A Working Group meeting was held in Ankara on 18 June 2025 on the main findings from the piloting of a policy paper and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) concerning the discipline and rewards in 5 prisons, including women prison and prison for juveniles. The meeting brought together key representatives from the Directorate General of Prisons and Detention Houses, including Director General, alongside international consultant and representatives from the Council of Europe.

Representatives from pilot prisons shared good practices and discussed the next steps for classification of rewards, aiming at a better rehabilitation of inmates and their preparation for reintegration into the society.

Prison managers shared the lessons learned in the process of piloting of the Policy and the SOP. These were completed with substantive and procedural aspects and group work on reward criteria and how to measure the impact of the rewards.

At the end of the meeting, the prison managers agreed on the importance of implementing the policy paper and SOPs sustainably, in line with the positive trends observed in other prisons.

This WG meeting was organised within the scope of the Project on "Enhancing the Disciplinary and Reward Procedures for Prisoners in Türkiye” co-funded by Norway, the Human Rights Trust Fund of the Council of Europe, Belgium, Türkiye, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.