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Training
of the employees of the penal institutions of
Tepelena and Saranda on creating a safe climate
 25.02.2010
On 22-23
February 2010, Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC)
together with the Dutch Agency of Correctional
Institutions (DACI) organised a training seminar
in the penal institution in Tepelena on issues
like creating safe climate in prisons for the
persons deprived of their liberty and staff
working there. In this seminar participated
uniform staff as well as middle and high
managers in Tepelena and Saranda penal
institutions. International expert from the
Dutch prison system, Mr. Jan van den Brand
provided expertise and Mrs. Edlira Papavangjeli,
Programs’ Manager at AHC moderated and
contributed to this seminar.
In this
training was broadly treated the topic of
creating a safe climate for prison staff and
persons deprived of their liberty. The treatment
of this topic in regard to the persons deprived
of their liberty was focused on the basic
elements for the creation of the safe climate
such as living conditions and human treatment
from the staff. Regarding the personnel, this
topic was treated in relation with the
appropriate working conditions in order to be
able to offer an efficient service and in line
with the national and international legislation
in this field.
 A
special section of this training was realized
with the middle managers of these institutions.
The treated topics were the collaboration
between sectors, building an appropriate daily
program, as well as the role of the middle
managers in the creation of the safe climate in
the well-functioning of the institution. The
achievement of a balance between physical and
dynamic security was another topic treated
extensively in all the sessions of this
training.
Participants
in this activity highly evaluated the topics
treated and the methods used to bring these
topics at a very practical and operational
level, useful for their daily practice. Almost
in all the written evaluation formats of this
training, the participants requested for further
trainings extended in more days, provided by AHC
and its international experts, because this was
the first training ever given for the staff on
these institutions. At the end of the training,
certificates were given to 15 middle managers of
both penal institutions and 33 basic role
employees of the penal institution in Tepelena.
This activity is realized in the
framework of the project “Together for treatment
with respect for the human rights of persons
deprived of their liberty”, implemented by the
AHC and the Dutch Agency for Correctional
Institutions and financed by the E.C. Delegation
in Tirana.
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