Guidance document on the European Prison Rules (2023) (Publication)

Guidance document on the European Prison Rules - 2023 (Publication)

Overview:

The publication offers practical guidance to legislators, policymakers, prison authorities, monitoring bodies, probation services, social welfare and healthcare services, NGOs and other relevant stakeholders, to help and encourage them to take action to respond appropriately to the needs of prisoners in Europe.

Learning Objectives:

This guidance document can be used as a reference document and as a resource for reviewing legislation, developing policies and in training criminal justice actors and other relevant stakeholders in Europe

The resource:

Additional Resources:

https://edoc.coe.int/en/european-prison-reform/11595-guidance-document-on-the-european-prison-rules.html

Authors and References:

The Guidance Document on the European Prison Rules (EPR) is co-published by Penal Reform International (PRI) and the Council of Europe, within the joint European Union/Council of Europe project ‘SPACE Reports and EU Network of prison monitoring bodies (the European NPM Forum)’.