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Round Table for presentation of the report from the Assessment mission on the provision of healthcare in the prisons in North Macedonia
The Assessment report on the provision of healthcare in the prisons in North Macedonia was presented and discussed at a multilateral round table that took place on 16 April 2019 in Skopje. It gathered representatives of the Directorate for the Execution of Sanctions (DES) at the Ministry of...
Training for prison governors and high-level prison management on radicalisation in prisons in North Macedonia
Prison governors and high-level prison management increased their awareness and knowledge on addressing radicalisation in prisons through a 3-day training, which took place in Gevgelija on 18-20 February 2019. The training provided a forum for reviewing the phenomenon of radicalisation in prisons...
Piloting of the screening and risk and needs assessment (RNA) tools for radicalized prisoners
Prison staff working in the area of rehabilitation benefited from the ‘on-the-job’ coaching during the piloting of the application of the newly developed screening and RNA tools for radicalised inmates. The tools were piloted in the two biggest penitentiary institutions in the country, namely in...
Relevant national actors discuss post-penal assistance to radicalised persons
The 2-day Round Table provided a venue for all relevant stakeholders to exchange ideas aiming toward improving the preparation for release of radicalised inmates and increasing the inter-agency cooperation with regards to provision of post-penal assistance to this category of persons. The...
Training of trainers for selected prison staff on inter-prisoner violence
A total of 10 prison staff members, representatives of the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions within the Ministry of Justice and prison staff from various penitentiary institutions country-wide working in the area of security and re-socialization of sentenced persons increased their knowledge...
Visitor’s room for the children of imprisoned parents officially opened in prison Stip
The visitors’ room for the children of imprisoned parents was officially opened in prison Stip (North Macedonia) on 21 September 2018 as the first of its kind in the country, in line with the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation CM/Rec (2018)5 concerning children with...
1st Working group meeting on radicalisation in the national penitentiary system
In view of addressing radicalisation in prisons in the country, and in light of the findings from the assessment mission carried out earlier in 2018, a working group (WG) composed of ten representatives from the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions (DES) at the Ministry of Justice and prison...
Representatives from the national penitentiary system in Skopje benefited from a study visit to the Prison Service of Northern Ireland
A 3-day study visit to the Prison Service of Northern Ireland was organized from 05 to 07 June 2018 for a group of 7 senior prison officials from the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions within the Ministry of Justice, including the Director, as well as prison governors and deputy governors...
260 prison staff trained on the new Code of Conduct in North Macedonia
A total of 260 prison staff from various penitentiary institutions throughout the country were familiarised with the new Code of Conduct for prison staff through participation at ten 1-day cascade training sessions organised in the course of April and May 2018. The main principles, guidelines and...
90 prison staff trained on dynamic security in prisons in North Macedonia
A total of 90 prison staff members from various penitentiary institutions country-wide increased their knowledge on dynamic security in prisons through participation at three 2-day cascade training sessions organised in the course of April 2018 in Stip, Bitola and Skopje. The cascade sessions...
Round Table to present and discuss the Report on radicalisation in the national penitentiary system
The phenomenon of radicalisation in prisons emerged as an important issue that needs to be addressed in the national penitentiary systems across Europe. The fact that prisons may be used as a breeding ground for radicalised violent extremists and that radicalised offenders scheduled for release...
Prison staff trained on the Module for the treatment of violent offenders
A total of 170 prison staff benefitted from eight 1-day cascade training sessions on treatment of violent offenders in prisons, organised in the period 15-22 February 2018 in the Training Center Idrizovo, Strumica and in Bitola. The cascade sessions further built the capacities of prison staff...
Training on Prison Management for prison governors and deputy governors
The Directorate for Execution of Sanctions (DES) and prison managerial structures from the national penitentiary system of North Macedonia benefited from a 4-day Training on Prison Management, which took place on 24-27 January 2018 in Bitola. The training session focused on the states’...
Introduction of the concept of dynamic security in the national penitentiary system
The Directorate for Execution of Sanctions (DES) and selected prison staff were actively involved in the development of a Training Manual for prison staff and Policy paper on the introduction of the concept of dynamic security in the prisons across the country, aiming to further enhance existing...
Police officials from Skopje visit the Dutch police
A delegation composed of 7 senior police officials from the Public Safety Bureau within the Ministry of Internal Affairs visited the Dutch police. As a result, the delegation learnt from the Dutch experiences on divisive and non-discriminatory policing, as well as on the treatment of vulnerable...
Police Control Unit strengthens provision of in-service training
A group of 12 investigators from the Department for Internal Control, Criminal Investigations and Professional Standards (DICCIPS) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, increased their knowledge on professional standards, police integrity and effective investigation into article 2 and 3 ECHR...
Presentation of two Horizontal Facility Actions on Prisons and Police to representatives of the NGO sector
Two Horizontal Facility Actions, “Strengthening the protection of the rights of sentenced persons” and “Enhancing Human Rights Policing”, were presented to approximately 30 representatives of the NGO sector in the country. The presentation took place on 21 September 2017 at the EU Info Centre in...
First working group meeting aimed at developing a Training programme on violent offenders
The issue of violent offenders within the national correctional system and how to identify their treatment needs was discussed in a 2-day working group (WG) meeting on 18-19 September 2017 in Skopje. The WG experts elaborated on the content, methods, structure and duration of the programme, the...
Meetings with the newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and Deputy Minister of Justice in Skopje
The meeting between the Head of the Criminal Law Co-operation Unit (CLCU), Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, Ms Tanja Rakusic- Hadzic, and the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Oliver Spasovski, took place on 28 June 2017 in Skopje. The meeting focused...
Piloting of the Specific Treatment Programmes for vulnerable groups of offenders in prison Idrizovo and prison Shtip
Three specific treatment programmes (modules) for vulnerable categories of sentenced persons have been developed under the scope of the Action “Strengthening the protection of the rights of sentenced persons”. These offender behavior programmes, aiming at enhancing prisoners’ rehabilitation and...
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