The working group comprising local prison professionals tasked with developing offenders’ management programmes and a corresponding handbook to support their delivery to peers met on 17-19 May in Bihac under the auspices of the Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey project implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina as “Enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons”.
The Group opted for a comprehensive manual on how to plan regime for various categories of prisoners that contains not only detailed instructions on how to organise a set purposeful activities but also rehabilitation programmes designed to address specific needs of prisoners (for example anger management, substance abuse, repetitive offenders, etc).
The Handbook will be discussed at the forthcoming Action’s Steering Committee meeting with a view to its smooth and swift endorsement. The accompanying training programme was designed in parallel with the Handbook and it will be delivered in the later phase of the project.