How the objective will be addressed
Key actors and beneficiaries
probation staff in the use of alternative sanctions should be offered. Vulnerable groups in prison, such as women, juveniles and minors, physically and mentally ill persons, persons with substance addictions, LGBTIQ+ persons, and non-nationals, suffer disproportionally compared with other prisoners. The programme area will support the provision of health services, including mental healthcare in prison. By facilitating the use of technological solutions, the programme area can increase the availability of such services and strengthen rehabilitation effectiveness. Interventions related to substance abuse and anger management, including for domestic and gender-based violence offenders, are also supported. The funding for infrastructure, equipment and soft measures should be allocated to pilot prisons/projects. Improvements in the infrastructure may also be supported. The size, scale and maturity of infrastructure projects shall be carefully assessed before agreement is given.
This programme area will invest in capacity building of prison and probation services staff focusing on ethics, values, and security culture as well as on rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners. A holistic approach to safety and security culture should be encouraged, focusing on the implementation of dynamic security in balance with static and organisational security. The programme area supports improvements in legislative frameworks as well as strategy and policy developments in the field of prison and probation. Activities to strengthen National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) can be supported. Sanctions alternative to imprisonment should be identified in close cooperation strengthening of legal and operational instruments that will facilitate the use of alternative sanctions should be encouraged, aiming to reduce the prison populations, fostering rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, and strengthening the seamless cooperation between prison and probation services. When relevant, training for prison and with the judiciary in the Beneficiary States. The
Prison and probation services and other relevant public entities are the main actors. International organisations, educational and research institutions, and civil society organisations are valued partners in supporting the changes. Prison and probation services staff and prisoners, including women and juvenile offenders, will benefit from improved correctional services in line with international human rights.
Programme area specifics
• All programmes shall include cooperation between Donor and Beneficiary States. • Investment in infrastructure and equipment (hard measures) shall only be supported alongside capacity building, training, or experience sharing (soft measures). • The maximum level of funding for investment in infrastructure and equipment
(hard measures) shall be set in the memorandum of understanding or, exceptionally, in the programme agreement.
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