Confederation of European Probation

PLENARY SESSIONS  WHAT WORKS or WHAT IS JUSTICE: PRISON AS LAST RESORT. CSM, NOT ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON  EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION = UN CONVENTION ARE GUIDELINES INSTEAD OF OBSTACLES  HOW TO TRANFER PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE?  TASKS OF CoE: STANDARDS, INSPECTION, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (MUTUAL LEARNING)

PLENARY SESSIONS  SPACE 2 (2012). DEALING WITH DIVERSITY  X= 176/  TOP 10= EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES  DIFFERENCES AMONG PRISON AND PROBATION  + JUVENILES AND WOMEN  - ON FOREIGN NATIONALS  OVERCROWDING IN PROBATION: ENTRY = 190 // EXIT = 163  LENGTH OF SENTENCES?  IMPACT OF REPORTS? FAR FROM CLIENTS?

PLENARY SESSIONS  WEST VS EAST: ROLE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEVEL OF RISK, SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF OFFENDERS  CSM (NEED?, MISSION?, PLACE? TIME ? ECONOMY? GOALS?  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: SUSPENSION WITHOUT SUPERVISION TO POST-MODERN CSM EXTENDED SUPERVISION  CSM ARE CHEAPER?, DECREASE RECIDIVISM? REPLACE IMPRISONMENT?  DESISTANCE --- TO FIND A NEW IDENTITY ---- FIGHTING AGAINST STIGMA

NEWS FROM THE FIELD  MOLDOVA  Probation is a priority for Justice Policy in the context of the Legal Reform  Goals: reduce overcrowding + modernization + gain public confidence  CROATIA  Young, benefit from the approach to the EU, cooperation with UK and Czech Republic, CoE Rules as a guide, 2013 reduction of offenders in prison.  New law: CSM as an alternative of short sentences  Floods + Post-Traumatic offenders

NEWS FROM THE FIELD  CZECH REPUBLIC  Justice may be understood as restorative  Offenders and Victims under the same roof  Council of Probation and Mediation  Manual on line at CEP  RUSSIA FEDERATION  Are there CSM?  Draft law on juveniles, the future baby?

NEWS FROM THE FIELD  ALBANIA  Very young (2009) and very active, a lot of efforts done  Which is the place for probation?  ROMANIA  Fascinating future: 33% of growing in capacity  The importance of Cooperation with other jurisdictions  SLOVENIA  Need for a unique Agency, but preserving what works: Rate of imprisonment: 67/ (which is really very positive)  Important use of mediation in the whole system

NEWS FROM THE FIELD  LATVIA  Very advanced system, moving forward very fast  The importance of learning from best practices by transferring principles to local needs  Leadership role?  LITHUANIA  Huge advance in 10 years (assessment tools, Restorative Justice, Programs)  EM, since 1 of July 2012 // Future: Violence at home; risk assessment of Juvenile Reoffenders

NEWS FROM THE FIELD  THE NETHERLANDS  The risks of grandparents: not been open to learning from youngers  31.5 million against 225 million in prison  Mix system: MoJ plus 3 Non-Profit organisations

NEWS FROM THE FIELD  UGANDA and SOUTH-KOREA  It was difficult to arrive, mutual understanding was easy: we are part of the same family  CSM is an opportunity for replacing prison as the unique punishment  The important role of volunteers for liaising with the whole community

THE FUTURE (1)  HEADLINES FROM CEP  PROBATION WORKS : IOAN DURNESCU, FERGUS MC. NEILL. Online at CEP, soon  EM CONFERENCE IN FRANKFURT. December 2014  CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIAL WORK: Manual of 6 modules, Values, Skills, Knowledge. Online at CEP, soon

THE FUTURE (2)  CONTINUITY  The need exists. The question is how to organise it?  Special Interest Group + Recurrent Conferences? LATVIA 2016  What we need?  Topics for discussion  Leadership  Partnership = Cooperation = Capacity building  Support  IT

Confederation of European Probation