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Local trainers trained the prison administration
on Korça penal institution
29.12.2009
On 15 December 2009 Albanian
Helsinki Committee (AHC) undertook a follow-up
mission to supervise and evaluate two local
penitentiary trainers from Korça penal
institution, which were trained on the treatment
of juveniles on the written curricula in the
Train of Trainers (ToT) program.
The trainers had prepared
and gave very good trainings regarding the
treated issues and the methodology used. More
concretely they treated topics like: effective
communication and the role of the personnel in
the treatment of the juveniles. During the
training, trainers used different methodologies
based on the training manuals, by means of which
they were trained to give an interactive
training at the Train of Trainers activity
organized by AHC.
During the training were
raised some important topics that had to do with
the creation of a safe climate in the penal
institution in Korça such as the procedures used
for the disciplinary measures, the communication
structure between different sectors and the
necessity of the continuous trainings with the
prison personnel.
To supervise and support
this follow-up mission were Ms. Edlira
Papavangjeli, Program’s Manager at the AHC and
Ms. Klejda Ngjela, Project Assistant.
The procedures for the
disciplinary measures must be revised in order
to prevent the execution of the disciplinary
measure before the Disciplinary Commission[1]
issues its decision. Furthermore, for juveniles
the isolation measure must be used in serious
cases of the rule violations and as the last
resort. In lighter cases, it is advised to use
first the talks with the juveniles, to call its
attention and to expel him/her from joint
activities.
The communication structure
between different sectors must include all the
levels of the civil and uniformed personnel, in
order to discus all the issues of concern in low
and high level of management of the institution.
Therefore, a transparent structure of
communication from bottom-up and up-bottom.
The necessity of
continuation of these trainings in the daily
work as well as the further need to improve the
methodology of performing the trainings is
another important issue, the implementation of
which requires a concrete and continuous joint
plan between sectors. This will develop further
the internal capacities of the personnel and in
that way will improve the treatment of the
juveniles in this institution. The high managers
of this institution took concrete commitment to
support and stimulate these training in the
future in order to be an integral part of the
work plan of the institution.
Based on the evaluation of
the training performance were given different
recommendations for each trainer for the
improvement of their didactical skills, training
programs and the selection of the participants
of the training.
This activity was organized
by AHC and financially supported by UNICEF
Albania.
[1]
Disciplinary Commission has the
competence of issuing disciplinary
measures in cases of breaches of
regulation and the procedure of
preliminary isolation of the person is
against the right procedures used in
such cases.
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