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March 2021
Publication of EPTA's Special Interest Groups
Training Manuals on:
Leadership & Management
Dynamic Security
Managing Difficult Inmates
EPTA is proud to announce the publication of EPTA's Special Interest Group (SIGs) Training Manuals. During the past two years, the three SIGs developed training manuals on Leadership & Management, Dynamic Security and Managing Difficult Inmates. These training manual reports are translated into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. For each topic, three separate reports were produced:
 

Click on the images below to view the reports per topic.
Publication and compilation of these document were made possible with the financial support of the European Union’s Justice Programme (2014- 2020), as part of the project ‘Tackling Gaps in Cross-Border Cooperation for Penitentiary Training Academies’, which was coordinated by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC).

Save the date: Campfire Sessions
EPTA invites all members to join three interactive Campfire Sessions to hear more about the Training Manuals from SIG members themselves and engage in interactive discussions on the three topics. More information regarding the final program and registration will be announced soon but make sure to block your calendars for these online events!
 
Friday 23 April: Leadership & Management
Tuesday 11 May: Dynamic Security
Monday 17 May: Managing Difficult Inmates  
Other News
CRS Online Dialogue - The Hidden Casualties of Covid
EuroPris, ICPA and CEP are jointly organising an online dialogue on "The Hidden Casualties of Covid? Understanding Prison Staff Well-Being in a Crisis". The event will take place on April 15 from 15:00-16:30 via the Zoom platform. This dialogue provides an opportunity for practitioners and the research community to (re)consider the position, needs, and role of prison staff at a time of unprecedented strain. Alison Liebling and Guillermo Sanhueza will moderate the dialogue with Prison Service leaders and experts from Portugal, Singapore, Sweden and Oregon
 
For the registration link and additional information about the event please visit the EuroPris website.
AWARE Project on mental health needs
Guidelines released by the Council of Europe in November 2019 recommend prison staff and probation practitioners receive basic training which raises awareness of the mental health needs of convicted persons. Recent data of a pan-EU survey from the Erasmus+ AWARE project explore the training needs of prison and probation staff to effectively support clients with mental health needs, and how institutions can support the wellbeing of their staff. A training manual and infographics have been published in German and English on the project website: www.aware-project.org.
 
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