Corrections Learning Academy Course Catalogue

Corrections 

Learning Academy 

Course Catalogue 

+30 specialised online courses designed for Correctional staff 

Self-paced / Group & Tutored 

www.correctionslearning.online

Contents 

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Grow better with the right plan 

15 R2PRIS - Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons: Certification programme for Prison Governors 

21 R2PRIS - Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons: Certification programme for Frontline Staff 

26 R2PRIS - Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons: Certification programme for Technical Staff 

31 CIRA - Critical Incidents Readiness Assessment 

35 Radicalisation: Programmes and intervention strategies 

39 Dynamic security and prison intelligence 

42 Integrated radicalisation prevention: Community, probation and prison services 

48 Introduction to radicalisation prevention in prison 

51 Radicalisation prevention in the probation context 

54 Integrated Exit Programme for Prisons and Probation 

60 Disengagement and deradicalisation 

66 Mental health, ageing and palliative care in prisons — Group & Tutored 

73 Mental health, ageing and palliative care in prisons — Self-paced 

80 The essentials of prison health 

83 Mental health in prison 

87 Geriatrics in prison 

90 Palliative care in prison 

93 Staff health and wellbeing in prison 

96 Mental health awareness in prison 

101 Social dialogue to advance the Correctional system 

108 Developing the creativity of prison staff and innovation in prisons 

112 Prison education enhancement skills: Proactiveness and sense of initiative 

116 From proactiveness and sense of initiative to solutions design 

119 Solution design in prison education: From the plan to impact measurement 

124 Marketing applied to prison work 

127 Introduction to prison work and industries management 

130 Prison work and industries management 

09 R2PRIS - Multi-level in-prison Radicalisation Prevention Certification Programme 

Welcome to your online campus 

04 Technical requirements 

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Academy board 

07 Radicalisation 

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Prison Health 

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Social Dialogue 

106 Innovation 

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Prison Work 

155 

Training of Trainers 

160 Masterclasses 

133 Management essentials applied to prison work 

136 Prison work and industries: Cooperation models 

139 Prison work and industries: Opportunity identification, evaluation and analysis 

142 Prison work plan development: From risk to sustainability 

145 Measuring prison work impact and evaluation schemes 

149 Implementing the European Arrest Warrant for Judicial Practitioners 

152 Implementing the European Arrest Warrant for Interested Practitioners 

156 Training of trainers for Corrections 

162 Masterclass — Core Correctional Skills: How to create a Working Alliance 

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Grow better with the right plan 

For decision-makers, Directors-General of prisons and probation administrations 

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Certified instructors 

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Industry-recognised certifications 

Personalised online learning experience

Welcome to your online campus 

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Corrections Learning Academy is an online training platform with real-time and self-paced programmes developed by Corrections experts. 

Here you can acquire relevant knowledge and develop new skills anytime, anywhere at your own pace. 

Our platform is powered by a sophisticated learning management system and complemented by our online store so you can securely 

purchase as many courses as you’d like. 

Get promotional prices and exclusive access to course materials at: 

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Technical requirements 

Basic requirements 

To complete a programme, you’ll need a current email account and access to 

a computer and the internet, as well as a PDF Reader. You may need to view 

Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and read and create documents in Microsoft 

Word or Excel. 

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Our learning platform is compatible with all modern browsers, including Firefox, 

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used by the latest mobile devices (i.e., iOS and Android). We recommend you to 

use a modern browser to experience our platform the best way possible.

Academy board 

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Pedro das Neves 

Chief Executive Officer @IPS 

CEO of IPS Innovative Prison Systems and ICJS 

Innovative Criminal Justice Systems Inc., Board 

Director of ICPA, the International Prisons and 

Corrections Association, and the BSAFE Law 

Enforcement - Justice and Public Safety Lab. Pedro 

holds a Sociology degree and an M.A. and other 

learning experiences in universities worldwide. 

He worked on criminal justice reform for 20 

years and has been involved in designing and 

implementing innovative projects awarded as 

best practices. He is the founder/editor of JUSTICE 

TRENDS magazine and was recognised with the 

ICPA Correctional Excellence Award (Management 

& Staff Training). Pedro das Neves is a lecturer 

on the UNED (Spain) post-graduate programme 

“Master on Penitentiary Management, Intervention 

and Administration” and an appointed member 

of the European Commission (‘DG JUST’) group of 

experts on European Judicial Training. 

Ana Maria Evans 

Chief Innovation Officer @IPS 

Ana Maria Evans is Chief Innovation Officer at IPS 

Innovative Prison Systems and an Invited Professor 

in the “Philosophy, Politics and Economics” 

(PPE) programme of the Portuguese Catholic 

University. Ana holds a Law degree (Catholic 

University, Lisbon), a M.A. in International Relations 

(University of San Diego), and a PhD in Government 

(Georgetown University). Ana taught and developed 

research in the U.S and Portuguese universities, 

published scientific articles in international 

journals and books, delivered work in international 

conferences, served as a committee member to 

international meetings, won and coordinated an 

FCT Starting Grant for research on “Governance 

Models and the Delivery of Public Services”. Ana 

has been the recipient of international fellowships/ 

grants and has served on the board of civil society 

organizations, including the Fulbright Alumni 

Association - Portugal. 

Ioan Durnescu 

Professor @University of Bucharest 

Prof. Dr. Ioan Durnescu is a Professor at the 

University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology 

and Social Work. He teaches and researches in 

the field of Corrections, with a special interest 

in working methodologies and comparative 

probation. He is one of the editors of the Probation 

in Europe (WOLF) and the Understanding Penal 

Practice (Routledge) and the co-editor of the 

European Journal of Probation, published by the 

University of Bucharest in partnership with SAGE 

Publishing. Dr. Ioan is an honorary member of 

the Confederation of European Probation (CEP), 

Vice-President of the Collegium of Social Workers 

of Romania and a former chair of the Community 

Sanctions and Measures Working group within 

the European Society of Criminology. He is the 

author of the book “Core Correctional Skills”, a 

result of many years of teaching and training 

prison and probation staff worldwide.

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After completing the 

course, trainees will 

receive a Certificate as 

proof of their learning 

activities at the online 

Corrections Learning 

Academy.

Radicalisation 

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Who you’ll learn from 

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Pedro das Neves is CEO of IPS Innovative Prison Systems and ICJS 

Innovative Criminal Justice Systems Inc., Board Director of ICPA and the 

BSAFE Law Enforcement - Justice and Public Safety Lab, founder and editor 

of JUSTICE TRENDS magazine. Pedro holds a Sociology degree and an M.A. 

and is one of the authors of the RRAP Radicalization Risk Assessment in 

Prisons toolset. 

Pedro Liberado 

Chief Research Officer @IPS 

Pedro Liberado is Chief Research Officer 

at IPS Innovative Prison Systems and 

coordinator of the Radicalisation, Extremism 

and Organized Crime portfolio. Pedro holds a 

Sociology degree and MSc in Criminology. He 

is doing postgraduate studies in Strategic and 

Security Studies and is a PhD candidate at the 

University of Granada. 

Vítor Costa 

Researcher @UBI 

Vítor Costa holds a PhD in Psychology and 

is a professor at the University of Beira 

Interior and researcher at the BSAFE Law 

Enforcement, Justice and Public Safety Lab. 

Vítor is one of the authors of the RRAP 

Radicalisation Risk Assessment in Prisons 

toolset.

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BEST PRACTICE 

2020 

RAN COLLECTION EXPERT REVIEW 

R2PRIS 

Multi-level in-prison Radicalisation Prevention 

Certification Programme 

Empowering practitioners with relevant skills to prevent and reduce the risk 

of radicalisation and extremism inside prisons 

Group and Tutored 

The R2PRIS practice is considered “Best Practice” as per the RAN Collection Expert Review 

(DG Migration and Home Affairs) — Best practices and lessons learned from 2020. 

Radicalisation

R2PRIS 

Multi-level in-prison 

Radicalisation Prevention 

Certification Programme 


About this course 

The R2PRIS course aims to enhance practitioners’ skills to prevent and reduce the risk of radicalisation 

and violent extremism inside prisons. This innovative training programme certifies professionals at 

different levels of the prison administration in the use of tools to identify, interpret, evaluate and report 

signals of radicalisation, including the approaches to respond appropriately to potentially vulnerable 

individuals at risk of radicalisation. 

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6h per week, for 6 weeks 

Certified professionals will be able to work with the R2PRIS Radicalisation Prevention Toolset, which 

includes the following instruments: 

• HV Helicopter View 

• FBOG Frontline Behavioural Observation Guidelines 

• IRS Individual Radicalisation Screening 

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Blended learning: 

e-Learning, self-study 

and live online sessions 

with a trainer 

Who should attend? 

• Prison administration professionals 

• Prison governors 

Pre-requisites 

check-sq Working in a prison service. 

check-sq A minimum of 10 participants is required to 

start this course. 

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Total: 33h30 

10h30 e-Learning 

8h self-study 

15h live online sessions 

• Prison service trainers 

• Change facilitators 

We will make sure the groups are formed accordingly once the 10 

enrolled trainees are reached. 


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Professional Certification 

The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Belgium, Norway, Portugal, Romania, The Nederlands and Turkey, under 

the R2PRIS project, co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + programme - KA2 - Strategic partnerships for adult 

education. 

The course content is free to access (except any modules with restricted access due to certification requirements). The price associated 

with this course refers to expert tutoring and learning management system fees.

Contents 

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Orientation module 

You’ll be welcomed with a live session and technical support 

network. You will then begin connecting with fellow participants 

while exploring the tools of Corrections Learning. Moreover, you 

will be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and be able to 

review how your results will be calculated and distributed. 

You’ll be required to complete your participant profile and submit a 

digital copy of your passport/identity document. 

Pathways to Radicalisation 

• Radicalisation process phases 

• Risk factors for radicalisation 

• Pathways to radicalisation: 

- Predisposing factors 

- Precipitation factors 

- Perpetuating factors 

Levels and Mechanisms of Radicalisation 

• Description of the Radicalisation levels and mechanisms: 

“Two Pyramids” Framework 

Radicalisation in prisons: Awareness 

What is Radicalisation 

• Definition 

• Core characteristics 

• Differences between radicals and terrorists 

• The relation between conversion and radicalisation 

• Difference between radicalism and extremist views 

• Islam and radical Islamic extremist views 

• Characteristics of violent extremism 

• The possible repercussions of radicalisation: Homegrown Terrorist 

Fighers and Foreign Terrorist Fighters 

Radicalisation in Prisons 


• Differences between prisoner radicalisation and terrorist 

recruitment 

• Seven phase model for prisoner radicalisation 

• Extremist views specific to the prison context 

• The prison environment as a potential breeding ground for 

radicalisation 

• Borum’s Approach to violent extremism 

• Loza’s approach to vulnerability to radicalisation

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Radicalisation in prisons assessment: Tools and procedures 

Analysing radicalisation risk in Prisons 

• Steps in the analysis of radicalisation risk in prisons: 

- Step 1: Assessing the risk associated with factors 

related to prison service 


present among inmates 

- Step 3: Identifying vulnerable inmates at risk of 

becoming radicalised 

- Analysing the coexistence of and interaction 

between factors from the three categories within 

a specific prison 

Radicalisation risk assessment tools: 

the R2PRIS approach and toolset 

• The R2PRIS approach to radicalisation risk assessment 

(explain the different tools it’s objectives, target users, and 

how they relate to each other. develop a scheme that 

explains the method and the different tools). 

• Assessment dimensions: 

- Individual factors 

- Situation contextual factors 

• The R2PRIS Assessment tools: 

- HV Helicopter View: Assessing situational risk factors 

- FBOG Frontline Behavioural Observation Guidelines 

- IRS Individual Radicalisation Screening 

• Structured professional judgement 

• Information sources to be considered in the individual risk assessment 

• Risks and ethical questions involved in signalling and assessing risk 

situations 

• What comes after the assessment: intervention principles and 

strategies 

Dynamic security and prison Intelligence 

• Essentials of dynamic security: 

- Professional and constructive relationships with prisoners 

- Interpersonal skills 

- Staff selection and training 

- Embedding dynamic security in operational policy 

- Unit management and direct supervision 

- Gathering information 

- Prevention of staff corruption and manipulation 

• Intelligence and dynamic security

Contents 

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Radicalisation in prisons: Programmes and intervention strategies 

Intervention principles and strategies 

• Introduction: de-radicalisation, disengagement and 

radicalisation prevention programmes 

• Good practice principles (based on United Nations Office 

on Drugs and Crime, Council of Europe and RAN P&P 

documents) 

- Training for frontline staff 

- Family and peers support 

- Community engagement 

- Religious and spiritual care 

- Involvement of former violent extremists 

- Specialist psychological interventions 

Prison regime choices 

• Concentration 

- Advantages and disadvantages 

- Examples of countries that have adopted this model 

• Dispersal 



• Combinations 


- Key RAN recommendations 

Exit programmes 

• The Deradicalisation – Back on Track (BOT) training programme 

(Denmark); 

• Violence Prevention Network (Germany); 

• EXIT-Germany (Germany); 

• Saladino project (Spain); 

• Health Identity Intervention (HII) and Al Furqan programme 

(United Kingdom); 

• Mentoring Programme (Norway); 

• Deradicalisation programme (Saudi Arabia); 

• Disengagement and deradicalisation pilot programme (Turkey); 


• Counter-ideological programme (Singapore); 

• Tafaqquh Fiddin programme (Malaysia); 

• Deradicalisation Blueprint (Indonesia); 

• Collective deradicalisation: Egypt and Libya (Egypt and Libya); 

• Dialogue programme (Yemen); 

• Rehabilitation programme (Iraq).

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Response readiness 

Critical incidents in prisons 

• Security threats and critical incidents in prisons 

Operational readiness assessment 

• Assessing readiness to respond to critical incidents: 

How to use the CIRA Critical Incidents Readiness 

Assessment 

Intervention strategies 

• Animating an assessment and action planning workshop

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BEST PRACTICE 

2020 


R2PRIS - Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons 

Certification programme for Prison Governors 






Radicalisation

R2PRIS - Radicalisation 

Prevention in Prisons 

Certification programme 

for Prison Governors 




and violent extremism inside prisons. 

This course prepares Prison Governors to work with the ‘Helicopter View’, an organisational risk 

assessment tool to reflect and assess situational dimensions in preventing radicalisation and identifying 

the strategies and action plans that need to be implemented. 

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This tool is targeted to be used in a facilitated session by prison system administrators and prison 

governors and their management teams aiming to assess radicalisation situational risk factors. 

Certified professionals will be able to work with the R2PRIS Radicalisation Prevention Toolset. 

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• Prison Governors 






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4h e-Learning 

2h self-study 







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• Pathways to radicalisation: 

- Predisposing factors 

- Precipitation factors 

- Perpetuating factors 

Levels and Mechanisms of Radicalisation 

• Description of the Radicalisation levels and mechanisms: 

“Two Pyramids” Framework 










• The possible repercussions of radicalisation: homegrown 

terrorists and foreign fighters 




recruitment 






• Loza’s approach to vulnerability to radicalisation

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• The R2PRIS Assessment tool: 

- HV Helicopter View: assessing situational risk factors 


• Information sources to be considered in the individual risk 

assessment 

• Risks and ethical questions involved in signalling and assessing 

risk situations 


strategies 











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Radicalisation prevention in prisons 

Radicalisation in prisons 

• Limitations of the use of the R2PRIS tool 

• Ethical questions involved in assessing the risk of radicalisation in 

prisons 

• The Helicopter view: what is it? What it is not! 

• Assessing the situation contextual factors in a prison/prison 

system: the risk dimensions 

• The importance of action-planning 

• Tafaqquh Fiddin programme (Malaysia); 

• Deradicalisation Blueprint (Indonesia); 

• Collective deradicalisation: Egypt and Libya (Egypt and Libya); 

• Dialogue programme (Yemen); 

• Rehabilitation programme (Iraq). 


• The Deradicalisation – Back on Track (BOT) training programme 

(Denmark); 

• Violence Prevention Network (Germany); 

• EXIT-Germany (Germany); 

• Saladino project (Spain); 

• Health Identity Intervention (HII) and Al Furqan programme 

(United Kingdom); 

• Mentoring Programme (Norway); 


• Disengagement and deradicalisation pilot programme (Turkey); 


• Counter-ideological programme (Singapore);

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Implementing the Helicopter View 

• Implementing the Helicopter View in a prison: the risk dimensions 

(simulation) 

• Animating an assessment session with prison governors 

• Developing and controlling an action plan 

• Follow-up sessions 

Discussion after the implementation 

One half-day session is foreseen after the first implementation. 

During the session the participants will discuss the implementation 

experience, the strategies that may have been adopted to overcome 

any barriers. 

This session is mandatory to obtain the Professional Certificate.

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BEST PRACTICE 

2020 



Certification programme for Frontline Staff 






Radicalisation




for Frontline Staff 





This course aims to qualify prison professionals and frontline staff (e.g. educators, teachers, social 

workers, psychologists) to work with the ‘Frontline Behavioural Observations Guidelines’. This 

instrument provides a framework for professionals in signalling behaviours or changes in actions that 

can represent the cognitive radicalisation of inmates. 

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• Frontline staff 

• Correctional officers 




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2h self-study 


• Educational staff 

• Psychologists 

• Social workers 




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recruitment 






• Loza’s approach to vulnerability to radicalisation 










terrorists and foreign fighters

Contents 

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- FBOG Frontline Behavioural Observations Guidelines 



assessment 

• Risks and ethical questions involved in signalling and assessing risk situations 


strategies 











Contents 

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Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons 

Frontline staff training/developing the FBOG 


• Analysing radicalisation risk in prisons 

• Steps in the analysis of radicalisation risk in prisons 

• Dynamic security and prison intelligence 

• Reporting procedures 

• The frontline behavioural observation guidelines - 

signalling behavioural change: 

- Inmate’s physical appearance 

- The decoration of the cell and objects in their 

possession 

- Daily routines 

- Way of relating to other inmates, prison staff, relatives 

and others 

- Speech 

• Risks and ethical questions involved in signalling 

risk situations 

• Developing the Frontline Behavioural Observation Guidelines 

• What to look for? (in an inmate’s physical appearance, decoration 

of the cell and objects in its possession, daily routines, speech and 

way of relating to other inmates, prison staff, relatives and others) 

• Common signs, signals, images, codes (right-wing, left-wing, 

religious extremists) 

• Reporting tools and procedures 

• Preparing a training session with frontline officers (simulation 

exercises) 



During the session the participants will discuss the implementation 

experience, the strategies that may have been adopted to overcome 

any barriers. 


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BEST PRACTICE 

2020 



Certification programme for Technical Staff 






Radicalisation




for Technical Staff 





This course prepares technical staff on how to assess and identify inmates’ level of vulnerability and 

the radicalisation stage using the Individual Radicalisation Screening (IRS) tool. The IRS Individual 

Radicalisation Screening follows a structured professional judgement approach based on putative risk 

dimensions and pathways to radicalisation and violent extremism identified in the scientific literature. 

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This assessment tool considers different behavioural, emotional and cognitive dimensions related to 

radicalisation to provide a detailed picture of the risks associated with the specificities of each inmate 

assessed. 


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Total: 24h 


2h self-study 


• Technical staff working in prisons 

• Prison staff holding an advanced 

degree in the social, medical, or 

behavioural sciences and experience 

with forensic populations. 







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recruitment 






• Loza’s approach to vulnerability to radicalisation 










terrorists and foreign fighters

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Radicalisation in prisons assessment: 

Tools and procedures 

Radicalisation risk assessment tools: The R2PRIS approach and 

toolset 

• The R2PRIS approach to radicalisation risk assessment (explain 

the different tools it’s objectives, target users, and how they relate 

to each other. develop a scheme that explains the method and the 

different tools) 








assessment 

• Risks and ethical questions involved in signalling and 

assessing risk situations 


strategies 

Radicalisation prevention in prisons 


• Analysing radicalisation risk in prisons 

• Steps in the analysis of radicalisation risk in prisons 

• Dynamic security and prison intelligence 

• Reporting procedures 

• The R2PRIS theoretical framework and approach to radicalisation 

risk assessment 




• The R2PRIS assessment tool: 




assessment 

• Risks and ethical questions involved in signalling and assessing risk 

situations 

• What comes after the assessment: intervention principles 

and strategies

Contents 

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Using the IRS Instrument 


• The IRS instrument 

Case study 

• Understanding the IRS dimensions (need to belong, activism, 

emotional uncertainty, self-esteem, the legitimisation of terrorism, 

radicalism, perceived ingroup superiority, identity fusion and 

identification, distance and societal disconnection). 

• Understanding what are protective factors 

• Understanding the IRS outputs 

• Reporting: what to inform/not inform 

• Intervention principles and strategies 


During the session the participants will discuss the 

implementation experience, the strategies that may have been 

adopted to overcome any barriers. 


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CIRA 

Critical Incidents Risk Assessment 

Evaluating risks and security emergencies in prisons with a risk assessment tool 


Radicalisation

CIRA - Critical Incidents 

Readiness Assessment 


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This course aims to provide essential knowledge about the usage of CIRA, “Critical Incidents Readiness 

Assessment”. CIRA is an organisational risk assessment tool to raise awareness about risks in a prison 

service. It helps prison governors and prison system administrators to reflect and assess the prison 

service readiness to contend with significant security emergencies. 



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• Prison governors 




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online sessions with 

a trainer 

• Heads of security 





Total: 15h 

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3h self-study 



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Certificate of Completion 



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Prison security threats and critical incidents 






• Security threats and critical incidents in prisons: what threats? 

• Assessing readiness to respond to critical incidents: how to use the 

CIRA Critical Incidents Readiness Assessment in the prison context 

• How to assess? 



Critical incidents readiness assessment 

Critical incidents in prisons 

• Security threats and critical incidents in prisons 

Operational readiness assessment 

• Assessing readiness to respond to critical incidents: how to 

use the CIRA Critical Incidents Readiness Assessment 

Running the CIRA 

Case study “My prison” 

• Assessing security threat strategies; emergency system; 

emergency policies (e.g. command, notifications, public information, 

training); emergency plans; risk mitigation plans; security threat 

groups; inmate’s contact with the exterior (e.g. visitors, telephone 

calls, mail); existing specialised equipment; institutional intelligence 

function; response to notification of security threats; response to 

cyber-attacks) 

• Animating an assessment and action planning workshop 

in a prison 

• Reporting tools and procedures 

Intervention strategies 

• Animating an assessment and action planning 

• Workshop

Contents 

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In this session, participants will discuss the implementation of 

the instrument and the strategies that may have been adopted 

to overcome any barriers and the lessons learned for the next 

implementations. 

This session is mandatory to obtain the Certificate.

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Radicalisation: Programmes 

and intervention strategies 

An overview of leading programmes and strategies for deradicalisation 

and disengagement 


Radicalisation

Radicalisation: Programmes 

and intervention strategies 


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specialised course module provides an overview of the approaches for deradicalisation and 

disengagement. Based on good practice principles, the leading programmes and strategies described in 

this course aim to tackle the problem of radicalisation. 

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• Probation staff 

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Total: 4h30 


1h self-study 

1h30 live online sessions 

• NGOs 


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This 

This course’s content has been developed and piloted, in one part, in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and The Netherlands, under 

the WayOut project, co-funded by the European Commission under the Internal Security Fund - Police programme. Another part has been developed 

and piloted in Belgium, Norway, Portugal, Romania, The Nederlands and Turkey, under the R2PRIS project, co-funded by the European Commission 

under the ERASMUS + programme - KA2 - Strategic partnerships for adult education. 

The course content is free to access (except any modules with restricted access due to certification requirements). The price associated with this 

course refers to expert tutoring and learning management system fees.

Contents 

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- Phase 2 - A new reality: Reception 

- Phase 3 - Putting time to use: Serving the sentence 

- Phase 4 - Tackling the inevitable: Preparation for release 

- Phase 5 – A new normal: The first months post-release 

- Phase 6 – Gaining traction: Reintegration 

- Phase 7 – On track: Stabilisation 

• Further recommendations 





• Introduction: What are exit programmes (de-radicalisation, 

disengagement and radicalisation prevention strategies) 

• Good practice principles (based on United Nations Office on Drugs 

and Crime, Council of Europe and RAN P&P documents 

• The rehabilitation process (incl. family and peers support, 

community engagement, religious and spiritual care, involvement of 

former extremists, specialist psychological interventions) 

- Phase 1 - Being judged: Pretrial detention and 

investigative custody 

• Concentration 



• Dispersal 



• Combination 


• Key RAN recommendations

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Exit programmes in prison 

• Back on Track (BOT), Denmark 

• EXIT-Germany – Germany 

• PräRaDEx – Prevention of radicalisation, distancing from 

extremism – Germany 

• Mentoring Programme – Norway 

• Framework Programme for Intervention in Violent 

Radicalisation with Islamist Inmates – Spain 

• From Personal Transformation to Positive Social Impact: 

IAHV Model – Switzerland 

• Terrorist Wing Vught – The Netherlands 

• Health Identity Intervention (HII) – United Kingdom 

• Al Furqan programme – United Kingdom 

• IBAANA – United Kingdom 

• Blueprint Deradikalisasi – Indonesia 

• Rehabilitation programme – Iraq 

• Tafaqquh Fiddin programme – Malaysia 

• Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programme – Nigeria 

• Deradicalisation program – Saudi Arabia 

• Counter-ideological programme – Singapore 

• Dialogue Programme – Yemen 

Exit programmes in probation 

• The disengagement/reengagement path – Belgium 

• Research and Intervention on Violent Extremism (RIVE) – France 

• Entré programme – Sweden 

• Inclusion – The Netherlands 

• Team TER (Terrorists, Extremists and Radicals) – The Netherlands 

Exit programmes in prison and probation 

• De-radicalisation in Prisons – Austria 

• Aggredi programme – Finland 

• Kick-Off – Prevention and deradicalisation in the prison and 

probation services – Germany 

• KuBiBe – Culture Education Mentoring – Germany 

• Just X Berlin – Prevention and deradicalisation in Berlin prisons 

– Germany 

• NeDiC – Network for Deradicalisation in Corrections – Germany 

• Radicalisation Prevention and Deradicalisation in Prison and Probation 

– Germany 

• EXIT Social Cooperative Society (EXIT SCS) ONLUS – Italy 

• Disengagement and Deradicalisation Pilot Programme – Turkey 

• The Unity Initiative (TUI) – United Kingdom

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Dynamic security 

and prison intelligence 

The benefits of effective prison intelligence and model procedures 

for prison staff on how to report and interpret data 


Radicalisation


and prison intelligence 


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This short course aims to clarify the dynamic security concepts and their bases and demonstrate the 

benefits of effective prison intelligence. It provides common and useful instruments to help prison staff 

report their observations to the appropriate intelligence staff. 

Moreover, it outlines model procedures for intelligence staff to vet the data they receive from prison 

staff and how to interpret it appropriately. 

Who should attend? Pre-requisites 

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Elements of dynamic security 








• Professional and constructive relationships with prisoners 

• Interpersonal skills 

• Staff selection and training 

• Embedding dynamic security in operational policy 

• Unit management and direct supervision 

• Gathering information 

• Prevention of staff corruption and manipulation 

• Constructive activities for prisoners 

Introduction 

Intelligence and dynamic security 

• The essentials of dynamic security 

• Intelligence and dynamic security as two complementary and 

intertwined concepts

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Integrated radicalisation prevention: 

Community, probation and prison services 

How to identify and prevent radicalisation in correctional settings 

and support offenders during post-release 


Radicalisation

Integrated radicalisation 

prevention: Community, 

probation and prison services 


this course 

This course proposes to improve the set of skills of prison and probation professionals on how 

to identify and prevent radicalisation in correctional settings, manage the risks related to violent 

extremism and ensure that offenders are supported and reintegrated post-release. 

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This course is composed of three main modules: 1) awareness, 2) assessment and 3) intervention. 

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• Prison staff 


• Community organisations staff 






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the INTEGRA project, co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + programme - KA2 - Strategic partnerships for adult 

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Radicalisation in prison and probation settings: 

Awareness 

What is radicalisation 



• Non-violent radicalisation vs violent radicalisation 


• Relation between conversion and radicalisation 

• Difference between radicalisation and other related concepts 

• Online radicalisation 


• Far-right extremism 

• Far-left extremism 

• Other types of extremism 



Fighters (HTFs) and Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) 

Pathways to radicalisation 


• Background risk factors for radicalisation 

• Predisposing risk factors for terrorism involvement 

• Pathways to radicalisation 

Levels and mechanisms of radicalisation 

• Description 

• Opinion pyramid 

• Action pyramid 

• Transition factors 

Radicalisation in prison 

• Definition and background 

• Breeding ground 

• Extremist views 

• Religious behaviour 

• Seven-phased model

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• Cases of terrorists who have been radicalised in prison 

• The role of prison staff on dealing with radicalisation 

Radicalisation in probation 





• Seven phased model 

• The role of probation settings on dealing with 


• Controlling radicalisation push & pull factors on 

probation services 

• Probation & community organisations staff competence 

requirements 

• Best probation practices on countering and preventing 

violent extremism and radicalisation 


Assessment 

- Step 2: Assessing the risk associated with factors present 

among inmates 



- Step 4: Analysing the coexistence of and interaction 

between factors from the three categories within a 

specific prison 

Analysing radicalisation risk in probation 

• Steps in the analysis of radicalisation risk in probation: 

- Step 1: Assessing the risk associated with factors related 

to the probation setting; 

- Step 2: Assessing the risk associated with factors present 

among probationers; 

- Step 3: Identifying vulnerable probationers at risk of 

becoming radicalised. 

Tools and procedures 

• Existing assessment instruments 

• Structured Professional Judgement-based tools 

• Non-Structured Professional Judgement-based tools 

Analysing radicalisation risk in prison 

• Steps in the analysis of radicalisation risk in prison 

- Step 1: Assessing the risk associated with factors related to 

prison service

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• Essentials of dynamic security 

• Elements of dynamic security 

• Professional and constructive relationships with inmates 







• Constructive activities for inmates 

• Intelligence and dynamic security 


Intervention 


• Introduction 

• Concentration/Containment 

• Dispersal 

• Combination 

• RAN key recommendation 


• Introduction – What are exit programmes? 

• What works? 

• Training for frontline staff 

• Family and peers support 

• Community engagement 

• Religious and spiritual care 

• Use of mentors 

• Involvement of former violent extremists 

• Involvement of victims 

• Specialist psychological interventions 


Exit programmes in prison 

• Back on Track (BOT), Denmark 

• EXIT-Germany – Germany 

• PräRaDEx – Prevention of radicalisation, distancing from 


• Mentoring Programme – Norway 

• Framework Programme for Intervention in Violent 

• Radicalisation with Islamist Inmates – Spain 

• From Personal Transformation to Positive Social Impact: IAHV Model 

– Switzerland 

• Terrorist Wing Vught – The Netherlands 

• Health Identity Intervention (HII) – United Kingdom 

• Al Furqan programme – United Kingdom 

• IBAANA – United Kingdom

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• Blueprint Deradikalisasi – Indonesia 

• Rehabilitation programme – Iraq 

• Tafaqquh Fiddin programme – Malaysia 

• Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programme 

– Nigeria 

• Deradicalisation program – Saudi Arabia 

• Counter-ideological programme – Singapore 

• Dialogue Programme – Yemen 

Exit programmes in probation 

• The disengagement/reengagement path – Belgium 

• Research and Intervention on Violent Extremism (RIVE) 

– France 

• Entré programme – Sweden 

• Inclusion – The Netherlands 

• Team TER (Terrorists, Extremists and Radicals) – The 

Netherlands 

• KuBiBe – Culture Education Mentoring – Germany 

• Just X Berlin – Prevention and deradicalisation in Berlin 

prisons – Germany 

• NeDiC – Network for Deradicalisation in Corrections 

– Germany 

• Radicalisation Prevention and Deradicalisation in 

Prison and Probation – Germany 

• EXIT Social Cooperative Society (EXIT SCS) ONLUS 

– Italy 

• Disengagement and Deradicalisation Pilot Programme 

– Turkey 

• The Unity Initiative (TUI) – United Kingdom 

Exit programmes in prison and probation 

• De-radicalisation in Prisons – Austria 

• Aggredi programme – Finland 

• Kick-Off – Prevention and deradicalisation in the prison 

and probation services – Germany 

• KuBiBe – Culture Education Mentoring – Germany

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Introduction to radicalisation 

prevention in prison 

Understanding the nature and background of radicalisation in prison 

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Radicalisation

Introduction to radicalisation 

prevention in prisons 

this course 

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Self-paced 

This specialised course module aims to guide prison professionals on understanding the nature and 

background of radicalisation in prisons, identify its risk factors, as well as the different stages related to 

the radicalisation process. 

Moreover, it outlines the usage of specific tools for an adequate assessment of radicalisation in prison 

contexts. 



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Introduction 




• Radicalisation, (Violent) Extremism and Terrorism: Terminology and 

other related concepts 


• Islam and radical Islamist extremist views 












• SMA/McCauley’s “Two Pyramids” framework 

- Description 

- Opinion pyramid 

- Action pyramid 

- Transition factors 

• Khalil, Horgan and Zeuthen’s Attitudes-Behaviour Corrective (ABC) 

Model 

- Description 

- Attitudinal axis 

- Behavioural axis 

- Structural motivators, individual incentives and enabling 

factors 

• “Two Pyramids” framework vs ABC Model: A confrontation 

(strengths, limitations, and theoretical advancements) 

Radicalisation in prison settings: Awareness 






• Seven-phased model 


• The role of prison staff on dealing with radicalisation

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Radicalisation prevention 

in the probation context 

Assessment methods and strategies for intervention in probation settings 

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Radicalisation

Radicalisation prevention 

in probation contexts 

this course 

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This specialised course module guides probation professionals to recognise the radicalisation risk 

factors among probationers. Additionally, it outlines the assessment methods and strategies for 

intervention in probation contexts. 

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Introduction 




















- Description 





Model 

- Description 




factors 


(strengths, limitations, and theoretical advancements) 

Radicalisation in prison settings: Awareness 






• Seven-phased model 


• The role of prison staff on dealing with radicalisation

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Integrated Exit Programme for 

Prisons and Probation 

The fundamentals of radicalisation, risk analysis, intervention principles 

and exit programmes 


Radicalisation

Integrated Exit Programme 

for Prisons and Probation 


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This training course responds to one of the global security concerns: the problem of radicalisation 

leading to violent extremism. It consists of a training course on exit strategies. 

The structure of this course is very much based on the understanding of the background and 

the fundamentals of radicalisation, on risk analysis and assessment as well as on the topic of 

deradicalisation and disengagement, focusing on intervention principles and approaches and on exit 

programmes and strategies. 

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Understanding the background of radicalisation 





















- Description 





Model 

- Description 




factors 


(strengths, limitations, and theoretical advancements)

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Radicalisation in prison and probation 





• Radicalisation and religious behaviour 

• Seven-phased model for inmate radicalisation 

• The role of prison staff on dealing with radicalisation 

• The role of probation staff on dealing with radicalisation 

• Controlling radicalisation push & pull factors 

Radicalisation risk analysis and assessment 

Radicalisation risk analysis in prison and probation 

• Assessing the risk associated with factors related to prison service 

• Assessing the risk associated with factors present among inmates 

• Identifying vulnerable inmates at risk of becoming radicalised 

• Analysing the coexistence of and interaction between factors from 

the three categories within a specific prison 

• Assessing the risk associated with factors related to the probation 

setting 

• Assessing the risk associated with factors present among 

probationers 

• Identifying vulnerable probationers at risk of becoming radicalised 

Procedures for radicalisation risk assessment 

• Existing assessment tools 

• Structured Professional Judgement-based tools 

- Community-based Structured Professional Judgment 

(SPJ)tools 

• Non-Structured Professional Judgement-based tools 

The concept of dynamic security 

• Essentials of dynamic security 

• Elements of dynamic security 

- Professional and constructive relationships with inmates 







- Constructive activities for inmates 

• Intelligence and Dynamic Security

Contents 

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Deradicalisation and disengagement 

Intervention principles and approaches 

• Introduction: What are exit programmes (deradicalisation 

disengagement and radicalisation prevention strategis) 


and Crime, Council of Europe and RAN P&P documents) 

• The rehabilitation process (incl. family and peers support, community 

engagement, religious and spiritual care, involvement of former 

extremists, specialist psychological interventions) 










Exit programmes and strategies 


• Exit programmes in prison 

- Back on Track (BOT), Denmark 

- EXIT-Germany – Germany 

- PräRaDEx – Prevention of radicalisation, distancing from 


- Mentoring Programme – Norway 

- Framework Programme for Intervention in Violent 


- From Personal Transformation to Positive Social Impact: 


- Terrorist Wing Vught – The Netherlands 

- Health Identity Intervention (HII) – United Kingdom 

- Al Furqan programme – United Kingdom 

- IBAANA – United Kingdom 

- Blueprint Deradikalisasi – Indonesia 

- Rehabilitation programme – Iraq 

- Tafaqquh Fiddin programme – Malaysia 

- Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programme – Nigeria 

- Deradicalisation program – Saudi Arabia 

- Counter-ideological programme – Singapore 

- Dialogue Programme – Yemen 

• Exit programmes in probation 

- The disengagement/re-engagement path – Belgium 

- Research and Intervention on Violent Extremism (RIVE) – 

France 

- Entré programme – Sweden 

- Inclusion – The Netherlands 

- Team TER (Terrorists, Extremists and Radicals) – The 

Netherlands

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Deradicalisation and disengagement 

• Exit programmes in prison and probation 

- De-radicalisation in Prisons – Austria 

- Aggredi programme – Finland 

- Kick-Off – Prevention and deradicalisation in the prison 


- KuBiBe – Culture Education Mentoring – Germany 

- Just X Berlin – Prevention and deradicalisation in Berlin 


- NeDiC – Network for Deradicalisation in Corrections – 

Germany 

- Radicalisation Prevention and Deradicalisation in Prison 

and Probation – Germany 

- EXIT Social Cooperative Society (EXIT SCS) ONLUS – Italy 

- Disengagement and Deradicalisation Pilot Programme – 

Turkey 

- The Unity Initiative (TUI) – United Kingdom 

Evaluation methods for exit programmes and strategies 

• Evaluation methods for exit programmes 

- Multi-attribute evaluation 

- Theory-based evaluation 

- Contribution analysis 

- Realist evaluation 

- Structural Integrity Assessment 

• Evaluation design, focus and instruments 

Evaluation framework 


- Framework development 

- Evaluation attributes 

- Online questionnaire 

- Interview Questions 

- Implementation of the evaluation framework 

• Evaluation framework user manual 

- Evaluation techniques: online questionnaire & semistructured 

interview 

- Analysis of online questionnaires 

- Thematic analysis of the interviews 

Methodological framework 


• Objectives and organisation 

• Risk analysis and classification of violent extremist 

offenders 

• Engaging with violent extremist offenders andencouraging their 

participation 

• Interventions 

• Good practices for aftercare 

• Monitoring and evaluating 

• Conclusions

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Disengagement and deradicalisation 

Exit programmes, intervention principles and leading strategies for disengagement 

and deradicalisation in prison and probation settings 


Radicalisation

Disengagement 

and deradicalisation 


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This specialised course module focuses on the process of disengagement and deradicalisation in prison 

and probation settings. Also, it gives essential insights on how to deal with this global problem by 

providing an overview of the existing exit programmes, intervention principles and leading strategies. 



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Intervention principles and approaches 

• Introduction: What are exit programmes (deradicalisation 

disengagement and radicalisation prevention strategis) 


and Crime, Council of Europe and RAN P&P documents) 

• The rehabilitation process (incl. family and peers support, 

community engagement, religious and spiritual care, involvement of 

former extremists, specialist psychological interventions) 





• Exit programmes in prison 

- Back on Track (BOT), Denmark 

- EXIT-Germany – Germany 

- PräRaDEx – Prevention of radicalisation, distancing from 


- Mentoring Programme – Norway 

- Framework Programme for Intervention in Violent 


- From Personal Transformation to Positive Social Impact: 


- Terrorist Wing Vught – The Netherlands 

- Health Identity Intervention (HII) – United Kingdom 

- Al Furqan programme – United Kingdom 

- IBAANA – United Kingdom 

- Blueprint Deradikalisasi – Indonesia

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- Rehabilitation programme – Iraq 

- Tafaqquh Fiddin programme – Malaysia 

- Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programme – Nigeria 

- Deradicalisation program – Saudi Arabia 

- Counter-ideological programme – Singapore 

- Dialogue Programme – Yemen 

• Exit programmes in probation 

- The disengagement/re-engagement path – Belgium 

- Research and Intervention on Violent Extremism (RIVE) – 

France 

- Entré programme – Sweden 

- Inclusion – The Netherlands 

- Team TER (Terrorists, Extremists and Radicals) – 

The Netherlands 

• Exit programmes in prison and probation 

- De-radicalisation in Prisons – Austria 

- Aggredi programme – Finland 

- Kick-Off – Prevention and deradicalisation in the prison 


- KuBiBe – Culture Education Mentoring – Germany 

- Just X Berlin – Prevention and deradicalisation in Berlin 


- NeDiC – Network for Deradicalisation in Corrections – 

Germany 

- Radicalisation Prevention and Deradicalisation in Prison 

and Probation – Germany 

- EXIT Social Cooperative Society (EXIT SCS) ONLUS – Italy 

- Disengagement and Deradicalisation Pilot Programme – 

Turkey 

- The Unity Initiative (TUI) – United Kingdom 

Evaluation methods for exit programmes 

and strategies 

• Evaluation methods for exit programmes 

Multi-attribute evaluation 

Theory-based evaluation 

Contribution analysis 

Realist evaluation 

Structural Integrity Assessment 

• Evaluation design, focus and instruments 

• Conclusions

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Ângela Fernandes is a psychotherapist and a forensic expert. She holds a 

master’s degree in Psychology and a PhD in Applied Psychology from the 

University of Minho, Portugal. Ângela is a Consultant and Senior Researcher 

at IPS Innovative Prison Systems and collaborates in Rehabilitation and 

Reintegration projects. 

Ângela Fernandes 

Consultant @IPS 

Vítor Costa holds a PhD in Psychology and is a professor at the University 

of Beira Interior and researcher at the BSAFE Law Enforcement, Justice and 

Public Safety Lab. Vítor is one of the authors of the RRAP Radicalisation 

Risk Assessment in Prisons toolset. 

Vítor Costa 

Researcher @UBI

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Mental health, ageing 

and palliative care in prison 

Mental healthcare, suicide prevention, geriatrics, wellbeing, 



Prison Health

Mental health, ageing and 

palliative care in prisons 


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This is a comprehensive training course and programme that is divided into three key areas of learning: 

mental healthcare and suicide prevention, geriatrics, and palliative care in prison. 

This course meets the current and future needs of prison staff in the area of mental health, ageing and 

palliative care for prisoners. 

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• Professionals from entities linked with/or 

collaborating in initiatives that promote the 

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with a trainer (2 hours, 

after each module) 


The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Belgium, Portugal, Norway, Romania and The Netherlands, under the MenACE project, 

co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + programme - KA2 - Strategic partnerships for adult education. 

The course content is free to access (except any modules with access restricted due to certification requirements). The price associated with this 


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The Essentials of Prison Health 

• Introduction: “Prison health is public health” 

Principles and standards in prison health 

• Key principles 

• Inmates’ rights to health care practices 

• The prisoner as a patient 

• The organisation of prison health care 

• Standardised prison health care duties 

Communicable diseases 

• The burden of disease and transmission factors in prison 

• Bloodborne diseases (e.g., HIV; HpB, HPC) 

• Tuberculosis 

• Sexually transmitted infections 

• Skin conditions 

• Infectious diseases of the digestive tract 

Non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, 

respiratory diseases, mental disorders, neurological disorders, 

endocrinological disorders) 

• The burden of disease and risk factors for NCDs in inmates 

• Challenges in providing appropriate prevention 

• Implementing appropriate care and treatment standards 

Mental health 

• Concepts and terminology / what is mental illness? 

• Prevalence of poor mental health and illness in prisons 

• The impact of imprisonment on mental health 

Oral health 

• The general impact of general health on oral health 

• Oral health promotion

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Drug use and drug services in prison 

• Prevalence of drug use, and related risks 

• Prevention, treatment, harm reduction and aftercare 

Prisoners with special needs 

• Prisoners with physical disabilities 

• Ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples 

• Foreign prisoners 

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender prisoners 

• Older prisoners 

Women’s health in prison 

• Facts and figures 

• Gender-specific health care 

• Pregnancy 

• Children 

The older prisoner 

• Accelerated ageing 

• Geriatric medicine 

• Ageing and re-entry into the community 

• Palliative care 

Mental health in prisons 

Introduction 

• Concepts and terminology / what is mental illness? The three groups 

of mental disorders (neuroses, psychoses, and personality disorders) 



Special needs and challenges 

• Access to justice 

• Prison environment 

• Health care 

• Discrimination and stigmatisation 

• Safety and security risks 

• Suicide and self-harm 

• Preparation for release and post-release support 

Supporting mental health and wellbeing in prisons 

• Levels of care 

• Clinical healthcare services 

• Transfer to specialised units 

• Non-clinical mental health services 

• Mental health promotion checklist

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Suicide and self-harm prevention 


• Suicide profiles 

• Suicide risk factors 

• Key components of a suicide prevention programme 

• Responding to suicide (attempts) 

Mental health needs of young offenders 


• Specific mental health needs 

• Increasing young offenders’ mental wellbeing (treatment models) 

• Liaison and diversion 

Mental health needs of women in prison 



• Responses & interventions 

Identifying mental health problems in prisons: signs and 

procedures 

• ‘What to look for?’: Symptoms/signs to identify mental health 

problems among prisoners 

• Common mental health problems in prison and its main symptoms 

• Risk factors/red flags 

• Actions and procedures: initial screening and assessment, mental 

health referral procedures, multidisciplinary teamwork and positive 

communication 

Ensuring continuity of care 


• Continuity between prison and the community 

• Continuity between prisons 

Geriatrics in prison 

Holistic care for the older prisoner 

• Concepts and terminology 

• A rapidly greying prison population: facts and figures 

• Recurrent health issues among elderly inmates 

• The high costs of incarcerating the elderly 

• Human rights considerations 



• Assessment 

• Accommodation 


• Family links

Contents 

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Inmate programmes 


• Early conditional release, compassionate release and amnesties 

Identifying age-related issues in prison: signs and procedures 

• Physical difficulties (such as impaired hearing and vision and 

decreased mobility) 

• Geriatric syndromes 

• Long-term abuse of substances 

• Needs and obstacles 

• Palliative and hospice care services and care models in prison 

Communication and teamwork 

• Basic communication concepts 

• Interdisciplinary team in palliative care and their roles 

• Communication with patients/ families and between care team 

members 

• Conflict management 

Working with older prisoners: good practice 

• Age-friendly reception and induction 

• Older prisoner forums 

• Day centre and day services provision 

• Older prisoner policy 




Palliative Care in Prison 

Palliative care: Introduction 

• Concepts and terminology: What is palliative care and hospice care? 

Understanding the concept of “total pain” 


Patients’ needs 

• Pain, screening tools and palliative care needs 

• Patients’ quality of life and monitoring 

First aid in palliative care 

• Emergencies, care and reporting interventions 

Terminal stage 

• Signs of terminal stage 

• Needs identification and interventions 


• Continuity of care within palliative care 

• Continuity of care between prisons

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Staff health and wellbeing in prisons 


Introduction 

• Staff and the prison environment 

• Prison staff challenges 

The stressful workplace 

• Work stress & burnout 

• Job stress among prison staff 

Health promotion and awareness 

• The whole-prison approach 

• Health promotion programmes for staff 

• Health awareness and staff training 

Introduction 











Staff support 


• Peer support programmes 

• Physical health & staff training 

• Family support & therapeutic interventions 

• Recommended practices for staff support 



intertwined concepts 

Applying dynamic security concepts to healthcare in prisons 

• Dynamic security and health promotion

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Mental health, ageing 


Mental healthcare, suicide prevention, geriatrics, wellbeing, 


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Prison Health

Mental health, ageing and 

palliative care in prisons 


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Self-paced 

This is a comprehensive training course and programme that is divided into three key areas of learning: 

mental healthcare and suicide prevention, geriatrics, and palliative care in prison. 

This course meets the current and future needs of prison staff in the area of mental health, ageing and 

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The essentials of prison health 















Non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, 

respiratory diseases, mental disorders, neurological disorders, 

endocrinological disorders) 




Mental health 




Oral health 


• Oral health promotion 













• Pregnancy 

• Children

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• Palliative care 

Mental health in prison 

Introduction 













Supporting mental health and wellbeing in prisons 





• Mental health promotion checklist 















• Responses & interventions

Contents 

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procedures 



• Common mental health problems in prison and its main symptoms 


• Actions and procedures: initial screening and assessment, mental 

health referral procedures, multidisciplinary teamwork and positive 

communication 

















• Family links 








• Long-term abuse of substances 








• Continuity between prison and the community

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Palliative care in prison 


• Concepts and terminology: What is palliative care and hospice care? 

Understanding the concept of “total pain” 







• Communication with patients/ families and between care team • 

members 






• Emergencies, care and reporting interventions 






• Continuity of care between prisons 

Staff health and wellbeing in prisons 

Introduction 










Staff support 





• Recommended practices for staff support

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Introduction 













intertwined concepts 

Applying dynamic security concepts to healthcare in prisons 

• Dynamic security and health promotion

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Mental healthcare, suicide prevention, geriatrics, and palliative care 

in prisons 

Self-paced 

Prison Health

The essentials 

of prison health 


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Self-paced 

“The essentials of prison health” is a training course starting at the premise that health within prison 

services is public health. In this training course, a special focus is given to the topics of mental health, 

elderly prisoners, the health of incarcerated women and also the communicable diseases. 



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Non-communicable diseases (NCD) 




Mental health 




Oral health 


• Oral health promotion 













• Pregnancy 

• Children 





• Palliative care

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Identifying and dealing with mental healthcare challenges 

among the prison population 

Self-paced 

Prison Health


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The course “Mental health in prison” prepares trainees to better identify and deal with mental health 

challenges among the prison population. 

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In particular, this training course addresses the signs and procedures of mental health issues among the 

inmates, suicide prevention and self-harm within the incarcerated population, special needs, including 

gender (the mental health of women prisoners) and age (the mental health of young offenders), among 

other pressing issues. 

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Mental health in prisons 

Introduction 



























• Responses & interventions 

Supporting mental health and well-being in prisons 





• Mental health promotion checklist

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procedures 



• Common mental health problems in prison and its main 

symptoms 


• Actions and procedures: initial screening and assessment, 

mental health referral procedures, multidisciplinary teamwork 

and positive communication 




• Continuity between prisons

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Holistic care and good practices when working with elderly prisoners 

Self-paced 

Prison Health


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Although they may still represent a small percentage of the prison population, older inmates are the 

fastest-growing group in prisons. Thus, this course favours the development of knowledge about 

special needs and challenges, of holistic care for elderly prisoners, and also introduces good practices in 

working with older prisoners. 

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• Family links 








• Long-term abuse of substances

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Promoting dignity, quality of life and adjustment to prisoners’ illness and suffering 

Self-paced 

Prison Health


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Palliative care (the prevention and relief of suffering of any kind experienced by people living with lifelimiting 

health problems) can be applied in prisons. In this short course, you will learn about palliative 

care, first aid in the scope of palliative care, among other topics within this theme, with the aim of 

raising awareness and providing skills to professionals in the prison sector towards promoting dignity, 

quality of life and adjustment to illness, using best available evidence. 

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Palliative Care in Prison 


• Concepts and terminology: What is palliative care and hospice 

care? Understanding the concept of “total pain” 









• Continuity of care between prisons 




• Communication with patients/ families and between care team 

• members 






• Emergencies, care and reporting interventions

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Staff health and wellbeing in prison 

Health programmes for prison staff to deal with job challenges, stress and burnout 

in the workplace 

Self-paced 

Prison Health

Staff health and wellbeing 

in prison 


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Self-paced 

This training course addresses the issues of awareness and promotion of health and well-being of 

prison staff. It tackles the topics of job challenges, the problem of stress and burnout in the workplace, 

and health promotion programs for prison staff. 



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Staff health and wellbeing in prison 

Introduction 










Staff support 





• Recommended practices for staff support

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BEST PRACTICE 

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NABIBB GERMANY 

Mental Health Awareness in prison 

Raising awareness on the inmates’ mental health in correctional facilities 

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Prison Health

Mental health awareness 

in prison 

this course 

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Self-paced 

This course aims to raise awareness on the inmates’ mental health in correctional facilities, offering 

participants the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills in the area of mental health, specifically: 

defining health/mental illness and concepts of mental health, understanding the factors that influence 

mental health, and being aware of the difficulties associated with mental disease labels. 

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By acquiring and developing these skills, prison professionals will be better equipped to detect and 

offer practical support for inmates that suffer from mental health disorders during their imprisonment 

and after release, so better outcomes are verified for those within the Criminal Justice system, including 

reducing reoffending. 

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The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Romania, under the AWARE - Cross-sectoral 

Awareness Building on Mental Health Needs in the Criminal Justice System project, co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + 

programme. 



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Mental health awareness in prison 

Definition of mentalll health/illness 

• Are you AWARE? 

• Common mental health problems in prison 

Understanding the factors that influence mental health 


• Risk of suicide and self-harm 

• Focus group study 

Awareness of the difficulties associated with mental 

health illness labelling 

• The problem of labelling 

• The importance of education

Social Dialogue 

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Tiago Leitão 

Senior Manager & Board Member @IPS 

Tiago Leitão is a Senior Manager and Board Member at IPS Innovative 

Prison Systems, CEO at Aproximar and EaSI – European Association for 

Social Innovation. Holding a Social Work degree and a Master of Business 

Administration, Tiago has more than 15 years of professional experience as 

a social worker, consultant, project developer, entrepreneur and manager 

within the fields/sectors of social innovation, management consultancy, 

management, social reintegration and knowledge transference. 

Adrian Neagoe 

President @Prison Police in Romania 

Adrian Neagoe is the Vice President of SNPP, the largest prison policemen 

trade union in Romania, and President of the prison policemen working in 

the Romanian prison police. He manages the international relations and 

projects implemented by the trade union organization. Adrian is a project 

manager with demonstrated professional experience working in the prison 

service for more than 20 years. He holds a University degree in Sociology 

and a Master’s in Management.

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Social dialogue to advance 

the Correctional system 

Strategic and integrated perspective about how to prepare and how to deal with social 

dialogue and collective bargaining within the correctional sector 


Social Dialogue

Social dialogue to advance 

the Correctional system 


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This course focuses on social dialogue and developing an assertive work agenda among stakeholders 

of correctional systems. 

Moreover, this programme tackles topics under the umbrella of leadership and negotiation, including 

conflict management, communication and the implementation of agreements, focusing on effective 

negotiation processes within the correctional sector, and tripartite collaboration. 

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• Government representatives 

• Prison management staff 

• Representatives of prison officers’ 

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30h self-study 

• Employers 

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The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Belgium, Norway, Portugal and Romania, under the Itinerariul Dialog — “Social dialogue 

for better prisons” project, co-funded by the Norway Grants. 



Contents 

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Introducing social dialogue 

• Reading case and instructions on the national context 

• Definitions 

• Legal frameworks 

• Trends and challenges 

• Exercise about the national context 

economic and political) 

• Decent work progress trends 

• Challenges and agenda 

• Exercise on decent work patterns 

Collaboration vs conflict management 

• Collaboration versus conflict: advantages and disadvantages, results 

and impacts over time 

• Conflicts profile 

• Conflict management strategies: competing, joint solution, 

committing, avoiding and accommodating, signalling 

• Inducing cooperation 

• Conflict of interests 

• Resilience and emotional management 

• Exercise: the prisoner’s dilemma 

• Exercise: identifying win-win negotiating criteria 

• Exercise: conflict of interests 

• Working group negotiation assignments (cases) 

- Collaboration vs conflict 

• The cold war (master suppression techniques) 

Introducing decent work 

• Reading case and instructions on decent work patterns 

• Decent work conditions comparison framework (cultural,

Contents 

104 

Communication (bi- and multilateral) 

and work meetings management 

• Concept and elements of communication 

• Communication sources: verbal, non-verbal, explicit and implicit 

• Filters in reality perception: behaviour, attitudes, beliefs and values 

• Barriers and constraints 

• Techniques for effective communication: active listening, 

assertiveness, questioning, comprehension and empathy 

• Tools, tricks and tips for preparing and conducting work meetings, 

• Exercises 

- Communication problems identification 

- Memo and notes registration techniques 

- Solving and work meeting control 


- Reaching commitment 

- Design action plan and monitor implementation 

Decision making and negotiation 

• Structure and elements 

• Definitions 

• Negotiation and decision making 

• Decision techniques (decision tree and other techniques) 

• Data analysis and biased interpretation phenomena 

• Exercises on decision techniques 


- Distributive bargaining 

- Bargaining under uncertainty 

Integrative negotiation 

• Foundations 

• IN vs traditional 

• Labour negotiation 

• Negotiation criteria, styles and techniques 

• Exercise on integrative negotiation 

• Working group negotiation assignment (cases) 

- Setting an agenda for an integrative bargaining case study 

and role play with adversaries

Contents 

105 

Tripartite negotiation & asymmetric information 

• Sources of information (formal and networking) 

• Coalition analysis 

• Insecure contracts/commitments 

• Uncertainty (2) 

• Master suppression techniques 

• Discussion about setting an agenda for an integrative 

bargaining case study and role play with adversaries 

• Exercise on bargaining under asymmetric information 

• Case study 

- Collective bargaining 

• Working group negotiation assignment (cases) 

• Coalitions and information asymmetry 

Agreements implementation 

• The POIA cycle: planning, organization, implementation and 

assessment 

• Setting monitoring plans, tools and criteria 

• Setting contingency plans and actions 

• Ongoing monitoring actions: teams, moments and efficacy 

• Exercises on the progress report and contingency actions 

implementation 

• Closing session

Innovation 

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107 

Tiago Leitão 









A guest lecturer may be present during the programme. 

We are committed to supporting and inspiring our trainees by frequently 

inviting experts from a variety of backgrounds and career paths in the 

field of Corrections to provide their expertise throughout the course or at a 

special lesson. 

Guest Lecturer 

Expert @Corrections

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Developing the creativity of prison 

staff and innovation in prisons 

Empowering prison workers to mobilize and manage an efficient educational environment in 

prisons: from idea generation to creating initiatives and implementing pilot actions 


Innovation

Developing the creativity of 

prison staff and innovation 

in prisons 



This course aims to increase the prison staff’s readiness to understand, mobilize and manage a more 

efficient educational environment in prisons. In this training, the participant acquires knowledge about 

innovation. Moreover, participants will identify the suitable tools to generate new ideas and turn them 

into pilot actions. 

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We will challenge trainees to apply knowledge, skills and tools throughout a complete process, 

including identifying opportunities for innovation, generating an idea, turning that idea into an initiative, 

creating the pilot plan and measuring the degree of innovation added. 

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• Prison staff (top and middle 

management) 

• Reintegration and education staff 

• Teachers and trainers 

• Prison officers 

• Administrative or assistant staf 






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The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Belgium, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, The Netherlands and Turkey, under the IDECOM 

project, co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + programme - KA2 – Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and 

Training. 



Contents 

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Innovation cycle management and 

key primary competencies 

• Theory about innovation cycle: key phases and primary 

competencies associated 

• Exercises to clarify phases, identify competencies within team 

and setup strategic option to deal with innovation cycle 

• Consolidation of knowledge with “simulation” on presenting 

innovative ideas to “board” 

Innovation needs analysis: tools, 

schemes and options 

Innovation basics and prison context: 

concepts, drivers, types and cycle 

• Theory about innovation essentials, key concepts and small 

individual exercises 

• Exercises about innovation essentials and prison context approach 

• Generated ideas and assessing the innovation 

• Theory about innovation needs and opportunities analysis 

• Feedback using needs and opportunities analysis tools 

• Consolidate and integrate knowledge 

• Exercises to clarify colleagues’ groups work, provide feedback 

and apply in real situation tools

Contents 

111 

Innovative ideas generation methodologies 

and innovation opportunity evaluation 

Education process innovation: applied 

project and actions 

• Theoretic introduction to innovative ideas generation 

methodologies, techniques and processes 

• Exercising ideas generation methods, techniques and processes 

• Opportunity evaluation techniques, tools and problem-solving 

approaches 

• Evaluating generated ideas and applying creative problem-solving 

approaches, methods and techniques 

• Perform a complete cycle of innovation 

• Pilot Innovative educational actions with inmates 

• Coaching sessions 

Introduction and dissemination of new ideas: 

planning, implementing and evaluating 

• Planning and evaluation of the introduction of new ideas 

• Exercise the introduction of new ideas in your prison planning 

• Evaluation and dissemination planning and control 

• Exercise the introduction of new ideas in your prison evaluation and 

dissemination planning

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Prison education enhancement skills: 

Proactiveness and sense of initiative 

Sharpening professionals’ skills, particularly proactiveness and a sense of initiative, 

to create solutions related to education needs in the prison context 


Innovation

Prison education 

enhancement skills: 

Proactiveness and sense 

of initiative 



This course focuses on developing professionals’ proactiveness and sense of initiative skills applied 

to the prison context. Participants will acquire knowledge on following the innovation cycle - from 

identifying a need to creating a solution for it, mobilizing resources, implementing and evaluating the 

generated socio-educational value. 

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Moreover, trainees will be taught to pinpoint suitable tools to develop initiatives to fulfil prison 

education needs. 

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Contents 

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Planning initiatives and tasks & 

defining roles and responsibilities 

• Planning initiatives 

• Human resources management 

• Planning activities in the prison context 

• Defining roles and responsibilities and sharing tasks 

Time & stress management techniques 

Entrepreneurship basics and prison context 

• Introduction: definition of concepts entrepreneurship basics 

• Entrepreneurship basics and prison context 

• Time and stress management 

• Techniques for time management 

• Techniques for reducing stress 

Cooperation in the management process, 

techniques and tools 

Idea generation: From needs to solutions 

• Identifying needs and analysis of opportunities 

• From needs and opportunities to solutions 

• Identifying needs in the prison system 

• Identifying and analysing opportunities - exercises 

• Identifying solutions in the prison context 

• Cooperation in the management process, techniques and tools: 

mobilizing internal and external resources 

• Negotiation 

• Cooperation in the prison context 

• Negotiation in the prison context

Contents 

115 

Risk & decision management: identification, 

evaluation and contingency planning 

Education process improvement: Applied 

project and actions 

• Identifying and evaluation of risks 

• Contingency plan 

• Identification and evaluation of risks - exercises 

• Made a contingency plan regarding risks 

• Perform a complete cycle 

• Pilot educational actions with inmates 

• Coaching sessions 

Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial 

abilities 

• Entrepreneurial skills 

• Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial abilities 

• Exercises to developing entrepreneurial skills 

• Increase emotional intelligence 

Evaluation process design, monitoring and 

decision making 

• Evaluation process design 

• Monitoring - definition, steps, tools 

• Decision making - definition, steps, tools 

• Exercises for the process monitoring, decision making, evaluation

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From proactiveness and sense 

of initiative to solutions design 

Strategies and solutions to meet identified needs related to prison education: 

successful cases and real case approaches 


Innovation

From proactiveness and 

sense of initiative to 

solutions design 



In this course, participants will be engaged in discovering key concepts, identifying needs, and 

presenting prison education solutions. The participants will learn about successful cases and solutions 

and design strategies to meet identified needs. 

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Contents 

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Proactiveness and sense of initiative basics 

and prison context 

• Introduction: definition of concepts 

• Proactiveness and sense of initiative basics and prison context 

Idea generation: From needs to solutions 

• Identifying needs and analysis of opportunities 

• From needs and opportunities to solutions 

• Identifying needs in the prison system 

• Identifying and analysing opportunities - exercises 

• Identifying solutions in the prison context

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Solution design in prison education: 

From the plan to impact measurement 

Discussion of real case scenarios to approach the implementation, monitoring 

and evaluation plans for prison education initiatives 


Innovation

Solution design in prison 

education: From the plan to 

impact measurement 



In this course, participants will be engaged in discovering key concepts, identifying needs, and 

presenting prison education solutions. The participants will learn about successful cases and solutions 

and design strategies to meet identified needs. 

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6h self-study 


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Training. 



Contents 

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Evaluation process design, monitoring 

and decision making 

• Evaluation process design 

• Monitoring - definition, steps, tools 

• Decision making - definition, steps, tools 

• Exercises for the process monitoring, decision making, evaluation 



Planning initiatives and tasks & 

defining roles and responsibilities 

• Case studies analysis 

• Planning initiatives 

• Human resources management 

• Planning activities in the prison context 

• Defining roles and responsibilities and sharing tasks

Prison Work 

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Pedro das Neves is CEO of IPS Innovative 

Prison Systems and ICJS Innovative Criminal 

Justice Systems Inc., Board Director of ICPA 

and the BSAFE Law Enforcement - Justice 

and Public Safety Lab, founder and editor of 

JUSTICE TRENDS magazine. Pedro holds a 

Sociology degree and an M.A. and is one of 

the authors of the RRAP Radicalization Risk 

Assessment in Prisons toolset. 

Guest Lecturer 

Expert @Corrections 

A guest lecturer may be present during the 

programme. We are committed to supporting 

and inspiring our trainees by frequently 

inviting experts from a variety of backgrounds 

and career paths in the field of Corrections to 

provide their expertise throughout the course 

or at a special lesson.

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Marketing applied to prison work 

The marketing fundamentals of prison work: the essential guide on how to plan 

and market products or services developed in prison settings 


Prison Work

Marketing applied 

to prison work 


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This course includes all the concepts and stages related to the marketing of prison work, from 

marketing fundamentals to the market phase, through the marketing plan applied to products or 

services developed in prison. 



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2h self-study 

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Contents 

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Marketing applied to prison work 

• Marketing essentials: from plan to sales 

• Marketing needs analysis and plan development applied to 

prison work 

• Liaising with entrepreneurs, employers and investors: building 

bridges with society 

• Marketing in between promotion and sales force process

127 



Introduction to prison work 

and industries management 

The fundamentals of prison work: key concepts, case studies, legal 

frameworks, national models and public prison work policies 


Prison Work

Introduction to prison work 

and industries management 


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This course includes a review of the fundamentals of prison work, key concepts and case studies, the 

analysis of some legal frameworks of prison work and national models, and public prison work policies. 



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prison work 








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The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Belgium, Portugal, Romania, The Netherlands and Turkey, under the ECOPRIS project, 

co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + programme - KA2 – Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training. 



Contents 

129 









Introduction to prison work and 

industries management 

• Introduction to prison work: concept legal frameworks, scope 

and modalities 

• Public and Private cooperation models: legal framework, 

accountancy and case studies 

• Prison work plan development: from risks to sustainability 

• Measuring prison work impact and evaluation schemes

130 



Prison work and industries 

management 

Increasing the Prison Services capacity to identify and evaluate good business 

opportunities to develop prison work initiatives 


Prison Work


management 


131 


This course aims to deliver an entrepreneurial learning path that is flexible enough to adapt to all prison 

workers. It uses the general pedagogy of business education to prepare the prison teams to understand, 

develop and adapt business opportunities to a feasible and sustainable prison work/industry plan. 



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Contents 

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Management essentials and ICT 

• Management essentials and basic tools: planning, 

organisation, financing, information, decision making, 

negotiation and contingency 

• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for 

businesses: Excel Word, and PowerPoint most significant tips 



Introduction to prison work and 

industries management 

• Introduction to prison work: concept legal frameworks, scope 

and modalities 

• Public and Private cooperation models: legal framework, 

accountancy and case studies 

• Prison work plan development: from risks to sustainability 

• Measuring prison work impact and evaluation schemes 

Marketing and Communication 

• Marketing essentials: from plan to sales 

• Marketing needs analysis and plan development applied to 

prison works 

• Liaising with entrepreneurs, employers and investors: building 

bridges with society 

• Marketing in between promotion and sales force process 

• Business communication and web marketing 

Ecology 

• Opportunity identification, evaluation and analysis: 

entrepreneur and marketer 

• Simple and effective sustainable environmental management 

solutions 

• Ecology model and disadvantaged groups reintegration

133 



Management essentials 

applied to prison work 

Empowering prison staff with the business manager’s mindset 


Prison Work

Management essentials 

applied to prison work 


134 


This course introduces essential management related topics related to prison work, from the 

fundamentals of planning, organising, financing, information technology, decision making, negotiation 

and contingency. The goal is to present prison staff to the business manager’s mindset and relate it to 

prisons’ work through partnerships with organisations or in-house activities. 



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4h self-study 

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Contents 

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Management essentials applied to prison work 

• Exploring management essentials 

• Finding the suitable tools for the more than expected manager 

tasks and responsibilities 

• Looking beyond: organisations, value chains, basic financials and 

risk analysis 

• Falling on key methods and practices to support management

136 



Prison work and industries: 

Cooperation models 

The legal frameworks and public-private cooperation models in the scope of 

prison work projects 


Prison Work


Cooperation models 


137 


This course introduces essential management related topics related to prison work, from the 

fundamentals of planning, organising, financing, information technology, decision making, negotiation 

and contingency. The goal is to present prison staff to the business manager’s mindset and relate it to 

prisons’ work through partnerships with organisations or in-house activities. 



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Contents 

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• Prison work concepts and legal frameworks, scope and modalities 

• Public and private cooperation: models, legal frameworks, potential 

and limitations, associated risks, accountancy issues and case studies 

• Prison work plan development: from models, associated risks and 

achieving sustainability 

• Mapping stakeholders and resources to set a liaising strategy building 

bridges with society

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Opportunity identification, 

evaluation and analysis 

A closer look at the ideation phase, testing new ideas, evaluating opportunities, 

results and impacts 


Prison Work


Opportunity identification, 

evaluation and analysis 



In this course, you will learn about the basis for evaluating market opportunities and organize an 

approach to prison work development, its evaluation and deal with failure. 

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Contents 

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• Theoretic basics about testing new ideas phase 

• Case study: Prison work entrepreneurship 

• Evaluating opportunities: results and impacts 

• Coping with evaluation and analysis failure

142 



Prison work plan development: 

From risk to sustainability 

The essentials of designing a prison work structure, developing the marketing 

plan and setting a feasibility and contingency framework 


Prison Work




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This course conveys the essentials of the marketing plan development, setting a feasibility and 

contingency framework and ensuring the necessary exit strategies. 

Moreover, it will also focus on designing a prison work structure and organisation inside the unit. 



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• Marketing plan, revenue forecast and operations 

management 

• Building up the prison work foundations 

• Financial feasibility and contingency planning 

• Building up the prison work structure and organisation 

• Building up prison sustainability and insurance

145 



Measuring prison work impact 

and evaluation schemes 

A guide for practitioners to measure prison work’s social impact focusing on reintegration 

and in-house funding and raising new resources through promotion strategies 


Prison Work

Measuring prison work impact 

and evaluation schemes 


146 


This course encourages practitioners to measure social impact of prison work, focusing on reintegration 

and in-house funding. The participants will discover suitable tools to evaluate prison work social impact 

and link data analysis with communication and promotion to raise new resources. 



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Contents 

147 










• Discovering suitable tools to evaluation prison work social impact; 

• Linking data mining with communication and promotion challenges; 

• Using key information to promote resources raising

Judicial Cooperation 

148

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Implementing the European Arrest 

Warrant for Judicial Practitioners 

Taking a closer look at the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) as the 

cornerstone instrument in EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters 

Self-paced 

Judicial Cooperation

Implementing the European 

Arrest Warrant for Judicial 

Practitioners 

this course 

150 

Self-paced 

This e-Learning course focuses on the main aspects of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) as the 

cornerstone instrument in EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters. After reflecting on the main 

characteristics of the EAW, especially in light of the post-Brexit extradition agreement, the course seeks 

to draw attention to sensitive issues surrounding EAWs, such as proportionality, efficiency and Human 

Rights. 

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5h for 1 week 

These points are further developed when the course addresses detention conditions and the reality 

of EAW usage in AWARE-EAW partner countries, but also in the EU as a whole. Finally, the course 

concludes with reflections on the future of the EAW, considering recent developments such as the 

COVID-19 pandemic. This course is a product of the EU-funded AWARE-EAW project, as a central part of 

its capacity-building component. 

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• Judicial practitioners 

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1h self-study 

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About 

The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Germany, Italy, Portugal and Romania, under the AWARE-EAW - Harmonising the 

way the European Arrest Warrant is implemented across EU States and promoting cross-border judicial cooperation - project, funded by the Justice 

Programme of the European Union. 



Contents 

151 

Implementing the European Arrest Warrant 

Understanding the context 

• Basic concepts on EU judicial cooperation, extradition and 

surrender 

• Operational aspects of EAWs 

Pressing issues and possible solutions 

• Human rights and the EAW - Detention conditions and 

practices in AWA 

• Good/promising practices in AWA 

• Good/promising practices and transferable working methods 

Practical future of the EAW 

• Next steps for the EAW application and European judicial 

cooperation 

Concluding remarks

152 



Implementing the European Arrest 

Warrant for Interested Practitioners 

Taking a closer look at the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) as the 

cornerstone instrument in EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters 

Self-paced 

Judicial Cooperation

Implementing the European 

Arrest Warrant for 

Interested Practitioners 

Self-paced 

this course 

This e-Learning course focuses on the main aspects of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) as the 

cornerstone instrument in EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters. This version of the course is for 

lawyers, NGO practitioners, academia and researchers, as it includes general chapters of interest for a 

broader audience working in this field. 

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3h for 1 week 

After reflecting on the main characteristics of the EAW, especially in light of the post-Brexit extradition 

agreement, the course concludes with reflections on the future of the EAW, considering recent 

developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This course is a product of the EU-funded AWARE-EAW 

project, as a central part of its capacity-building component. 

chalkboa 



• Interested practitioners (lawyers, NGO 


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practitioners, academia and researchers) 

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Total: 3h 


1h self-study 

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About 

The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Germany, Italy, Portugal and Romania, under the AWARE-EAW - Harmonising the 

way the European Arrest Warrant is implemented across EU States and promoting cross-border judicial cooperation - project, funded by the Justice 

Programme of the European Union. 



Contents 

154 

Implementing the European Arrest Warrant 

Understanding the context 

• Basic concepts on EU judicial cooperation, extradition and 

surrender 

Practical future of the EAW 

• Next steps for the EAW application and European judicial 

cooperation 

Concluding remarks

Training of Trainers 

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156 



Training of trainers for Corrections 

An instructional course to qualify corrections professionals for training adults 

on prison and probation contexts 

Self-paced 

Training of Trainers

Training of trainers 

for Corrections 


157 

Self-paced 

This instructional course qualifies corrections professionals as trainers in the field. The programme 

includes relevant topics related to the complexity of training adult learners in prison and probation 

contexts. 

With this course, participants will be able to differentiate inmates’ behavioural types and deal with the 

many challenges and problems that might arise during training. Another goal is to guide professionals 

in developing lesson plans, writing learning objectives adapted to the learners’ performance and 

conducting an adequate assessment. 

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3h for 1 week 



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• Prison staff including top and middle 

management, reintegration and education 

staff, prison officers, teachers and trainers 

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• Probation staff in charge of the training 

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1h self-study 

• Professionals from community 

organisations 

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Contents 

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Training essentials 

Managing group dynamics 

• Introduction to the training of adult learners 

- Features and principles of adult education 

- Characteristics of an effective trainer 

- Learning styles & training methods 

• Design and development of a training course 

- What is the ADDIE process model? 

- The phases of the ADDIE model 

• Types of individual behaviour 

- The dominating talker 

- The chatterer 

- The broken record 

- The joker 

- The expert 

- The silent-powerful participant 

- The silent-submissive participant 

Training and teaching methods 

• Core instructional methods 

- Lecture & explaining 

- The ability to demonstrate 

• Overcoming group problems 

- Types of problems arising during training 

- The importance of being a facilitator 

- Managing issues at individual & group level 

• Supporting dynamic instructional methods 

- Group work 

- Questioning 

- Discussing 

- Case studies 

- Roleplay

Contents 

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Lesson plan 

• Relevance and core elements 

- Developing a lesson plan 

- Key characteristics and features 

• Writing learning objectives 

- Aims vs outcomes vs objectives 

- Developing objectives 

- Connecting objectives to learners’ performance 

- Structure objectives 

• Assessment and evaluation 

- The complexity of conducting an effective assessment 

- Stages during the formulation of an assessment test/form 

- Types & methods of assessment 

- Monitoring learners’ progress & evaluation

Masterclasses 

160

Master new skills and concepts 

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A masterclass is a one-time live event — that might extend over multiple online sessions, where top experts share their expertise in realtime 

with a hands-on approach. When you register for a masterclass, you get access to: 

check Interactive presentations 

check Goal-oriented virtual sessions 

check Expert guidance 

check Personalised one-on-one mentoring 

check Real-time support 

Virtual community 

When joining a masterclass, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with likeminded 

learners; debate ideas and discuss approaches; ask questions and get 

feedback — from the class and your tutor. 

Expert mentoring 

Because dedicated tutors make the most significant impact, we have carefully 

picked the best experts in Corrections to guide you on this journey.

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Masterclass 

Core 

Correctional 

Skills 

How to create a Working Alliance 

Your roadmap to nurturing quality relationships with inmates 

to achieve better treatment outcomes and reduce reoffending 

Tutored by Professor Dr Ioan Durnescu

Core Correctional Skills: 

How to create a Working 

Alliance 

Masterclass 

About this masterclass 

Different studies have demonstrated what comprise the main ingredients of effective correctional 

interventions. One of these ingredients is a good quality working alliance (WA). But what is a working 

alliance, and how can it be enhanced? How does this work in real-life settings? How to deal with difficult 

moments? These are only a few questions that this course will attempt to answer. 

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In doing so, I will provide you with background presentations, short videos on what to do and what not 

to do in different interaction moments. I will also suggest some reading and even some quizzes. At the 

end of this module, I will put forward some practical recommendations on how to measure the quality 

of WA during the correctional intervention and at the end of it. 

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Difficulty: Medium 

Language: English 

WA was compared in the literature by taking the pulse in emergency medicine. If the pulse is good, 

there is still hope. I think it is crucial for any correctional professional to know how to measure this pulse 

continuously. 

During this class, you are encouraged to participate in conversations with fellow participants and get in 

contact with me if you have any questions. 

Live online session with 

chalkboa Professor Dr. Ioan Durnescu 



• Specialists working with addictions 

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Certificate of Participation 


• Rehabilitation workers 

• Volunteers working with involuntary clients 

• Trainers and educators

Contents 

164 

1 

Welcome introduction 

5 

Empathy 

2 

What is the working alliance, and why is it important? 

6 

Dealing with a crisis: ruptures and resolutions 

3 

What is an involuntary client, and how to reduce the 

power imbalance? 

7 

How to measure working alliance 

4 

How to set up a working alliance – first interview 

8 

References and further resources


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Professor Dr Ioan Durnescu is a Professor at the University of Bucharest, 

Faculty of Sociology and Social Work. He teaches and researches in the 

field of Corrections, with a special interest in working methodologies 

and comparative probation. 

Ioan Durnescu 

Professor 

@University of 

Bucharest 

He is one of the editors of the Probation in Europe (WOLF) and the 

Understanding Penal Practice (Routledge) and the co-editor of the 

European Journal of Probation, published by the University of Bucharest 

in partnership with SAGE Publishing. 

Dr. Ioan is an honorary member of the Confederation of European 

Probation (CEP), Vice-President of the Collegium of Social Workers of 

Romania and a former chair of the Community Sanctions and Measures 

Working group within the European Society of Criminology. 

He is the author of the book “Core Correctional Skills”, a result of many 

years of teaching and training prison and probation staff worldwide.

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