In the table of recommendations and practices below, each Article of the Council of Europe Recommendation 2012 (12) on Foreign Prisoners is included. For each of these Articles, information is collected from European Prison Services giving inspiration to its members and providing practices that support the implementation of the Recommendation. The table also contains references to the practice being a national, local or regional initiative, the legal basis and budget sources.
The table can be searched by country and by Article of the Recommendation.
Countries that are not yet included are invited to submit their data and send them to secretariat@europris.org.
Nobody is excluded for the organised exercises and activities (except when the Dutch language is needed f.e. in group therapy sessions).
Some activities are organised to promote culture and different backgrounds. In 2015, we organised a ‘multicultural week’. The prisoners were introduced each day of the week in a different culture or region of the world, such as Arabic calligraphy (Middle East), Filigrana (South America) and Djembe (African). In sports, they were introduced to Sepak Takraw (a traditional ball game from Asia) and basketball (a typical North American sport). The food of the prisoners was adapted to the region of the activity.
Local Initiative Ypres Prison Local Relief fund (steunfonds), CDRGA Roselien Vermeulen (OO): Roselien.Vermeulen@cawcentraalwestvlaanderen.be, Delphine Vanhaelemeesch (BC): delphine.vanhaelemeesch@wvg.vlaanderen.be
Country
Estonia
Description of initiative
If possible, same nationality prisoners are detained in the same cell. A foreign prisoner has an opportunity to express the desire to be in a cell with compatriots or Estonians (eg person participates in language courses and would like to practice the Estonian language). If possible, they shall be taken into account and made to meet their wish for placements.
Promoting professional
Ypes Prison;
Nobody is excluded for the organised exercises and activities (except when the Dutch language is needed f.e. in group therapy sessions).
Some activities are organised to promote culture and different backgrounds. In 2015, we organised a ‘multicultural week’. The prisoners were introduced each day of the week in a different culture or region of the world, such as Arabic calligraphy (Middle East), Filigrana (South America) and Djembe (African). In sports, they were introduced to Sepak Takraw (a traditional ball game from Asia) and basketball (a typical North American sport). The food of the prisoners was adapted to the region of the activity.
Local Initiative Ypres Prison
Local Relief fund (steunfonds), CDRGA
Roselien Vermeulen (OO): Roselien.Vermeulen@cawcentraalwestvlaanderen.be, Delphine Vanhaelemeesch (BC): delphine.vanhaelemeesch@wvg.vlaanderen.be