Tag Archives: Prison
Report: The Social Reintegration of Ex-Prisoners
QCEA’s past work on the Women in Prison project, and our research into the use of Alternatives to Imprisonment, brought into focus the dysfunctions of prison systems in many European countries. In many cases prisons are overcrowded, and if there is a unifying philosophy beyond simply coping with record levels … More…
Posted in Publications, Reports
Tagged Criminal justice, Prison, Prisoner reintegration, Quaker Ffriends, Reducing reoffending, Restorative justice
Around Europe 331 – April 2011
New QCEA report surveys prisoner reintegration policy in 20 European countries; EU Responses to Terrorism: a Paper Tiger on a Wild Goose Chase?; Israel: Democracy and Free Speech for all?
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Deutsche Ausgabe – April 2011
Israel: Demokratie und Redefreiheit für alle?
Around Europe 330 – March 2011
Justice across borders – the challenge of foreign prisoners; Our energy security, their misery; EU Consultations – a way to make the Quaker voice heard
Deutsche Ausgabe – März 2011
EU-Konsultationen – eine Möglichkeit, die Stimme der Quäker hörbar zu machen; Grenzübergreifende Gerechtigkeit – das Problem im Umgang mit ausländischen Gefangenen
Posted in Around Europe, Publications
Tagged Climate justice, Criminal justice, Deutsche Ausgabe, Foreign nationals in prison, Prison, Sustainability
Around Europe 325 – September 2010
Roma Rights: The decade of inclusion; Introducing our new Programme Assistant; The Story of Budrus; Votes in Prison: An opportunity for social reintegration
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Deutsche Ausgabe – September 2010
Die Rechte der Roma: Dekade der Eingliederung; Wahlrecht im Gefängnis: eine Möglichkeit zu sozialer Wiedereingliederung
Posted in Around Europe, Publications
Tagged Criminal justice, Deutsche Ausgabe, Prison, Programme Assistants, QCEA Representatives, Roma people
Around Europe 324 – July / August 2010
Restorative Circles: A Testimony for Justice?; Introducing our new Programme Assistant; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: In Pictures; Protecting the Human Rights of Prisoners
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Deutsche Ausgabe – Juli / August 2010
Schutz für die Menschenrechte von Gefangenen
Prisons should be used as a last resort for convicted women says PACE
Press release on PACE resolution 1663 (2009) calling for the 47 member states of the Council of Europe to implement the provisions of the revised European Prison Rules. Read the press release here (pdf – 15kB) >>
Around Europe 310 – March 2009
Titan or Titanic: prison report; New programme assistants Anya Whiteside and Steve Hynd; Peace Builders in the Western Balkans
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Deutsche Ausgabe – März 2009
Friedenskräfte in den westlichen Balkanländern
Women in Prison: A review of the Conditions in Member States of the Council of Europe
In 2004, the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA), Brussels and the Quaker United Nations Office QUNO – Geneva), Geneva embarked on a joint project to gather information on women in prison. The role of QCEA was to gather data on the conditions of women in prison in the member states of the Council of Europe. This report gives the results and makes recommendations to the European institutions and their member states on ways in which conditions for women in prison can be improved.
Read the report here (pdf – 933kB) >>
Click on the country for individual country reports:
Denmark (Horserød) (pdf – 54kB) >>
England and Wales (pdf – 155kB) >>
Estonia (Harku) (pdf – 42kB) >>
Estonia (Tallinn) (pdf – 58kB) >>
Estonia (Tartu) (pdf – 49kB) >>
Latvia (Ilguciema) (pdf – 91kB) >>
Questionnaires used for these reports:
The European Prison Rules: A gender critique
This document forms part of QCEA’s women in prison project. Our gender critique lists amendments and additions to Recommendation Rec(2006)2 with the status, rights and welfare of imprisoned women in mind. The critique has been informed by extensive research into the conditions of women’s imprisonment throughout Europe, which has taken … More…
