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Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos
Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
SUMMARY
OF
THE MEETING
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Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos
Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS • Apresentação EPRF (in portuguese)
• EPRF Presentation and Final Report • EPRF Agenda
• Rui Sá Gomes Speech – General Director of DGRSP • Seamus Sisk Speech – Chair of the EPRF Steering Group and Deputy Director of the Irish
Prison Service
• EPRF Workshop Overview • EPRF Participants List
• EPRF Participants Evaluation
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Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos
Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisboa, 20‐21 Março 2014
APRESENTAÇÃO E RELATÓRIO FINAL
Realizou‐se em Lisboa, nos dias 20 e 21 de Março, o encontro anual da rede europeia European
Prison Regime Forum (EPRF), o qual contou com a participação de mais de 50 conferencistas de 18
nacionalidades, entre as quais, para além dos profissionais da DGRSP (que coordenou a organização),
representantes dos serviços dos Ministérios da Justiça da Alemanha, Bélgica, Espanha, Finlândia,
Irlanda, Itália, Montenegro, Noruega, Suécia e Suíça. Este ano o evento contou ainda com a
participação especial de uma delegação da América Latina, tendo tido a maior audiência da história
das Conferências organizadas por esta rede.
O EPRF é uma organização não‐governamental que congrega profissionais com cargos dirigentes dos
Serviços Prisionais de diversos países da Europa, constituindo‐se como uma plataforma de discussão
e de divulgação de boas práticas na área da gestão dos sistemas prisionais e de partilha de modelos
de eficácia no tratamento e reabilitação de pessoas privadas da liberdade.
A agenda de trabalhos foi diversificada, tendo havido a oportunidade de conhecer, discutir e divulgar
Boas Práticas implementadas nos diversos contextos europeus, promovendo‐se desta forma a
reflexão sobre quais as estratégias mais eficazes de intervenção no âmbito da reabilitação e
reinserção de reclusos, tendo sido apresentado pela DGRSP o Plano Nacional de Reabilitação e
Reinserção (PNRR) – 2013/2015.
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt
Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
Das conclusões e das recomendações resultantes do debate, destaca‐se:
1. A falta de enquadramento profissional como uma das principais causas associadas aos
comportamentos delinquentes;
2. As baixas competências profissionais e de empregabilidade das populações mais
desfavorecidas, como são o caso dos reclusos e ex‐reclusos, são um dos principais factores
de risco de delinquência, sendo igualmente uma das principais necessidades criminógenas
para a qual se deve orientar a intervenção;
3. O elevado número de desempregados, associado à actual situação social e económica de
alguns países da Europa, coloca novos desafios às políticas sociais e de inclusão social.
Deste complexo quadro, resultaram as seguintes recomendações para todos os Estados Membros da
Europa:
1. Aumentar o investimento nas áreas do treino das competências laborais e de
empregabilidade da população reclusa, entre outras;
2. Promover oportunidades de formação em contexto real de trabalho, aproximando‐as o mais
possível das condições laborais no exterior;
3. Criar e dinamizar oficinas de trabalho inseridas nas instalações dos estabelecimentos
prisionais e aumentar o número de reclusos com ocupação laboral produtiva e estruturada
durante o cumprimento das penas privativas de liberdade;
4. Investir na modernização das oficinas inseridas no interior dos estabelecimentos prisionais,
permitindo que a população reclusa tenha acesso a equipamentos e experiências de trabalho
que a capacite para a integração no mercado laboral, nomeadamente através do
envolvimento de empresas do sector privado;
5. Desenvolver modelos de gestão empresarial das indústrias prisionais, privilegiando o
investimento das receitas geradas pelo resultado do trabalho prisional na manutenção,
conservação e modernização das instalações e equipamentos, tornando assim este sector
auto‐suficiente.
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt
Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
O coordenador da rede destacou, em apontamento final, a qualidade e pertinência do debate gerado
no âmbito da agenda preparada pela DGRSP, sublinhando ainda que o Ministério da Justiça de
Portugal se destaca, no panorama europeu, pela adopção de um plano ‐ o PNRR, enquanto
instrumento estratégico e de política institucional, o qual apresenta medidas alinhadas em standards
europeus de Boas Práticas na área da reabilitação e reinserção de pessoas privadas de liberdade.
O próximo evento desta rede será organizado, em 2015, pelos serviços do Ministério da Justiça de
Montenegro e no ano seguinte pelo serviço homólogo da Suécia.
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Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos
Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
PRESENTATION AND FINAL REPORT
The annual meeting of the European Network ‐ European Prison Regime Forum (EPRF), held in
Lisbon on 20 and 21 March, had the participation of over 50 speakers from 18 countries, including
representatives from various departments of Ministries of Justice from Germany, Belgium, Finland,
Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, in addition to DGRSP professionals ‐
who coordinated the organization of this event.
This year's Forum also included the special participation of a delegation from Latin America, having
had the largest audience in the history of conferences organized by this network.
The EPRF is a nongovernmental organization that brings together professionals with managerial
duties of Prison Services in various countries of Europe, establishing itself as a platform for discussion
and dissemination of good practices in the management of prison systems and sharing efficacy
models in the supervision, monitoring and rehabilitation of persons deprived of liberty.
The agenda was diverse and there was opportunity to meet, discuss and disseminate good practices
implemented in different European contexts, promoting a wide‐thinking and debate on what can be
the most effective intervention strategies in the context of rehabilitation and reintegration of
prisoners. DGRSP also presented the National Plan for Rehabilitation and Reintegration (PNRR) ‐
2013/2015.
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
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Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
From the conclusions and recommendations resulting from the debate, we highlight:
• The lack of professional framing of young offenders is one of the main causes associated with
delinquent behaviour;
• Low professional skills and employability of the most disadvantaged populations, as in the
case of prisoners and ex‐prisoners, are one of the main risk factors for delinquency and also a
major criminogenic need for which should be guided the intervention ;
• The high number of unemployed, associated with the current social and economic situation
of some countries in Europe, poses new challenges to social policies and social inclusion.
From this complex framework, emerged the following recommendations to all European Member
States:
1. Increase investment in the areas of training of labour skills and employability of the prison
population;
2. Promote training opportunities in a real work environment, approaching them, as much as
possible, to the work conditions outside prison;
3. Create and stimulate workshops inside prisons and increase the number of inmates with
structured and productive labour occupation during the compliance of the prison sentence;
4. Invest in the modernization of the different workshops facilities inside prisons, allowing the inmate
population to have access to the equipment and to work experiences that enable them the
integration in the labour market, including through the involvement of private sector companies;
5. Develop corporate management models of prison industries, giving priority to the investment of
the revenues generated by the result of prison labour in the maintenance, conservation and
upgrading of the facilities and equipments, making this sector a self‐sufficient industry.
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
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Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
The network coordinator pointed out, in the final presentation, the quality and relevance of the
debate raised within the agenda prepared by DGRSP, underlining that the Portuguese Ministry of
Justice stands out on the European scene, for the creation of the National Plan for Rehabilitation
and Reintegration (PNRR). This Plan is a strategic and institutional politics tool, which presents
specific actions lined up wit European standards of Good Practices on Rehabilitation and
Reintegration of persons deprived of liberty.
The next event of this network will be organized in 2015 by Montenegro Ministry of Justice and in
the following year by the homologous service of Sweden.
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Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos
Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
AGENDA 19th March 2014
♦ Arrival of participants ♦ Welcome drinks (Hotel Turim)
20th March 2014 ♦ Auditorium – Sintra Prison 21st March 2014
♦ Auditorium – Lisbon Prison
‐ The Forum is hosted by Directorate‐General of Reintegration and Prison Services, Ministry of
Justice, Portugal ‐
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
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Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
Thursday, 20th March 2014 Auditorium – Sintra Prison
09:00 Registration of Participants/Attendees 09:15 Opening Session Rui Sá Gomes, General Director of DGRSP
Seamus Sisk, Deputy Director of the Irish Prison Service and Chair of the EPRF Steering Group
09:30 Brief Overview of the Portuguese Prison Service and the National Rehabilitation and Reintegration Plan Jorge Monteiro, Head of Programs Division, DGRSP 10:00 Coffee Break 10:15 Tour de table: Member updates (Seamus Sisk)
(Pre‐submitted) updates and items of national legislative, policy and innovative strategic changes within prison and rehabilitation
11:30 Introduction to parallel workshop sessions – Cláudia Baptista, DGRSP Training Division
11:45 Workshop I – Introduced by Peter Larsen, Danish Prison and Probation Service ‐ Sustainable
models of Prison Work/Prison Industries and employability skills Workshop II – Introduced by Jurgen Hillmer, EPRF ‐ Involvement of prisoners in community/charitable projects in and for the community 13:00 Lunch 14h30 Visit to Sintra Prison facilities, aimed to speakers and foreigner guests 15:30 Workshop III – Introduced by Tiago Leitão (Innovative Prison Systems) ‐ Engagement of
Employers
Workshop IV – Introduced by Daniel Rijo, PhD‐ Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra,‐ New trends in User‐Centred Rehabilitation Programmes
16h45 Coffee Break 17h00 Open floor ‐ Developing effectiveness in the scope of ETE, VET and other Rehabilitation
approaches within prison: impacts on recidivism – (Cláudia Resende – DGRSP) Introduce by Prof. Hugo Morales Cordova (Global Centre for Criminal Justice and Offender Reintegration, Porto University)
18:00 End of the day
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Friday, 21st March 2014 Auditorium – Lisbon Prison 09.15 Reception of Participants 09:30 Visit to Lisbon Prison facilities, aimed to speakers and foreigner guests 10h30 Workshops feedback session (Cláudia Baptista, DGRSP) Participant 1‐ to be named by the I Workshop group Participant 2‐ to be named by the II Workshop group Participant 3‐ to be named by the III Workshop group Participant 4 – to be named by the IV Workshop group 11:00 Final panel (José Ricardo Nunes ‐ DGRSP)
11:05 Network of institutions: Synergies and Cooperation – Jurgen Hillmer (EPRF) and Pedro das Neves (Innovative Prison Systems)
11:35 EUROSOCIAL II Work group presentation and discussion
‐Rebeka Berruti, General Secretary COMJIB ‐Cristina Goñi, International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) ‐Oscar Ayzanoa, Perú National Penitentiary Institute ‐Viena Velazco de Centella, Panamá Interdisciplinary Studies Institute ‐ Herman Santos, Guatemala Prison School Studies
12:05 Europris Work programme update and discussion – Kirsten Hawlitschek, Europris Executive
Director 12:35 Conclusions and final remarks
Seamus Sisk, Deputy Director of the Irish Prison Service and Chair of the EPRF Steering Group Jorge Monteiro – Head of Programs Division, DGRSP
13:00 Farewell lunch 14:30 EPRF Board Meeting
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos
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XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
OPENING REMARKS RUI SÁ GOMES
Honourable Mr. Seamus Sisks and Juergen Hilmer, representatives of the Ibero‐American Ministers
of Justice and Eurosocial Project, General Directors, Managers of Central Services in DGRSP, Head of
Sintra Prison, Organizing Committee, distinguished speakers and other guests, ladies and gentlemen,
It is an honour for the Portuguese Directorate‐General of Reintegration and Prison Services to have
been chosen to host the 16th Forum of the prestigious European network "European Prison Regime
Forum".
It was with all the dedication and commitment that we have prepared an intensive agenda, which
hopefully meets the expectations of all who came to Portugal for this meeting in order to learn about
practices and outcomes of the work that is made in the context of rehabilitation of persons deprived
of liberty.
The significant presence of about four dozen speakers from more than 18 countries in Europe and
Latin America is for us a sign of encouragement and incentive to share with you our experience and
also constitutes for us, a unique opportunity to learn from the experience and practices of all of you.
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Centro de Competências para a Gestão de Programas e Projetos Travessa da Cruz do Torel, n.º 1 – 1150‐122 Lisboa – Tel. 218812200 – Fax. 218853653 – E‐mail: ccgpp@dgrsp.mj.pt
Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
The Portuguese Directorate‐General of Reintegration and Prison Services, although in terms of
organization has been recently established by virtue of the merger between the Directorate‐General
of Prison Services and the Directorate‐General of Probation Services, has already a long history and
experience in the areas of security, rehabilitation and social reintegration and rehabilitation of
prisoners and ex‐offenders.
This journey has been marked by great challenges, great achievements but also by periods of
hardship and even some instability, resulting from social, political and economic fluctuations that
Portuguese society has faced in recent decades.
At present, the Portuguese Prison System houses a total of 14.392 prisoners, of whom 81.4% are
sentenced to an effective prison sentence, and 17.5% are still on remand. In the course of the year
2013 a total of 26.000 prisoners were in contact with the Prison System.
Given that the official capacity of the Prison system is 12.167 places, the current situation shows a
slight overcrowding of about 17%, which is a reality that concerns me, and for which we have all
worked to reverse.
To do so, were presented to the Government, legislative proposals for the adoption of an
enforcement measure using Electronic Surveillance to prisoners sentenced to short sentences (up to
1 year prison sentence), as well as to prisoners sentenced to Weekend Detention ‐ this type of
sentence is an effective prison sentence, discontinuous in its execution and is an originality of the
Portuguese legal system.
Effectively, this proposal alone would represent the releasing of more than 1000 prisoners of the
system, reliving healthily (about 10%) the existing pressure and helping to make the system more
efficient, without jeopardizing the safety and the recidivism prevention that the national system of
Electronic Surveillance already offers to the more than 700 convicts who are currently monitored
using this technology.
Alongside this decompression measures system, we are also undertaking a significant investment
towards improving the prison conditions, through the recovery of living spaces and the creation of
new accommodations, with decent and dignified health and living conditions.
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
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Apartado 21207 – 1131‐001 Lisboa
I would like to highlight on this measure, that the construction and rehabilitation works taking place
in Portuguese prisons are being carried out mostly by hand labour of inmates, to whom is paid a
salary proportional to their work effort, and witch contributes also to their skills training so needed in
a disadvantage population as this one. But the effort and investment we are conducting to make a
more efficient and modern Portuguese prison system is not exhausted in these measures.
The DGRP is responsible for the execution of one of the most ambitious sustainability plans of the
Portuguese prison system in decades ‐ the National Plan for Rehabilitation and Social
Reintegration, strategic document of the execution of sentences and approved by the Council of
Ministers recently, which clearly states the vision of this Directorate‐General on the process of
rehabilitation and social reintegration of the population for which it is responsible for.
This plan is based on three fundamental operating principles: the principle of rehabilitation of
criminal behaviour; the principle of rehabilitation and social responsibility and the principle of
sustainability of the enforcement of sentences or measures, and also provides the adoption of a set
of 96 measures structured around 12 key areas.
This plan is based on the guidelines inherent to the enforcement of sentences and measures in
Portugal, whose matrix focuses on a humanistic and re‐socialization ideal, teleologically connected to
the objectives of general and specific prevention, that is, protection of society and social
reintegration of the offender. This Plan seeks in its programmatic line of work, to increase
opportunities of change and social reintegration for the individual, intervening with its
environment/social background, and prior to imprisonment, during the execution of a sentence and
after the release.
At this level it should be noted that this effort does not start from scratch, that is, much has already
been done in the context of rehabilitation of inmates in recent years and the numbers are clear.
At year‐end 2013 were attending school education courses, a total of 2986 inmates in all levels of
education, given by teachers belonging to the Ministry of Education, including 57 inmates currently
enrolled in higher education.
Direção‐Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
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Attending vocational training courses were 1317 inmates and taking part in work activities were 4506
prisoners. In addition to these activities, the system also have a diverse range of specific
rehabilitation programs directed at specific criminal issues, in which were involved a total of 3342
inmates, to which we add 1280 prisoners with drug and alcohol consumption problems that take part
in therapeutic treatment programs related to their addiction.
Therefore, all in all, a total of 75.4% of the prison population is daily attending/participating on social
rehabilitation/reintegration structured activities and conducted by our professionals in close
conjunction with various actors in society, especially with those who demonstrate a high sense of
social responsibility.
Honourable Speakers,
It is with meetings such as this, which brings together outstanding professional experience and
knowledge, that we all endorse the sharing of ideas and best practices and encourages discussion
and mutual learning in common strategies for common problems, regardless of the European
country we are in.
What direction we want to give to Prison and Probation Services in Europe?
What models should be adopted in order to better use our resources (often scarce)?
What are the most effective strategies in the rehabilitation of inmates and how effective are the
efforts of our actions?
What impacts have rehabilitative interventions in preventing recidivism?
These are just some questions and ideas to start the debate that will evolve in the coming days,
which I hope to be productive and whose conclusions could be the basis for a synthesis document
that I personally would like to see published as a result of this Forum.
On behalf of the Directorate‐General of Reintegration and Prison Services, I wish you all a good work
and a pleasant stay in Lisbon
Thank you all for your kind attention.
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XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
OPENING REMARKS SEAMUS SISK
On behalf of the EPRF steering committee, I would like to echo the welcome of the directorate
general to this – the 16th European Prison Regime Forum. It is good to see so many familiar and, indeed, some new faces at this year’s forum. I would especially like to welcome our Non‐European representatives from South America.
I would also like to express our sincere appreciation to our Portuguese colleagues for hosting the
gathering this year.
The EPRF has met regularly since its establishment in 1997 to consider, in an informal and open
environment, the core issues and trends affecting industrial workshops, vocational training activities,
and through care initiatives – with a particular emphasis on employability.
As always we have an interesting and full programme of presentations, workshop discussions, and
social networking opportunities to enjoy and participate in over the coming days.
We meet at a time of continuing economic difficulties across Europe. Many of our countries have
suffered a devastating economic and financial storm in recent years and continue to be buffeted by
the ongoing negative situation. Eurostat estimates that there are now over 26 million men and
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women unemployed in EU 28 – that’s over 10 million more than were unemployed in the first
quarter of 2008 – just before the economic dam burst on so many of our countries. Over 5 and a half
million of the unemployed are in the under 25 age category and unemployment is still rising in many
countries with 13 of the 28 EU members recording increases in the last year. Even as some
economies stabilise, and the green shoots of growth begin to emerge, high levels of unemployment
will persist in many countries for the foreseeable future
The consequences of these dismal economic times for our prison regime services and in particular,
for our prisoner customers, are challenging indeed. In this age of austerity, prison systems are
continuing to experience significant budgetary pressures and cutbacks in staffing and financial
resources for work training, through care an employability initiatives and services.
And we are dealing with increasingly overcrowded prison systems. According to the council of
Europe, in 2011 – the most recent year for which full statistics are available – the average European
prison population grew from 149 to 154 inmates per 100,000 inhabitants. In addition, there has been
an increase in prison density of a further 1% ‐ to 99, 5 inmates per 100 places – between 2009 and
2011.
It is not an easy job working within the operational requirements of a prison environment at the best
of times. Overcrowding exacerbates the level of disruption, delays and difficulties associated with the
operation of workshops and the delivery of vocational training within our systems.
Our target group of workers and trainees are a further challenge given their typically low esteem,
addiction issues, behavioural problems, limited literacy and numeracy skills, and largely limited work
experinece and qualifications.
Despite the obstacles and challenges, our work training services continue to deliver constructive
activities and hard and soft qualifications to our prisoners to help them towards opportunities for
employability and successful settlement on their return to society.
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Employment has been shown to be the single most important factor in preventing re‐offending.
British research in 2002 found that being in employment reduced the risk by between a third and a
half.
Norway statistics concluded, even more recently, that recidivism among prisoners is 63% lower for
those accessing employments on release than for those who remain unemployed.
And we also know, from research studies, that prisoners want to develop their vocational skills whilst
in prison and that they prioritise employment and skills deficiencies over other problems such as
health and family matters.
It is essential, therefore, that we accentuate our efforts, despite the contraction of resources, to
assist prisoners develop the skills and competencies necessary for employability and that we
maximise our support for them as they pass through the prison gate back into society. And we can
save huge amounts of criminal and non‐criminal financial and human costs, if we succeed in enabling
them to lead constructive crime free lives on their return to the community.
In the employability area, i believe we have to increasingly focus on identifying niche labour market
opportunities to replace dependencies on traditional occupations. We also need to continue to
strengthen the delivery of soft skills and certified training in our prison systems. And we need to
support ex‐prisoners into further training and education and into voluntary work and other
constructive activities, as positive alternatives to direct employment placements.
Forums like this are very important in these critical times – as practitioners we need to come
together to share good practice and innovative solutions to the challenges facing us all. We also need
to tap into the mutual support of fellow specialists across Europe – and beyond – to reaffirm that
what we are doing is worthwhile, that what we do works for both prisoners and society.
I am sure that through our informal contacts and our conference sessions, we will renew our
energies and our commitment to our most important task of trying to ensure that our customers do
not return, through helping them to successfully complete their journey from outlaw to citizen.
Thank you
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Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Workshop 1 – Sustainable Models of Prison Work/Prison Industries and employability skills,
introduced by Peter Larson, Danish Prison and Probation Service.
Feedback presented by Kirsten Hawlitschek from Europris. Overview prepared by Peter Larson.
Kirsten referred to Nuno Oliveira’s presentation about Parques de Sintra, a company that employs
inmates after imprisonment (and during).
Regarding this thematic, several points were focused, namely: ‐ Why using inmates? ‐ Advantages and disadvantages of using labour force from prison (work opportunities inside the
prison, employability skills, profits, costs). ‐ Ideally, developing skills and earning money should and can be combined. This means that it is
possible for inmates to develop new competencies inside/outside the prison for benefit after release,
rather than just getting some working habits.
The different meaning of the word “sustainable” was giving a lot of angels to the discussions.
Sustainable in the way of long living activities/products, developing life skills and competencies for
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managing a life after release as self supporting citizen, activities with less harming of environment –
ecologic farming and recycling projects, designing of new product etc.
Kirsten referred to Peter Larsen´s presentation of the film about the fact that Prison Industry in the
Danish Prison and Probation Services are now commemorating 100 years of existence. Indeed a
sustainable activity with a wide diversity.
The film was in one and the same way marketing addressed to society and potential business
partners and as acclaim addressed to the staff – the key figures in all activities.
Leif Waage, Norwegian Prison and Probation, presented some work done with wood (common in
Europe) and lamps which are designed in cooperation between external designers, staff and inmates
and then manufactured by the inmates. The participants in the workshop then discussed about the
kind of work that can be offered to prisoners.
‐ It is absolutely necessary, in order of developing and creating employability skills inside the prison
and to build prison work programmes, to establish the requirements and needs of the prison
industries and prisoner’s work.
‐ It is clear that companies need more qualified employers and that sometimes the prisoners are a
non‐qualified work force.
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Workshop 2 – Involvement of prisoners in community/charitable projects in and for the community,
introduced by Jurgen Hillmer, EPRF. Feedback presented by Jurgen Hillmer.
Overview prepared by Claudia Baptista from Directorate‐General of Reintegration and Prison
Services (DGRSP)
Jurgen mentioned that they did 2 or 3 presentations focusing the prison industries issue and that the
discussions and conclusions were a little bit confuse.
‐ He referred to Nicola’s approach to develop “social enterprises” and discussed the return of
investment issues. Nicola’s presentation was based on long term data analysis, which in he’s view
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showed the positive effect of hiring offenders with the same salary as any other person in the labour
market. Also he highlighted the importance on focus in quality products and strong marketing.
‐ The Portuguese Food Bank provides food to ONG to companies in the surrounding prison area.
Was also mentioned that in other countries is being discussed and implemented a “Target System”
that aims to exchange and commercialize several products.
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Workshop 3 – Engagement of employers, introduced by Tiago Leitão, Innovative Prison Systems.
Feedback presented by Barry Owens.
Overview prepared by Tiago Leitão.
The workshop was based on National Youth Entrepreneurs Association (anje.pt) employer’s
engagement case study under the Equal project “Rumos de Futuro – da Prisão para a Inclusão”. This
project is focus on employer’s engagement to provide work and labour market reintegration to (ex)
offenders.
Different examples/case studies were presented in this workshop, one from an Employer association
(Portuguese) and another from an employer ‐ St Giles Trust (stgilestrust.org.uk) which is an
Association that hires prisoners.
Has ANJE presented the case study, questions/challenges were asked to the participants, which
presented their views, synthesized below:
Q1: What role can an Employer Association have in offender’s reintegration?
C1: The starting point should be on the person but there are no homogeny procedures in different
countries. There is also a wide diversity of actions in prison work and after release job integration.
The Employer Association can have an important role in information, scouting “business”
opportunities, reduce “stigma” both in offenders and prison services and other were mentioned.
Q2: What are the required employability skills and how to assess them?
C2: Soft skills are as much important as hard practical ones. Employers should be engaged in defining
what they expect from a worker. One of the main aspects highlighted was that there is a great need
to clarify what employability means.
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Q3: What kind of role companies have in the process of skills and qualification assessment? What
profiled skills do they need?
C3: Companies focus normally on technical requirements, focus on the production process. This can
be very helpful to prepare offenders training. In case of offenders there is also de need to assess soft
skills. We have to engage employers and keep insisting on that.
Q4: What benefits should be given to companies that hire offenders? What are the ethical
boundaries in doing this?
The range of benefits can vary from a wide range of incentives: grants, internships, workshops and
workstations in the Prisons and other. There is also the behaviour and profiling performed by
Education/Reintegration prison services departments (here we have to take in consideration
information disclosure legal framework. The one that seems to work more effectively, highlighted by
the Italian delegate, was salary equal to labour market standards. There were concerns raised, focus
on the overcoming the “stigma” created by being an (ex) offender, but also by having companies
taking advantage of incentives. The balance could be in assessing the benefits results and impacts
both by employers and prison services.
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Workshop 4 – New Trends in User‐Centred Rehabilitation Programmes, presented by Daniel Rijo,
PhD, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra.
Feedback presented by Claudia Resende.
Overview by Cláudia Resende from Directorate‐General of Reintegration and Prison Services
(DGRSP)
Workshop 4 aimed at a technical‐scientific and technical‐practical debate regarding the subject
under discussion: Application of cognitive‐behavioural programs in the prison context.
At this workgroup attended institutional representatives from a spectrum of various countries in
Europe, with prevalence of the Portuguese experience. A participant coming from Peru, who will be
in Portugal to make a PhD in the context of a Portuguese University, was also present.
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According to the testimonies shared, Ireland, Norway and Portugal choose, within the framework of
criminal practices, to adopt programs with cognitive‐behavioural orientation as a strategy to reverse
criminal trajectories. According to the statement of the Peruvian participant, such rehabilitative
solution is not articulated along the lines of the penitentiary intervention in Peru.
The guest moderator, Lecturer in a Portuguese University, presented the following rationale:
Programs (with cognitive‐behavioural intervention) will be an appropriate solution to tackle crime. As
part of his presentation, he identified, in general terms, a program of cognitive‐behavioural
orientation, called "Managing Social Paths" of its own co‐authorship, which is being evaluated by its
University, both in the context of educational centres, and in the prison context.
Notwithstanding the interest of this presentation and by virtue of having also been given as evaluator
of this program, he occupied much of the time of the Workshop. By consequence, the technical and
practical presentation regarding the cognitive‐behavioural oriented Program: "Sexual Offenders",
which would be represented by two senior staff of the Carregueira Prison, was not possible to be
performed.
On this point, no time was assured to discuss criteria for the design of a Program, having been
privileged the perspective of Implementation, through the presentation of case studies as in
Portugal.
From this perspective and in contrast to the case study presented by the Portuguese University, the
Irish participant alerted that, as relevant as it may be a specific Program, in his technical
understanding, no program can be observed without being contextualized in a circumstantial
environment, thus requiring additional focus to contingent aspects that can not be overlooked.
By virtue of the lack of scheduled time and the discursive space engaged by the University of
Coimbra, there was no time to discuss, in cross terms, foundations of a strategy aiming to
compromise the various latitudes of prison treatment. By derivation, there was no time to build a
technical debate that compromised the participants to submit a proposal for technical‐scientific and
technical‐practical guidance in this area.
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Nevertheless in cross‐sectional terms, it was found that any of the European countries where there is
recourse to the implementation of such programs, does not tend to occupy a very significant number
of people in prison, which once again calls a constant need for coordination with other sub‐areas of
the Prison Treatment.
For time constraints, could not be used curriculum valences of the participants nor, in this case, the
in‐depth discussion of each national practice, or the lines of understanding and collision between the
different national experiences gathered in this Workshop. Rather, rose up an operational question
regarding prison management, and participants were asked if there are usually transfers of inmates
attending a Program, to specific prisons, in order to meet the rehabilitative and resocializing
principle. Was also underestimated the opportunity to convene the critical and practical contribution
of organizations contiguous or adjacent to the "traditional" prison treatment.
Regarding the need for the evaluation component, when it comes to the implementation of
Programs, the debate was negligent, in form and content, not dealing on such important aspects as:
1. Timeliness of review;
2. Geographical dimension to be involved;
3. Discussion of other variables to consider;
4. Level of independence between evaluated Program and evaluator;
5. Other proposals resulting from internal debate that had been constituted for that purpose.
Still in relation to the present evaluation, has been voiced by a representative of the Portuguese
experience, the observation that this evaluation rarely follows the application component of
cognitive‐behavioural Programs in the light of the Portuguese prison practical experience.
Note that there appeared to be a conflict of roles between the moderator and the GPS Program
applicator and evaluator, and when asked by a Portuguese participant, if in a perspective of the
evaluation of the Programs, should be adopted an Anglo‐Saxon stand, in it most purist logic, as
recommended by McGuire, it was observed that the moderator evaded to provide a complete
answer.
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Finally, was found an internal disorganization regarding the priori definition of rapporteur, which
skewed the possibility of collecting inputs, with the analytical objectiveness necessary for that role.
The choice of the rapporteur was taken by the moderator himself, with unanimous complicity of the
participants.
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XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
PARTICIPANTS LIST
Nº NAME COUNTRY Workshop Speaker ORGANIZATION/
INSTITUTION
1 Jurgen Hillmer Germany 2 and 3 Yes Senate of Justice and Constitution
2 Dragoljub Bulatovic Montenegro 1 and 3 Institute for Execution of Criminal Sanctions
3 Sladjan Raicevic Montenegro 1 and 3 Institute for Execution of Criminal Sanctions
4 Peter Larsen Denmark 1 and 3 Yes Prison and Probation Service
5 Lena Strandqvist Sweden 1 and 3 Prison and Probation Service
6 Bertil Gronberg Sweden 1 and 3 Prison and Probation Service
7 Barbara Ludwig Switzerland 1 and 4 Canton Lucerne ‐ Justice and Security
8 Jan‐Erik Sandlie Norway 2 and 3 Directorate of Correctional Service
9 Leif Waage
Norway 1 and 3 Directorate of Correctional Service
10 Ils Milis Belgium
1 and 3 Yes Directorate General of Penitentiary Institutions
11 Eila Lempiainen Finland 1 and 3 Yes Criminal Sanctions Agency
12 Kirsten Hawlitschek Netherlands 2 and 3 Yes EuroPris
13 Hugo Cordova USA 1 and 4 Yes Global Centre for Criminal Justice and
Offender Reintegration
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INSTITUTION
14 Seamus Sisk Ireland 2 and 4 Yes
Irish Prison Service
15 Barry Owens Ireland 1 and 3 Irish Association for the Social Integration of
Offenders
16 Patricia Peralta Uruguay 1 and 3
Yes National Patronage of Incarcerated and Released People
17 Viena V. de Centella Panama 1 and 3
Yes Interdisciplinary Studies Institute
18 Oscar Ayzanoa Peru 1 and 3 Yes National Penitentiary Institute
19 Cristina Goñi Belgium 1 and 3
Yes International Juvenile Justice Observatory
20 Herman Santos Guatemala 1 and 3
Yes Prison School Studies
21 Rebeka Berruti Spain 1 and 3 Yes Conference of Ministers of Justice of Ibero‐
American Countries ‐ COMJIB
22 Nicola Boscoletto Italy
1 and 3 Yes Giotto
23 Pedro das Neves Portugal 1 and 3
Yes Innovative Prison Systems
24 Tiago Leitão Portugal 3 Yes Innovative Prison Systems
25 Bernardo Centeno
Portugal 2 and 4 Innovative Prison Systems
26 Susana Reis
Portugal 1 and 3 Innovative Prison Systems
27 Nuno Oliveira
Portugal 1 Yes Parques Sintra – Monte da Lua
28 Ana C. Rodrigues
Portugal 3 Yes Associação Nacional de Jovens Empresários
29 Hernâni Banha
Portugal 2 Yes Banco Alimentar
30 Daniel Rijo Portugal 4 Yes
Coimbra University
31 Ed van Leusden Holland
1 and 3 Ministry of Safety and Justice
32 Rashid Chand Ali Holland
1 and 3 Ministry of Safety and Justice
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Nº NAME COUNTRY Workshop Speaker ORGANIZATION/
INSTITUTION
32 Sofia Sá Lima Portugal
Vale D’Acor
33 Rui Sá Gomes Portugal Yes
DGRSP
34 Licínio Lima Portugal DGRSP
35 Jorge Monteiro Portugal
Yes DGRSP
36 Carlos Guímaro Portugal
DGRSP
37 Regina Branco Portugal
DGRSP
38 José Ricardo Nunes Portugal
DGRSP
39 Cláudia Resende Portugal
DGRSP
40 Florbela Ferreira Portugal
DGRSP
41 M.ª Lurdes Wahnon Portugal
DGRSP
42 Cláudia Baptista Portugal
DGRSP
43 Fernanda Silva Portugal
DGRSP
44 Vitor Vieira Portugal DGRSP
45 Eva Fernandes Portugal DGRSP
46 Maria M. Caseiro Portugal DGRSP
47 Isabel Antunes Portugal DGRSP
48 Nuno Caiado Portugal DGRSP
49 Teresa Melo Portugal DGRSP
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Nº NAME COUNTRY Workshop Speaker ORGANIZATION/
INSTITUTION
50 Cláudia Poeta Portugal DGRSP
51 Daniela Marques Portugal
DGRSP
52 Raquel Lopes Portugal
DGRSP
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XVI European Prison Regime Forum
Lisbon, 20‐21 March 2014
PARTICIPANTS EVALUATION The XVI European Prison Regime Forum 2014 had recently place in Lisbon. This event included a
total of 52 participants from different countries in Europe and Latin America and also Portuguese
professionals of the Directorate‐General of Reintegration and Prison Services.
Here we present a short analysis of the participants' assessment, suggestions and comments
regarding the Forum.
We wish to emphasize that from a total of these 45 participants, we received only 10 questionnaires,
and from those, not all the questions were answered. Thereby here we present the information that
was possible to gather regarding the success of the event, in a question by question analysis system.
Has this Forum fulfilled your general expectations?
Regarding this question the participant’s choice show a positive evaluation of the Forum concerning
the expectations of the participants. Having the rating scale very much, fairly, hardly, not at all, 60%
of the 10 returned Forms, answered that the Forum fulfilled very much their expectations and 40%
answered that their expectations were fairly fulfilled.
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A few aspects regarding this Forum/Workshop are listed below. Express your degree of satisfaction
for each one of them.
Very satisfied
Sufficiently satisfied
Poorly satisfied
Not at all satisfied
Pre‐event organisation 80% 20% Participants’ preparation 40% 60% Choice of the issues dealt with 60% 40% Logistical organization 70% 20% 10% Capability of actively involving participants 40% 50% Possibility of exchanging ideas and experiences 60% 30% 10% Regarding this items we can observe that 80% were very satisfied with the pre‐event organization.
Concerning the choice of the issues developed and the exchanging ideas and experiences 60%
considered being very satisfied.
Only 10% were poorly satisfied with the logistical organization and with the possibility of exchanging
ideas and experiences. From the 10 questionnaires, 70% were very satisfied with the 4th item –
Logistical Organization.
What aspects of the Forum have you found most interesting and useful for you?
According to the answers, the most interesting aspects were the visit to prison facilities, labour
programs and the sharing experiences with Latin American colleagues and from other countries. The
participants who answered this Evaluation Forms also highlighted the importance of learning about
special approaches to labour policies and sustainable models for prison work, as well as meeting and
learning from the Portuguese colleagues. Was also emphasized the importance of Networking,
Methodology workshops and the Chapitô and Parques Sintra Projects.
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What aspects of the Forum have you found least interesting? Please indicate the reason.
As to this question, 20% of the Evaluation Forms didn’t answer and 40% answered that there were
no less interesting aspects of the Forum.
The remaining 40% pointed out some least interesting aspects such as “The program was to short to
further discuss certain topics regarding the management of prison systems”; the DGRSP Strategic
Plan; topics dealt and contents; the field trip inside prison and the relevance of Latin America
projects.
In your opinion, what other aspects should be further examined?
As to this question, 80% answered and gave suggestions on matters that should be further developed
which are presented bellow:
• Marketing of prison work, both internal and external
• Production methods in Prison and how to maintain a modern machine park and increase the
ability of prisoners to get jobs after release
• Quality issues
• The profiling of attitude and ideas about work in prison and with ex‐offenders
• The privatization of prison systems and other private solutions for overcrowded prisons;
• Community sanctions and electronic monitoring
• European directives, guidelines or recommendations in order to ensure a regional legal
framework
Regarding the participants preparation, was made a suggestion to improve and help a deeper
discussion in future events ‐ that the speakers could send previously information about
developments in their countries before the Forum and regarding the workshops as well, so that the
participants could be better prepared and have in advance, more knowledge on those issues.
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To what extent will the information shared in this Forum improve your work?
Regarding this question and having the rating scale very much, fairly, hardly, not at all, all the
participants who returned the questionnaires answered to this question. 40% answered that the
information shared in the Forum improved very much their work; while 60% answered that the
sharing of information improved fairly their work.
Do you have any comments or suggestions?
As to this question, 50% didn’t have any comments or suggestions to present and 50% submitted the
following suggestions:
• Better discipline among participants
• Better adherence of the schedule
• A three day agenda
• More depth and focus to each theme, instead of broad scoop presentation
In most of the questionnaires, the participants cherished the EPRF hosting and organization.
Thank you for the suggestions, ideas and comments!
Much success in the EPRF next editions!
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