also a bit of the movement spirit. It’s a hybrid worth supporting.”
“The mosaic of leverages to change the system is not that big, so every step is welcome.”
“Something is happening in the EU, you might want to be part of it.”
Our Mission and Vision
RESCALED supports the use of detention houses instead of large-scale prison institutions. Deprivation of liberty occurs only when truly necessary and always in environments that reflect our deliberate choice for human dignity, social equity, and individual autonomy: small-scale, differentiated, and community-integrated detention houses.
Through advocacy, knowledge sharing, and collaborations across Europe, RESCALED continuously works to advance this systemic change, develop practical tools and knowledge, and support the implementation of detention houses in diverse contexts for different groups of people.
Read more about the European movement for detention houses here: https://www.rescaled.org/mission-vision/
Join the RESCALED movement
Be part of a movement that is redefining justice through small-scale, differentiated and, community-integrated detention houses. Explore our resources, participate in our knowledge workspaces, and help build systems that contribute to safer, more inclusive and sustainable societies.