Abstract: ENDIPP goes into CONNECTIONS Cinzia Brentari .....................................1 ‘Harm reduction – coming of age’ Paddy Costall ......................................2 Standing still is moving backwards Dafina Kusemilevska ...........................3 From the principle of equivalence to the practice of care: Thoughts from the 9th ENDIPP conference Martina Melis .......................................4 Address to the 9th ENDIPP Conference Mr Ali Akbar Yasaghi,, Head of the Iranian Prison Organisation ............5 Three ENDIPP research studies shed new light on needs and gaps in European prisons Martina Melis .......................................7 Romania faces the challenge of prison reform Carmen Martínez Aznar, Delia Costache ...9 When arrest becomes an opportunity for treatment: alternatives to incarceration in Milan Francesco Scopelliti, Marco Ferrario ..10 Kyrgyz prisons: progress and problems Zakiya Alisherova...............................11