Prisons and Community Sanctions and Measures


Prisons and Community Sanctions and Measures

The Council of Europe has an unique experience in promoting more humane and socially effective prisons. To this end a number of legal instruments have been adopted including the European Prison Rules and recommendations on education in prison, prison staff, health care in prison and prison overcrowding. These legal instruments have been brought together in one publication, the Compendium of conventions, recommendations and resolutions relating to penitentiary questions.

These instruments have been prepared by either the Council for Penological Cooperation, which is a standing advisory body to the European Committee on Crime Problems, or by ad hoc expert committees.

The Council of Europe also organises regular conferences of directors of prison administration. It publishes annual penal statistics on the prison population and community sanctions and measures (SPACE). (more)

 

 


 
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Next meetings:

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11-13 June 2012: Meeting of the PC-CP Working Group
Draft Agenda

 

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1-3 October 2012: Meeting of the PC-CP Working Group

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Conference of Directors of Prison Administration (CDAP) - "Foreign Prisoners": 22-24 November 2012

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6-8 March 2013: 3rd PLENARY MEETING OF THE PC-CP
Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)5 on the European Code of Ethics for Prison Staff adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 12 April 2012
2nd Plenary Meeting of the Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP), Strasbourg, 28-30 March 2012
Agenda

Summary report

1st Plenary Meeting of the Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP), Strasbourg, 8-10 November 2011
Summary report

16th Conference of Directors of Prison Administration with the participation of Directors of Probation Services
on the theme “Working together to promote the social reintegration of prisoners”
Strasbourg
, 13-14 October 2011 (more information)