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Welcome to the EuroPris Knowledge Management System. The table below shows questions and responses from European National Agencies. Select a question for more information or use the filters on the left to narrow down questions based on Agency or Category.
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Introduction: Approved Premises (AP) provide a temporary, public protection, placement in the community for offenders who are deemed the highest risk to the public and have the most complex needs. The majority of individuals residing in AP are prison leavers who have been convicted of serious sexual or violent offences and/or were serving life sentences before being released by the Parole Board. There are currently 104 APs across England and Wales. The average AP has approximately 20 bedspaces and individuals will stay an average of 12 weeks; however, individuals convicted of terrorist offences can stay up to 12 months. All APs are secure managed environments and have a standard curfew of 11pm-6am. Outside of curfew hours individuals are free to engage in other activities such as education, employment, rehabilitative programmes, or treatment programmes. If an individual fails to abide by the rules of the AP, they can be sent back to prison. We are interested in how other jurisdictions manage individuals, who pose a high/very high risk of serious harm to the public, when they leave prison and whether any jurisdictions have a similar provision in place. In our case risk is primarily assessed using the OASys risk assessment tool. The OASys risk assessment tool defines “serious harm” as: “an event which is life threatening and/or traumatic and from which recovery, whether physical or psychological, can be expected to be “difficult or impossible”.
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If yes, what does this provision look like? If no, how does your jurisdiction manage individuals, who pose a high/very high risk of serious harm to the public, when they leave prison?Nothing really compared to AP exists in Spain. However, we do have something with some similarities. For some profiles with high risk, as mentioned in the KMS question, the Court enforces the so-called "supervised freedom", which can be related to mandatory intervention programmes (sexual offenders, for example), physical presentation, interviews with prison staff, etc.
Are you happy to be contacted if we have any follow-up questions?Of course. Our pleasure.
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If yes, what does this provision look like? If no, how does your jurisdiction manage individuals, who pose a high/very high risk of serious harm to the public, when they leave prison?/
Are you happy to be contacted if we have any follow-up questions?/
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If yes, what does this provision look like? If no, how does your jurisdiction manage individuals, who pose a high/very high risk of serious harm to the public, when they leave prison?In our jurisdiction is it possible for the Swedish Prison and Probation Service to issue a special provision that a supervised person must follow. Such special provision may concern controlled living arrangements or other instructions concerning living. It may also concern place of residence or other instructions concerning places or areas the sentenced person must remain in or is not permitted to be in. In order to ensure that such provision is being followed the Swedish Prison and Probation Service may order electronic monitoring. Electronic monitoring may be ordered for at most six months at a time.
Are you happy to be contacted if we have any follow-up questions?Absolutely, please do!
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If yes, what does this provision look like? If no, how does your jurisdiction manage individuals, who pose a high/very high risk of serious harm to the public, when they leave prison?In accordance with Section 2 Part 1 of the Prison Administration Law (hereinafter – the Law), the Prison Administration is a State Administration institution subordinate to the Ministry of Justice which implements the State policy in the field of execution of the arrest as a security measure and the deprivation of liberty as a criminal punishment. While, in accordance with Section 6 Part 1 of the Law, prisons shall carry out the execution of the arrest as a security measure and the deprivation of liberty as a criminal punishment, ensure resocialisation and mental care as well as health care of the convicted persons. It follows from the normative acts that these functions – the arrest as a security measure and the deprivation of liberty as a criminal punishment – are carried out specifically in the prison and within the appropriate time limits, and not after release. According with Section 1 of the State Probation Service Law, probation is a system for execution of community service and probation observation, and also for probation clients' supervision and social behaviour correctional measures which is established in order to prevent committing of repeated criminal offence. According with Section 2 Part 1 of the State Probation Service, the Law prescribes the principles of probation, the competence and functions of the State Probation Service, the legal status, rights and obligations of the staff of the State Probation Service, and also the rights and obligations of a client of the State Probation Service.
Are you happy to be contacted if we have any follow-up questions?Yes.
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If yes, what does this provision look like? If no, how does your jurisdiction manage individuals, who pose a high/very high risk of serious harm to the public, when they leave prison?We have a similar system, called a "transition house” or “halfway house", which ensures the transition between a traditional prison and a return to society. This measure is granted to prisoners who have served a substantial sentence (min 3 years to more) and who are nearing the end of their prison stay (end of sentence or preparation of a project with a view to electronic surveillance, etc.). This measure is approved by prison administration while the other release arrangements will be granted by the sentence execution court. Before this measure is granted, a risk assessment is carried out, in particular the risk of committing a serious offence. If such a risk is deemed significant, the prisoner will remain in prison and will not be able to benefit from this measure. Prisoners for whom this risk is significant generally remain in prison until the end of their sentence.
Are you happy to be contacted if we have any follow-up questions?Yes, of course.