Real Estate & Logistics

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.

Duration: 2026 - Present
Status: Ongoing

Coordinator: Tony McDonnell

Tony McDonnell

Northern Ireland Prison Service

Eric Besson

Ministry of Justice: Department of Prisons - France

Alessandro Pastina

Italian Penitentiary Administration

Jesper Dyreborg

Department of Prisons and Probation - Denmark

Patrick Kennedy

His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service - the United Kingdom (England/Wales)

Mark McGoldrick

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.

Event Highlights

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.