BiH core prison trainers, tasked with development and drafting of the prison staff training programme in compliance with international standards, recently finalised one of the most important deliverables defined by the scope of the VC US/CoE project: Training Manual for prison staff on core competences with operational procedures.
The Manual encompasses a range of topics such as prisoners' discipline, violence in prisons, surviving in a hostage crisis, response in emergency situations, introduction to search techniques and drug abuse, etc. Each section of the Manual consist of the legal background and basic terminology and concepts, followed by concrete, step by step operational procedures for daily operation of prisons. This set of clear and consistent guidelines will further standardise daily operations in prisons across BiH jurisdictions, raise the level of competence of prison staff and ensure resilience to human rights violations in prison environment.