The Handbook and the workshop curriculum that accompanies it provide a rough template to help leaders identify the changes that are required in their own environment and to reflect on the challenges they are likely to encounter in bringing about these changes. The Handbook does not underestimate the complexity of the task of prison reform and it therefore does not propose ready-made solutions. It does not even attempt to anticipate and answer all the questions that will come up in the process. However, together with the proposed curriculum, the Handbook should facilitate some fresh thinking about the many common issues and challenges prison leaders often face and about possible solutions to them. With these new tools, prison leaders will hopefully identify practical ways to approach the prison management problems they face. It is hoped that the facilitators or trainers using the Handbook will feel free to tailor some of the questions and exercises to local circumstances therefore making it more relevant to the participants.
Introduction;
How to use the Handbook;
Chapter 1. Identification of current challenges ;
Chapter 2. Effective leadership;
Chapter 3. Human rights, international standards and good prison management;
Chapter 4. Importance of the legal framework, policies and regulations;
Chapter 5. Management and accountability;
Chapter 6. Management of human and financial resources;
Chapter 7. Management of physical facilities;
Chapter 8. Meeting the basic needs of prisoners;
Chapter 9. Vulnerable prisoners;
Chapter 10. Children and youth in prison;
Chapter 11. Managing the prison population;
Chapter 12. Safety and security, control and discipline within prisons;
Chapter 13. Early or conditional release of offenders;
Chapter 14. Alternatives to imprisonment;
Chapter 15. Oversight mechanisms;
Chapter 16. Overcoming challenges: strategic approaches;
Annexes; I. Five-day training course curriculum for prison leaders; II. List of additional resources
UNODC
UNODC (2010). Handbook for prison leaders. A basic training tool and curriculum for prison managers based on international standards and norms. United Nations, Vienna. UNODC_Handbook_for_Prison_Leaders.pdf
