Donor: European Commission, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers
Coordinator: Antigone Onlus
Partners: European Public Law Organization (Greece), UniversitàdegliStudi di Torino(Italy), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa - ISCTE (Portugal), Observatory of the Penal System and Human Rights - Universidad de Barcelona (Spain), Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia), Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (Austria) Fachhochschule Dortmund University (Germany)
Project starting date: 11/2017
Project duration: 24 months
Overall budget: EUR 370.041
Countries: Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Latvia, Austria, Germany
OVERALL OBJECTIVE
The overall aim of the project is to evaluate strategies and programmes which prevent, deter and counter radicalization in prison, including detention centresin eight EU countries - Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Germany, Lithuania and UK - and to compile good practices regarding de-radicalization,disengagement, and rehabilitation programmes programmes and risk assessment tools.Ultimately contributing to the development and dissemination of common practices and knowledge across Europe and improve de-radicalization measures across prisons.
ACTIVITIES
- Analysis of existing prison de-radicalization strategies and programmes in each partner country, including qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis of official government documents interviews with key stakeholders.
- Development of eight national reports and one comparative report on prison de-radicalization strategiesand programmes.
- Development of eight updated national reports on prison conditions.
- Development of eightnational reports on good prison de-radicalizationpractices and one comparative report on good prison de-radicalization practicesand European guidelinesincluding risk assessment tools.
- Organization of fourteen national public conferences and eventsto exchange best practices and formulate recommendations for policy improvements.