Are you a practitioner working with those who are or have been in prison?

Do you want to help improve human rights and prison conditions in Scotland and across Europe?

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is holding a one day event at HMP Barlinnie. The day will bring together practitioners, service providers and prisoners to discuss best practice in prisons and what the highest common standards of prison conditions across European Union might be.

The event is being organised as part of our contribution to the European Prison Observatory, a pan-European Union project that is investigating and comparing prison conditions, sharing better practice and promoting respect for human rights in prisons management across the European Union.

Structure of the day

We want to have the experience of prisoners, practitioners and service providers present as an essential part of understanding the criminal justice experience for prisoners.

There will be three workshop themes: health, activities in prison, and resolving disputes, and we will be seeking the views of:

• The prisoners in Barlinnie.
• Those delivering services in prison - such as health, education and training provision.
• Prison administrative staff and officers.

The results of the day will be combined with the results of similar events that will be taking place in the seven other partner countries (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Latvia, Poland and Greece). These will be presented in the shape of guidelines and recommendations to policy makers and European Union legislators.

This is your opportunity to bring your practice experience to bear on the development of better European human rights standards for those incarcerated across the Union.

Places are limited for the day so if you wish to register for the day please email zoe.ellis@crimeandjustice.org.uk

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