In the framework of increasingly multi-ethnic correctional settings, where language and cultural barriers faced by Foreign Nationals pose significant challenges to prison systems, penitentiary staff play a pivotal role to ensure human rights protection and fair treatment of prisoners, preventing episodes of radicalization and extremism.
The European project B-COMPETENT (2019-21), co-funded by the Justice Programme, aims to provide prison civilian staff with a set of multidisciplinary skills related to human rights protection. The focus will be on foreign inmates’ special needs and rights, in line with EU and international laws and standards