On 18-19 February 2022, a 2-day training session was held for the staff of the Monitoring Department of the Special Penitentiary Service on tailored approaches, communication strategies and interviewing techniques in relation to prisoners who are under stress or have emotional or mental health problems.
The Monitoring Department is responsible for controlling the fulfilment of legislative requirements and the protection of human rights of inmates by penitentiary system employees. Being aware of the ways to approach and communicate, while protecting the needs of the inmates, will promote a more efficient implementation of these responsibilities.
The training programme included modules on identifying the profile of prisoners with emotional and mental health problems as well as related barriers to communication and interviewing techniques. As a result, the staff of the Monitoring Department and its newly developed Control Unit are better equipped to communicate effectively with the prisoners, while taking into account their emotional state, and obtain accurate and reliable information, with respect to their human rights and dignity.
This training was organised in the framework of the project “Enhancement of Human Rights and Health-Care Support to the Penitentiary System”. The Project is funded by the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia.
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