Foreign Nationals in Prison

Sweden: The Swedish correctional system is based upon RNR (Risk - Need – Responsivity) likewise the treatment programs for social reintegration. In 2015, we started a national project to make sure foreign prisoners that don´t speak understand can undergo treatment. Since then we focus on: - Recruitment of facilitators with appropriate language skills. - Identify what language skills current facilitators have. - Translate workbooks and working tools for clients to various treatment programs. - Provide workshops in "easy Swedish" to facilitators. - Provide new technical equipment to the facilitators such as touch pad including lexicon and pictures in order to make the treatment smoother and easier. - Find solutions to make facilitators pursue treatment program through video calls (Skype). In order to do this, form a pool of language skilled facilitators that can provide this. - Find good solutions in order to use interpreter combined with treatment programs. National Johannes.evers@kriminalvarden.se

Sweden: All clients in the Swedish prison and probation service, including FP, undergoes a comprehensive risk, needs and responsivity assessment called RNR-A (RBM-B). The RNR-A is an empirically-based, 87-item standardized screening tool to be completed based on a file review and a structured client interview. Based on number, character and constellations of risks and needs factors, a computerized decision-aid suggests re-offending risks (low-medium-high) in various types of crime. The RNR-A also provides a computerized summary of client needs and guides manual assessment of client responsivity to available treatments and interventions. In the treatment, we don’t have a national special solution according to FP. In order to understand the client responsivity is a important part of the treatment. In the concept responsivity language, culture and psychological needs is important according to the treatment. National and individual initiative Marcus.wagenberg@kriminalvarden.se

Belgium: note – this entry refers to immigration detainees Extra Care Project: This project, for immigration detainees aims for a systematic detection and signalization of specific problems or vulnerabilities and to provide a custom-made care and assistance: during detention, during return and after return. Detainees ‘labeled’ as ‘Extra Care’ by a multidisciplinary team in the center are signaled as such at our administrative services. The case management at these services is higher as they have to treat a person with Extra Care needs. Within the center this system also aims that there’s more of a continue and custom-made accompaniment of these persons. For organizing return, the multidisciplinary advice from specialized staff in the center is consulted on: necessities for assistance and caretaking during return (ex. escorts, medical assistance, etc.), necessities for assistance and caretaking after return (ex. medical follow-up, etc.). The Extra Care Information sheets provide the staff of the center with guidelines about communication and interaction with such ‘Extra Care’ residents. National National budget (mostly return budget) Geert Verbauwhede – geert.verbauwhede@ibz.fgov.be + Maylis Dereymaeker – mailys.dereymaeker@ibz.fgov.be

The Netherlands; Provide support (emotional, practical, material and –sporadically – financial) for FNP’s in preparing for repatriation. The Return and Repatriation Service and The International Organisation for Migration as well as NGO’s are available to provide assistance and support for foreign prisoners when preparing to return to their home country National Not applicable t.bagchus@dji.minjus.nl

Belgium: note – this entry refers to immigration detainees
Special needs project for immigration detainees: when a person with a certain vulnerability is detected in the detention centers (through the above-mentioned extra care project), In prisons or psychiatric centers (through the psychosocial or medical services) or in the return houses for families (through the migration counsellors), then a request for assistance can be sent to the special needs project workers. These requests can consist of the following means of support:

1. Availability of medication/treatment in country of origin
2. Purchase of medication for period after return
3. Admission in psychiatric facility in Belgium to stabilize the psychiatric condition
4. Accompaniment during flight
5. Medical, psychosocial, administrative follow-up, family tracing for support after return in the country of origin

The kind of support provided depends on the condition of the returnee and the possibilities in the country of origin. Belgium is paying for the support during a transitional period, to allow the returnee to get his life back on track (maximum 1 year). Economical support and cash money are NOT given to keep the programs on voluntary return more interesting. For prisoners, this project is especially aimed to organize reintegration (especially psychiatric care and family tracing) in the country of origin, with the aim to fulfill the conditions which are set by the Justice-commissions, who must decide on the release of psychiatric patients who were considered not to be accountable for their crimes.

National
National budget (mostly return budget)
Isabelle VERVLOESEM T: 003227938212 M: Isabelle.vervloesem@ibz.fgov.be

Our goal is to be personalized, equitable and legally secure correction. National

FNP’s are entitled to the same range of facilities as other prisoners with the exception of extra mural leave. National t.bagchus@dji.minjus.nl