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Testing mechanisms for improving wellbeing and mental health of prison staff working with violent extremist prisoners
Expert working group met in Banja Luka on 3 December to evaluate and analyse the impact of mechanisms piloted in two prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina for recognizing stress and workplace burnout among prison employees. During October and November, prisons in Zenica and Foča conducted training...
Better institutional cooperation for information exchange about violent extremist prisoners
Six local inter-agency coordination forums were organised in the period between May and November 2024 across Bosnia and Herzegovina to discuss improving inter-agency cooperation in the admission and release processes of violent extremist prisoners. Rehabilitation and reintegration of violent...
Building training, mentoring, and monitoring skills for further empowering prison staff and strengthening capacities within penitentiary institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
A training session aimed at enhancing skills in training, mentoring, monitoring, and evaluation was held on 22-23 October in Sarajevo for the project's core group of local trainers, as well as participants from the justice ministries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and...
Strengthening inter-institutional cooperation on rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremist prisoners into the society in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Council of Europe is supporting prison staff in Bosnia and Herzegovina to strengthen their capacities and protocols in managing and rehabilitating violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) and effectively reintegrating them into the society. One of the important aspects of this support is...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Equipping prison staff with skills to provide peer-to-peer trainings on management of violent extremist prisoners
With the support from the ministries of justice on all levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe has delivered a training of trainers on the management of violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) for prison staff from all prisons in the country on 14-17 May, in Sarajevo. The aim of the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prison directors further enhance knowledge on effective management of violent extremist prisoners
For effective management of prisoners, it is essential for senior level prison management to regularly renew and enhance their knowledge of the latest international and domestic developments in the field. Therefore, the Council of Europe organised an awareness raising workshop for all prison...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: support to authorities in improving well-being of staff working with violent extremist prisoners
Working with prisoners is a very demanding job; working with violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) and prisoners with a tendency to radicalisation can put an additional psychological pressure on prison staff. For the latter to be able to do their job without feeling intimidated or stressed and...
Second group of prison staff successfully completed training on management of violent extremist prisoners
The second group of prison staff from Bosnia and Herzegovina, coming from multidisciplinary teams working directly with violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) or inmates at risk of becoming radicalised, have completed all six modules of the new specialised in-house training programme, facilitated by...
Call for proposals on award of a grant to implement a series of activities on establishing inter-agency coordination platforms
The Council of Europe is launching a call for proposals on award of a grant to implement a series of activities on establishing inter-agency coordination platforms within the framework of the Project “Ensuring Sustainable Penitentiary Actions in managing rehabilitation of violent extremist...
First group of prison staff successfully completed specialised training on violent extremism and radicalisation
Sixteen prison staff from Bosnia and Herzegovina, coming from multidisciplinary teams working directly with violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) or inmates at risk of becoming radicalised, have completed all six modules of the new specialised in-house training programme for prison staff,...