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.
In every prison there is a foreign prisoner’s coordinator. The coordinator’s tasks are to provide counseling and to aid prisoners in dealing with prison authorities. Foreigners coordinator also helps with applying for documents.
National
merike.tartu@just.ee
Country
Netherlands
Description of initiative
Direct recruitment at Ter Apel Prison when it changed role to only hold foreign prisoners.
While retaining and retraining existing staff, additional staff were recruited directly from the public from a diverse range of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and with linguistic abilities to better reflect the prison’s new role and population.
Promoting professional
In every prison there is a foreign prisoner’s coordinator. The coordinator’s tasks are to provide counseling and to aid prisoners in dealing with prison authorities. Foreigners coordinator also helps with applying for documents.
National
merike.tartu@just.ee