German State Secretary for Justice Angelika Schlunck and Council of Europe DSG Bjørn Berge opened the 28th Annual Conference of Directors of Prison and Probation Services in Berlin

The 28th Council of Europe Conference of Directors of Prison and Probation Services (CDPPS) "Management of Prisons and Probation: New Challenges and Innovative Responses" was organised in Berlin (Germany) on 6 and 7 June 2023. The Conference was opened to invited participants only. All the information about this event are available on the Conference webpage. This event was preceded on 5 June by the 12th Annual General Meeting of EuroPris.


German State Secretary for Justice Angelika Schlunck and Council of Europe DSG Bjørn Berge open the 28th Annual Conference of Directors of Prison and Probation Services in Berlin:


 

 

 Press Release - Social reintegration of offenders in prison and under probation: Council of Europe Berlin conference to explore innovative responses

 

 

 

 

Berlin (Germany) 6-7 June 2023
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Sanctions and measures without deprivation of liberty increasingly used in Europe: new survey

European states are increasingly resorting to sanctions and measures which keep offenders in the community without deprivation of liberty, according to the 2019 SPACE II annual survey, carried out for the Council of Europe by the University of Lausanne. (Please see also the Key Findings)

On 31 January 2019 there were around 2 million people in Europe subject to these alternatives to imprisonment such as electronic monitoring, community service, home arrest, treatments, semi-liberty or conditional release. From 2018 to 2019, the probation population grew by 7.9%, from 1,547,572 to 1,699,676 people in the 28 probation agencies that provided this data for both years, whilst their overall probation population rate grew from 137.8 to 139.6 probationers per 100,000 inhabitants.

The SPACE II survey was published together with a special SPACE I report on Prisoners in Europe in Pandemic Times. This report includes an evaluation of the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on European prison populations up to 15 April 2020, a period which roughly coincides with the first month of lockdown.

Twenty out of 43 prison administrations reported having released inmates to prevent the spread of COVID-19, applying various measures such as amnesties, early and provisional releases and other alternatives to deprivation of liberty. On average, these 43 administrations released 5% of their population (over 118,000 inmates).

Excluding countries with less than 500,000 inhabitants, those which released the highest proportions of prisoners were Turkey (35%; 102,944 inmates), Cyprus (16%; 121), Slovenia (16%; 230), Portugal (15%; 1,874), Norway (13%; 401), Ireland (12%; 476), Italy (9.4%; 5,739) and Spain (7.4%; 4,356). France released 14% of its prison population (10,188 inmates) but this includes all releases (for example those of inmates arriving at the end of their prison sentence) and not only those related to measures to prevent COVID-19. Including these persons would lead to over 128,000 inmates released in Europe since the beginning of the pandemic.


 Press release: Sanctions and measures without deprivation of liberty increasingly used in Europe: new survey

 Media Coverage Report: 2019 SPACE II survey on community sanctions and measures in Europe  - Special SPACE I prisons and COVID-19 report

Council of Europe, Strasbourg 18 June 2020
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