The Real Estate and Logistics Expert Network, brings together professionals responsible for prison infrastructure, prison design, real estate development, asset management, sustainability and logistics across Europe to share knowledge, expertise, and best practice. Established in 2026, the Network builds on the achievements of the former Real Estate Expert Group by promoting a more open, flexible, and inclusive approach through collaboration, information sharing and skills development.
The Network supports peer learning, information exchange, and cooperation by connecting practitioners across jurisdictions, it encourages the sharing of lessons learned and emerging solutions that help create efficient, rehabilitative, climate responsive, future-ready prison environments. By engaging with a wider audience, the Network allows us to collaborate more broadly to meet the evolving needs of correctional systems across Europe.
Northern Ireland Prison Service
Ministry of Justice: Department of Prisons - France
Italian Penitentiary Administration
Department of Prisons and Probation - Denmark
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service - the United Kingdom (England/Wales)
Irish Prison Service
Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England/Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye.
Sustainability in prisons is more important than ever, especially amid Europe’s energy crisis and rising costs. To support our members in achieving eco-friendly goals, EuroPris hosted the first Sustainability in Prisons Workshop on 24–25 September 2024 in York, England. Organised by the Real Estate and Logistics expert group and hosted by the UK Ministry of Justice and HMPPS, the event featured discussions on energy efficiency, waste reduction, and carbon neutrality, alongside a visit to the UK’s first net zero ready prison.
Explore key takeaways and insights from the event here.
The Ljubljana Workshop provided an opportunity to share the work undertaken by the group on Prison Design, Public Private Partnerships, Designing for Rehabilitation together with the forthcoming report on the Design of Finland’s Women’s prison. The programme included a module led by the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) on their publication on prison planning and design (Towards Humane Prisons, 2018) and will include an examination of the findings generated from the latest ‘Designing for Rehabilitation’ report. In addition there was also opportunity to explore topics of interest raised by member countries at the EuroPris Annual General Meeting alongside those identified for further examination by the Real Estate & Logistics expert group.
View the presentations here.