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DERAD project: prevention of the escalation of radicalization in the prison environment
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CEP is associative parnter of the DERAD project. DERAD is an European project that aims to prevent the escalation of radicalization in the prison environment and help prisoners and probationers who are often exposed to Jihadist recruitment or self-radicalization to overcome the different problems and push factors usually exploited by recruiters. The project is led by the Italian Ministry of Justice. In a brief interview, Mr. Enrico Sbriglia, Regional Superintendent of Penitentiary Administration for Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige e Friuli Venezia Giulia, gives us insights in the project.
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Conferences you shouldn't miss
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Technology in Corrections Conference
(15-17 May 2017, Prague)
CEP in co-operation with EuroPris and ICPA will organise the second conference on Technology in Corrections on 15-17 May 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The theme of this year is: Challenges for the Future.
Conference on Youth and Young adult offenders
(6-7 June Barcelona)
On 6-7 June 2017 CEP will organize a conference on Young adult offenders, as a follow-up of the very successful one in Lillestrom, Norway, 31 August-1 September 2016.
This time the event will take place in Barcelona and treat further into deep the aspects that come up and occur when working with Youth and Young adult offenders.
CJP’s International Criminal Justice Summer Courses 2017
(4 - 7 July 2017, Barcelona)
The Criminal Justice Platform is launching a new event in Barcelona July 2017. The focus will be on developing practice. Expert practitioners will be running courses for colleagues from across Europe.The aim is to ‘examine key practice issues, inspire new thinking, promote cross-fertilization and build new networks to improve services and practice in prisons, probation and restorative justice’.
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Successful 3rd European LIAISE2 seminar
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On 29 March 2017 the LIASE 2 Project organised its 3rd European Seminar. Entiteld : The prevention of radicalisation in the context of probation and prison: Challenges and opportunities for the partnership between local authorities and judicial actors. The seminar was co-organised by the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus), Confederation of European Probation (CEP) and the City of The Hague.
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Approaches to violent extremist offenders and countering radicalisation in prisons and probation
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The context of terrorism has changed dramatically for prisons and probation. ‘Foreign terrorist fighters’ now account for the highest proportion of arrests and convictions in Europe. The number of arrests has tripled over the last three years, putting increased strain on prisons and probation as offenders.
Since the launch of the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) in 2012, the Working Group on Prison and Probation (RAN P&P) has focused on preventing violent extremism, engagement with extremist groups and extremist behaviour during detention and probation.
The working group published a new paper based on practitioners’ input and up-to- date research on the subject, although research in this area remains limited due to the relatively small size of the population concerned.
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Council of Europe Handbook for Prison and Probation Services regarding Radicalisation and Violent Extremism
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In March, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe approved the text of the handbook, which was prepared by the PC-CP Working Group.
The handbook is an accompaniment to the earlier (high level) 'guidelines' document, approved by the CoE last year. The handbook will also be made available in more accessible format in due course.
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide specific directions and suggested recommendations to achieve good practices in the risk assessment, management and re-integration of radicalised offenders.
The text is available at this link.
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Study: The European Union’s Policies on Counter-Terrorism: Relevance, Coherence and Effectiveness
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The terrorist threat in the EU is very likely to increase over the next five years, particularly due to an expected increase in returning foreign fighters from the battlefield of Syria and Iraq.
In addition, the diversification of the approaches used by terrorists, the range of targets chosen, the level of organisation of the perpetrators and the type of weapons chosen (especially the trend of ‘weaponisation’ of ordinary life) make the lives of security authorities even more challenging. In these circumstances, how can counter-terrorism policy be improved?
A new study commissioned by the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, and produced by PwC and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT), analyses the coherence and effectiveness of the European Union’s counter-terrorism policy.
Read more on the ICCT's website
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Mothers against radicalisation: a successful local approach
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With the project Oumnia Works, the Dutch municipality of The Hague aims on mothers as a weapon against radicalization. Mothers often feel that their children radicalized. They have a ‘gut feeling’, but usually do not come into action. If their child is traveling to Syria or is arrested for a crime with terrorist intent, they are left with the cry of despair ‘if only I had … “. Support Centre Sabr, a women’s organization in the Dutch city of The Hague answers to this need by launching the ‘Oumnia works’ program where mothers learn what they can do to prevent a radicalization process in their child’s mind.
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Overview reports, papers and research
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CEP contributes to the EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the EU Strategy for Combating Radicalisation and Recruitment to Terrorism by playing an active role in the Prison & Probation Working Group of the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) of the EU Directorate-General Home Affairs, and by raising awareness on these issues among its members by organising meetings and events. Also, on CEP website we offer an overview of reports, research and papers published on this topic.
Take a look at our Radicalisation section on the CEP website.
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