Foreign national offenders pose particular challenges to those who are working with them in the custodial and community setting. This workshop attracted over 60 participants from prison, probation and NGOs from 21 European countries, to hear presentations and engage in discussion and debate on this increasingly important area of criminal justice policy and practice. The Workshop was organised in cooperation with the Belgium Prison Service, by EuroPris and CEP Foreign National Prisoners Expert Group from which six of its members provided key presentations. The purpose of the Workshop was to promote better national regulation and best practices for foreign national prisoners in Europe through contributing to a greater awareness of FNP issues and through improving the management, rehabilitation and resettlement needs of FNPs. The aim of the Workshop was to: promote the welfare and interests of European nationals who are imprisoned outside their country of residence, in order to facilitate their social reintegration promote co-operation and the exchange of information between national and international agencies and groups which support prisoners abroad and their families liaise with individuals as well as state and non-governmental bodies which provide support to prisoners abroad.
A World Café session was used to maximise participant engagement and sharing of knowledge among participants. You may find the report from the World Cafe here. At the Workshop, an initiative of the EuroPris/CEP Foreign National Prisoners Expert Group to collate a ‘Good Practice Manual for Working with Foreign Prisoners’ was launched. It is the intention of the Expert Group to collect examples of working with foreign offenders and prisoners in Europe to spread good practice among European States, please contact [email protected] for details of this initiative or to contribute to it.
The booklet Picture it in Prison has been developed for foreign national prisoners and for prison staff working with them to overcome the language obstacle. The new version has 450 different pictures classified per theme and translations of 60 basic words and sentences in twenty frequently used languages. The booklet (72 pages) can be ordered via [email protected] for € 5 (excluding 6% VAT and postal costs). For large orders it is possible to add the logo of the prison service on the reverse cover of the booklet. Download a sample of the booklet here.
To download all the presentations, the summary report and the world cafe report, please download both parts 1 and 2: