Transcript ECA Centre For Detention and Rehabilitation

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Background Information
Staff within Prison: 2600
Expenditure: 13.7 million
Danish crowns
Revenue: 119 million (9%
of revenue) from sale of inmate
products
Recidivism Rate: 27%
Highlights
Fewer prisoners in jail
Shorter sentences
Fewer re-offenders
Women guards
More family visits
More education
Anger management
courses
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Principals
Normalization*
Openness
Exercise to Responsibility
Security
Least Possible Intervention
Optimum Use of Resources
Prisoner Responsibilities
Required 37 hours per
week of “purposeful activity”
Choice of work or
education
Does own shopping
Leaves granted usually
when 1/3 of sentence served
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mission is to prevent criminals from
committing crimes while serving sentences
• reduce from relapsing crime/ reform them
• length of the prisoners’ sentence help prevent
prisoners from relapsing
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be done more individually
 Substance abuser programs for motivation
• possible to serve the last part of long sentencing at
home
• experiences had proven positive, monitoring using
electronic monitoring
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Background Information
Staff within Prison: 367
Prisoner Capacity
Max. Security: 743
Drug Treatment: 70
Work Release Centre: 80
Recidivism Rate: 27%
Highlights
Prisoner Employment
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Engineering [General medium fabrication &
Fire Brigade equipment]
Printing [General Printing]
Furniture [Furniture manufacturing and
assembly]
P.S.B.U. [Pallet manufacture & specialist Tier
pad processing]
(minimum security employment)
Laundry [Complex linen requirements]
Domestic [ General grounds & Complex
Maintenance, Hygiene and cleaning services &
catering]
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Education
Available Courses:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Computers
- Aboriginal Studies
- Life Skills
- Health and Fitness
Offender Services and Programs
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Welfare, psychologist, and other
trained alcohol and drug workers
Providing programs to assist offenders in
adjusting to their incarceration.
Maintaining their links to the community
and their families.
Compulsory Drug Treatment Centre
provides multidisciplinary treatment,
rehabilitation and reintegration to male
offenders, who have repeatedly offended
in order to support drug dependence
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addresses physical, social and psychological
needs of offenders, as well a drug related
offending behaviour.
One of the World’s Worst Prisons
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The Prison began its
construction in 1970’s
Its completion was
followed by the
communist invasion of
1979
The prison is
overcrowded and the
living standards are
criticized by several
human rights groups
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The Prison currently
houses 1300 inmates
350 inmates are Taliban
and Al- Qaeda members
There are about 70
female inmates
• Some female inmates also
have children living with
them in their cell
Corruption of the prison
staff
Torture and Sodomy
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Food, medicine, and clothing
distributed by the Red Cross are
collected and divided amongst prison
staff
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Toilets are looted by Taliban, inmates
uses buckets as toilets
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Food conditions are terrible
• Inmates are forced to buy food
from prison store, which are
inflated several times to profit the
Warden
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Taliban prison guards torture inmates
as entertainment
Inmates are tortured until the loss of
consciousness
Young men are sometimes sodomized
by guards
Guards justifies their action by asking
religious questions and making
excuses
Prisoners are usually too scared or
ashamed to speak out
December 2004
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Prison guards are attacked by inmates
with razor blades
A shootout leaves 1 Iraqi, 3 Pakistani
prisoners and 4 Afghani police dead
January 2006
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Seven prisoners escapes, mingling
and disguised as visitors
Prison policy is changed forcing
prisoners to wear bright orange
uniforms to prevent repeat of this
incident
February 2006
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Orange uniforms sparked the
February riot
The 2,000 prisoners used knives and
make-shift clubs to force guards out of
the wings, igniting furniture and
smashing windows
300 Taliban and al-Qaeda militants
are involved
800 heavily armed Afghani soldiers
NATO peacekeepers, tanks and
armored carriers surrounded the
prison
The riot lasted a few days, resulting in
6 deaths, and 22 critical injuries
Prisoner Capacity: 500
Max. Security Prisoners: 75
Med. Security Prisoners: 350
Min. Security Prisoners: 75
Total Staff: 200
Guards: 100
Buildings on Property: main cell block, recreation and classroom facility,
administration facility, drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, inspection
building and parole hearings rooms [entrance], visitors centre, library
Features:
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Facility capable of containing minimum and maximum security prisoners
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Multiple buildings and extensive grounds create a more real-world feel to
reduce institutionalization
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Earned levels of independence reduce prisoner dependence on authority
figures
Denunciation
 Deterrence
 Segregation
 Rehabilitation
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The ECADCR strives to:
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Make criminals aware of their crime, and the effects of
their negative actions on society
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Keep the public safe from harm by separating those
who are considered acknowledged threats to public
safety
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Administer the Justice of the Courts when called upon
to do so by providing a sufficient place of
imprisonment where assigned sentences may be served
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Rehabilitate prisoners so that they may be effective
members of society, without handing them
opportunities not available to the general public
Every prisoner who steps through the doors
of the ECADCR is also a person. While
ensuring justice is administered, and the
prisoners serve sufficient terms, each prisoner
is to be treated as an individual. By focusing
on the unique mentalities of all inmates, the
ECADCR seeks to rehabilitate the prisoners so
that they may become productive members of
society upon the completion of their sentences.
7:00-8:00
8:05-12:00
12:05-1:00
1:05-5:30
5:35-7:00
7:05-8:00
8:05-9:30
9:35-10:00
10:15
~Breakfast
~Class/Work
~Lunch
~Class/Work
~Program Attendance
~Dinner
~Program Attendance
~Leisure Time
~Lights-Out
[Counts/Attendance will be conducted
every three hours throughout the day
by supervising figures]
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Interaction Program
The Interaction Program is required by all offenders for
the duration of their sentence. It involves a discussion
session between offenders and psychology specialists. The
program’s goal is for offenders to interact and pick out
wrong concepts with professional assistance. [This will
involve two to three sessions a week with a psychologist,
working individually with each prisoner. There is not a set
amount of time for this program, as the psychologists will
work at the pace of each individual prisoner]
Property Importance Program
The Property Importance Program is meant for offenders
of property crimes such as theft and fraud. The program
describes the effects of their actions, and assist offenders in
preventing recidivism.
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Purposeful Activity Program
The Purposeful Activity Program is required by all offenders for the
duration of their sentence. While imprisoned, offenders are required to
perform a minimum of 8 hours, to a maximum of 40 hours of “purposeful
activity,” the length of which is determined by the length of the sentence.
There is a choice of education, work, or a combination. Any offenders
that are involved with the Society Preparation Program are given a
“salary” for both choices during the participation of the Society
Preparation Program.
Society Preparation Program
The Society Preparation Program is meant for any offenders whose
sentence is more than three years. Towards the last year of their sentence,
they are required to purchase and prepare their own food through the
prison (with a supplied kitchen) with their own “salary”. They also
become responsible for their own laundry, and other such menial tasks.
The purpose of this program is to prevent institutionalization during the
imprisonment.
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Anger Management Program
The Anger Management Program is meant for offenders
that have committed offence(s) due to impulse. This
program brings in specialists to assist offenders in
controlling their anger and impulsive rages, resulting in the
chance of lowering the rate of recidivism.
Respect for Genders Program
The Respect for Genders Program is meant for sexual
offenders that have committed acts of sexual assault(s) and
family violence. The program explains to the offender the
need for respect towards the other gender, assists the
offenders in recognizing their trigger of re-offending, and
provides strategies for preventing recidivism.
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The criteria of each individual program will be
based on the set curriculum.
A course will be determined complete through
a two-stage process.
• The completion of the base curriculum will
be assessed by the employee of the facility in
charge of that class or program.
• This employee will confer with the
psychologist of the prisoner in question to
determine if the psychological effects of the
program were effective and if the program has
been completed effectively.
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Education: Prisoners may obtain a high school
diploma free of charge. A post-secondary degree
may be obtained for a small fee, paid from the
“salary” earned by the prisoner through
“employment”.
Employment: Prisoners may choose to be
employed in the facility doing tasks similar to
those listed under “Prisoner Employment” at
Parklea. Prisoners will earn a “salary” if they seek
a post-secondary education, or if they are part of
the Society Preparation Program.