Working group tasked to upgrade the rehabilitation programmes for prison system finalised its work on 23-24 April with the guidance of Council of Europe consultant.

They completed development of the comprehensive Manual (programmes package) containing nine different rehabilitation programmes that will be used in the future by treatment department of the Administration for execution of criminal sanctions.

Upgraded programmes will improve therapeutical scope of treatment department when working in accordance to prisoners’ individually developed treatment plan, by providing adequate treatment to different specifics of their behaviour and problems.

Overall benefit is foreseen by better use of time that prisoners spent in prison, using available programmes that will enable them to correct their learned patterns, control their medical conditions and master their social skills, making them more functional once released into society.

The action “Further enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro” is a part of the joint European Union and Council of Europe programme "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022", implemented by the Council of Europe.