Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection What is restorative justice in prison? Restorative justice practices (VOM, Victim Awarness programs, …) Restorative values in prison (climat, conflict resolution, ...) Restoration towards the victim as a (moral) obligation Restoration as a purpose or a goal of the (prison) sentence Restoration to improve reintegration in society #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection Complexity and diversity Is it about the rights for victims? Or about the rights of prisoners? Or to improve reintegration? The effect of changes inside prisons (overcrowding, security, radicalisation, …) Is RJ an alternative? Or legitimation of imprisonment? #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection How to make prisons more restorative? Focus on personnel (group 1) or prisoners (group 2) How to improve victim awareness in prison? Focus on personnel (group 3) or prisoners (group 4) How to restore the relationship between a child and an imprisoned parent? (group 5 & 6) How RJ practices can promote desistance from crime, stopping to commit crime? (group 7 & 8) #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection Rooms 5 June 14.30-16.00 201 Groups 1 Annemieke & Roberto 202 Groups 2 Patrizia & Nacho 203 Groups 3 Bruna & Jorge 204 Groups 4 Aarne & Emanuela 207B Groups 5 Tim & Carmen A301 Groups 6 Lars & Alberto A302 Groups 7 Katarina & Claudia A304 Groups 8 Ian & Laura #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
How to make prisons more restorative? Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection GROUP 1 How to make prisons more restorative? Focus on personnel Recommendation: Work on dialogue, awareness & cultural change with attention for local differences & humanity Pemote dialogue Prison as a self run community #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
How to make prisons more restorative? Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection GROUP 2 How to make prisons more restorative? Focus on prisoners Recommendation: Awareness and RJ for everyone (communities and professionals) Sharing between prisoners Work on conflicts between prisoners Capacity to enter in the world of the victim #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
How to improve victim awareness in prison? Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection GROUP 4 How to improve victim awareness in prison? Focus on prisoners Recommendation: Listen to the stories, avoiding labelling, create safe space but at the end, who is the victim How to bring back the experience to outside Individual therapy in the sentence plan from community to prison #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
How to improve victim awareness in prison? Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection GROUP 3 How to improve victim awareness in prison? Focus on personnel Recommendation: Training Necessary to create restorative prisons by considering 2 questions: What to do? Training about victimhood including families, communication skills and breaking stereotypes How to do it? Family visits, courses for personnel, circles with victims, masculinity role courses for prisoners Embedding victim awareness, guidelines for all prison personel #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection GROUPS 5 and 6 How to restore the relationship between a child and an imprisoned parent? Recommendation: Be aware of the limits Listen to the needs of the child Good cooperation with other professionals #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU
How RJ practices can promote desistance from crime? Symposium From penal mediation to restorative justice Policies and practices in transition Bilbao – Spain 5-6- June 2019 INTERACTIVE SESSION I Prison talks on restorative justice: from practice to reflection GROUPS 7 and 8 How RJ practices can promote desistance from crime? desistance: stopping to commit crime Recommendation: Involve society actively in the reintegration & holistic work that also focuses on the trauma of prisoners Develop self responsabilisation Prepare persons to go back into society, to encourage society to reintegrate Raise awareness with the public Agricultural work and donate products Using outcome agreements to encourage those who have caused harm to contribute to the desistance of others R #efrj2019 @euforumrj Justice programme of the EU