The European Union and Council of Europe joint action assisting the prison reform in Albania in co-operation with the Training Center for prison staff, are continuing to raise the capacities of Albanian prison police concerning important security aspectsincluding escorting and transportation of prisoners and pre-trial detainees, searches, means of restraint, prevention and proportionality of the use of force.

The 2-day training was conducted with 26 prison police from Fier and Peqin prisons and was based on the revised training modules which now incorporate Council of Europe standards.

During the training a good balance was ensured between procedural aspects, video materials and illustrations from real-life footage taken from Albanian prisons. The objective of the latter was to offer to prison police the possibility of conducting a coherent analysis of real-life situations, building up preparatory knowledge not only in a classroom setting, but also at the workplace. The training was delivered by a team of three local trainers and one international consultant.

This activity was organised within the scope of the action “Enhancing the protection of human rights of prisoners in Albania”, as a part of joint initiative of the European Union and Council of Europe “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”.