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State of the art analysis on violent extremism and radicalisation in the prison environment

Part I of the report presents a state of the art analysis on violent extremism and radicalisation in the prison environment, including the concepts, the main general explanatory frameworks, the phases, the pathways and levels of radicalisation, as well as the main indicators on how to identify vulnerable individuals at risk of radicalisation. This is followed by a collection of approaches and practices employed by prison services to tackle the phenomena in the four participating countries in the project: Belgium, Norway, Romania and Turkey. For this purpose, a data collection tool in the form of a survey was developed and deployed. Lastly, in part III, a methodological framework was developed to analyse radicalisation within prisons, based on the desk research findings and on the collected approaches and practices.
Output 1 Final Research Report: "R2PRIS Methodological Framework", January 2017. Download the Report.

Radicalisation topics published in JUSTICE TRENDS Magazine

JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, Issue Nr. 1 (published in June 2017)

• Interview  Mrs Vera Jourova, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
• "Finding Regional Solutions for Regional Challenges", an article by Dorin Muresan

JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, Issue Nr. 2 (published in January 2018)

• Interview Mr Vivian Geiran, Chair of the Council for Penological Cooperation, of the Council of Europe
• Interview Mr Ángel Yuste Castillejo, Director General of Penitentiary Institutions Spain
• "Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons and in the Community", an article by Susana Reis & Marina Soares
• Interview Mrs Annie Devos, Director General Houses of Justice of  Wallonia Brussels Federation

​JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, Issue Nr. 3 (published in June 2018)

• ​Interview H.E. Koen Geens, Minister of Justice, Belgium
• Interview Mr. Stéphane Bredin, Director General Prison Administration, France
• "Multi-level in-Prison Radicalisation Prevention - The R2PRIS Approach and Certification Programme"
• "Highlights of the European Commission's Conference on Radicalisation in Prisons"
• Interview Mr Mohamed Salah Tamek, Delegate General of the Correctional Department, Kingdom of Morocco
• Interview Lieutenant General Ofra Klinger, Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service

 ​JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, Issue Nr. 4 (published in January 2019) 

• Interview: Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, United Nations 

​JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, Issue Nr. 5 (published in June 2019) 

• Interview: Giuseppe Spadaro, Judge, President of the Juvenile Court of Bologna, Former President of the Lamezia Terme District Court Criminal Section, Italy
• Interview: Torben Adams, Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), Co-chair Prison and Probation Working Group (P&P), RAN, European Commission​
• ​"Understanding radicalisation, dynamic security and intelligence in prisons", an article by Pedro das Neves, Pedro Liberado & Susana Reis
• "The global risk of radicalisation in prisons", an article by Dr David Hansen
• " Restorative justice beyond the emergency caused by terrorism", an article by Sergio Bianchi
• "Towards a holistic approach to deradicalisation",  an article by Dr Ioan Durnescu​
• Interview: Sebastian Schulenberg, Director General of Prison and Probation, Senator for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Bremen, Germany
• Interview: Brigadier Ayman Turki AL Awaisheh, Director General of Correctional and Rehabilitation Centres, Jordan
• "What do we know about American prison gangs?" an article by Danilo Freire
• "Multi-level in-Prison Radicalisation Prevention - The R2PRIS Approach and Certification Programme"​​

​JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, Issue Nr. 6 (published in August 2020) 

• Judicial Strategy Against all Forms of Violent Extremism in Prison: Harmonised Guidelines for Judges, Enrico Sbriglia, General Manager of the Italian Penitentiary Administration​​

​JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, Issue Nr. 7 (published in July 2021) 

• Interview Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, European Commission;
• Interview Rudy Van De Voorde, Director-General Belgian Prison Service​​

European and International legal Instruments
​(Recommendations & Conventions)

• ​Approaches to violent extremist offenders and countering radicalisation in prisons and probation, 2016
  ​Draft Guidelines for Prison and Probation Services regarding Radicalisation and Violent Extremism, Council of Europe, 2015.
• Preventing Radicalisation to terrorism and Violent Extremism: Strengthening the EU’s Response , EU Commission Communication published in January 2014.
• RAN Prison and Probation Working Group: Proposed Policy Recommendations, December 2012.

National Plans & Guidelines

• Prevention of radicalization and extremism: Action Plan. Danish Government, September 2014.
• Action plan against Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. Norwegian Government, August 2014.
• The Netherlands Comprehensive Action Programme to Combat Jihadism. Dutch Government, August 2014.
• Booklet—Preventing violent extremism and radicalisation in Australia  Australian Government, 2015.
• Tackling extremism in the UK,  December 2013 Report from the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism,

Reports & Articles

• Council of Europe (2016). Council of Europe handbook for prison and probation services regarding radicalisation and violent extremism. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. 
• ​Working group meeting – Multi-agency cooperation (RAN P&P, 2016).
• Preventing Radicalisation to Terrorism and Violent Extremism. RAN Collection - Approaches, lessons learned and practices, 2015 Edition.
• BACK ON TRACK - A PILOT PROJECT ON THE PREVENTION OF RADICALISATION AMONG INMATES. Final Report. The Danish Department of Prisons and Probation, 2014.
• Are prisons really schools for terrorism? Challenging the rhetoric on prison radicalization. Clarke R Jones, 2014.
• The Quest for Significance Model of Radicalization: Implications for the Management of Terrorist Detainees. Michelle Dugas & Arie W. Kruglanski, 2014.
• European Counter-Radicalisation and De-radicalisation: A Comparative Evaluation of Approaches in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Institute for Strategic Dialogue, 2014.
• Preventing and countering youth radicalisation in the EU. European Parliament, Study for the LIBE Committee, 2014.
• Inventory of the best practices on de-radicalisation from the different Member States of the EU. TerRa, 2014.
• Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A Community-Policing Approach. OSCE, 2014.​
• Preventing Religious Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. A Systematic Review of the Research Evidence. Youth Justice Board.
• Prison and Probation Officer Practitioner Exchange: De-radicalisation in Prison (Policy Briefing). Institute for Strategic Dialogue, 2012.
• Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries. International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), 2010.
• Radicalisation in European Prisons. Sergio Bianchi. This report, on the 50,000 Muslims in Europe's prisons, was first published during the EU funded project, Cryme.