The purpose of this document is to provide a practical roadmap for prison administrations in order to assist them in developing (a greater number and variety of) high-quality and sustainable rehabilitation programmes and initiatives within their penal establishments.
The term “roadmap” implies that this document is intended to provide a series of practical steps that need to be taken in order to arrive at a particular destination – in this case, a prison system that meets, or makes progress towards meeting international standards and norms with regard to prison-based education, vocational training, and work programmes.
Although each of the steps outlined in this document may not be equally relevant to all Member States, the document is intended to provide suggestions that will be of value to a wide variety of prison systems, and which can be adapted for use in different regions of the world.
1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Why education, vocational training and work?
1.3 Purpose and scope of the roadmap
1.4 Limitations of the roadmap
1.5 Structure of the roadmap
2. Assessing the current situation and planning improvements
2.1 What is the starting point?
2.2 Developing a strategy, structure and plans
3. Developing education programmes in prison
3.1 International standards
3.2 Specific issues to consider in developing educational programmes in prison
3.3 Common obstacles
3.4 Organizational models for education in prison
4. Developing vocational training programmes in prison
4.1 International Standards
4.2 Specific issues to consider in developing vocational training programmes in prison
4.3 Common obstacles
4.4 Organizational models for vocational training in prison
5. Developing work programmes in prison
5.1 International standards
5.2 Specific issues to consider in developing work programmes in prison
5.3 Common obstacles
5.4 Organizational models for work in prisons
6. Monitoring, evaluation and oversight
7. Summary and conclusions
UNODC
UNODC (2017). Roadmap for the Development of Prison-based Rehabilitation Programmes. United Nations, Vienna.
https://www.unodc.org/documents/middleeastandnorthafrica/2018/Roadmap_for_the_Development_of_Prison-based_Rehabilitation_Programmes_ENG.pdf
