KAZNENO-POPRAVNI ZAVOD NIŠ (I)

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Persons without adequate professional qualifications or work experience should be trained to perform their general and special duties; Improve life conditions of prison personnel by increasing their pays and introduce other incentives aiming at their better engagement, lawful and conscientious work. Permanently encourage personnel to increase their knowledge and professional capacity by attending courses, additional training and education, counselling and examples of positive management, and to approach their work with more devotion, and efficiency. Introduce training for members of the security services enabling them to handle aggressive prisoners in the most efficient and humane way. Prevent prejudices, notably those of gender nature, in the employment policy; Organise workshops and training related to constructive resolution of conflicts; Educate personnel or engage experts from specific areas to deal with special categories of prisoners.

KAZNENO-POPRAVNI ZAVOD NIŠ (II)

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Conditions of life and work of the entire personnel should be improved through increased salaries and other benefits that would motivate them to work conscientiously and in a legal manner. In this connection, the existing differences in salaries should be reconsidered while keeping in mind the role and importance of particular services as prescribed by the law; The personnel should be permanently encouraged to upgrade their knowledge and professional capacity by attending courses of in-service training and seminars aimed at improving humane treatment of prisoners, work efficiency and the personnel's commitment to their job; Gender discrimination in the process of recruitment should be prevented; In the process of recruitment, particular care should be paid to a candidate's social and emotional suitability; Additional specialists should be engaged for the work in the admission department; The personnel should be educated in dealing with special categories of prisoners, or specialists should be engaged for this purpose.

KAZNENO-POPRAVNI ZAVOD U ŠAPCU

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The problem of two vacant posts - for heads of the reformative training service and the training and employment service - should be urgently solved; - Bearing in mind the purpose of detention, the personnel should be constantly encouraged to improve their knowledge and professional capacity through training, consultative procedures and a positive management style to aspire to humane standards, higher efficiency and a committed approach to their duties; The vacant post of a psychologist should be filled as soon as possible; The Ministry of Justice should organize periodic meetings with and seminars for all heads of prison administrative services in the territory of Serbia, so as to enable exchange of views. The Ministry should also make all bylaws related to prison administrative services uniform. Further, these services should be computerized and their personnel trained in computer use; Prison personnel should be trained in dealing with special categories of prisoners, or pertinent specialists should be engaged; Prison personnel should be stimulated through salary rises and other benefits.

KAZNENO-POPRAVNI ZAVOD U SOMBORU

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The personnel shall be permanently encouraged to upgrade their knowledge and professional capacity through examples of positive management and by attending courses of inservice training, additional training, counselling, etc; The personnel should be trained to deal with special categories of prisoners or specialists should be engaged for the purpose; On selection and recruitment of the staff their personal suitability for the job should be primarily taken into account; At least one women officer should be employed full-time in the security service; More people should be employed full-time in the reformative training service with a view to enabling the existing staff to fully dedicate themselves to the prisoners' reformative training; admission procedures, therefore, should be entrusted to newly admitted professionals who would consult the existing staff whenever necessary; If appropriate to the prison's needs, more people should be engaged full-time in the training and employment service so as to avoid frequent overtime and thus improve relationship among the prison staff; Conditions of life and work of the prison personnel should be improved by providing more adequate salaries and employment benefits in view of the exacting nature of the work.

VASPITNO-POPRAVNI DOM ZA MALOLETNIKE U KRUŠEVCU

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The personnel should be permanently encouraged to improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending in-service courses, as well as special training and seminars that would help them to fulfil their duties and obligations in a human, committed, professional, fair and efficient manner; Full-time engagement of professionals qualified to deal with special categories of juveniles such as mentally disadvantaged juvenile or drug users should be considered; More specialists in adolescent problematic (psychologists, educators, social workers, jurists, etc.) should be employed on permanent basis; In the process of personnel's selection and recruitment, particular attention should be paid to candidates' personal and emotional suitability for the job; The personnel's everyday living should be improved through increased salaries and other benefits.

KAZNENO-POPRAVNI ZAVOD ZA MALOLETNIKE U VALJEVU (I)

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Personnel lacking suitable expertise/professional capacity and work experience should be trained to fulfill their special and general duties; In selection and admission of personnel to the facility, focus should be placed on their social and emotional capability of job applicants; Permanently encourage personnel to improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending additional courses in positive management, counselling and specific education, to make them strive to humane treatment, greater efficiency, and dedication to their work; Prevent bias in employment policy, mostly gender-related prejudices; Organise workshops, and programs for training in skills and knowledge of constructive conflict-resolution. Educate personnel or engage specific experts for treatment of special categories of inmates;

KAZNENO-POPRAVNI ZAVOD ZA MALOLETNIKE U VALJEVU (II)

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In the process of selecting and recruiting institutional personnel, particular attention should be paid to their social and emotional suitability for the work; The personnel lacking proper professional qualification and experience should attend courses of in-service training aimed at enabling them to carry out their duties and responsibilities in competent and humane manner, and in keeping with the concept of reformative training and social resettlement of juveniles; The decision whereby the staff of the reformative training service has been placed in an inferior position should be urgently reconsidered and revoked; Sensitivity training or some similar education in interaction skills should be introduced; The personnel should be continually encouraged to advance their knowledge and professional capacity by attending courses of in-service training, remedial and other specialized training, with a view to fulfil their duties and obligations in a humane, committed, professional, fair and efficient manner and provide juveniles with a positive model and perspective; The personnel should be educated in dealing with special categories of juveniles or specialists should be engaged for this purpose; Workshops and programs of training in constructive resolution of conflict situations should be organized.

OKRUŽNI ZATVOR U BEOGRADU

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Conditions of life and work of the entire personnel should be improved through increased salaries and other employment benefits for those who work efficiently, conscientiously and in a lawabiding manner; The personnel should be constantly encouraged to improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending advanced courses, courses of in-service training and seminars, and by following examples of positive management; Addition of at least one psychologist to the staff should be considered to work with both convicted and untried prisoners.

OKRUŽNI ZATVOR U NOVOM SADU

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With a view to upgrading the overall functioning of the institution, the possibility of adding more qualified people to the full-time personnel should be given thought; this particularly refers to the needs underlying admission procedure, careful observation and classification of prisoners; Conditions of life and work of the entire personnel should be improved through increased salaries and other employment benefits for those who work efficiently, conscientiously and in a lawabiding manner; The personnel should be constantly encouraged to improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending advanced courses, courses of in-service training and seminars, and by following examples of positive management; The personnel should be continually encouraged to perceive the crucial role of the reformative training services, i.e. prisoners' social resettlement at a top priority; Members of the staff lacking adequate professional capacity and experience should attend relevant classes of relevant in-house training; The personnel should be trained in or specialists should be engaged for the treatment of specific categories of prisoners.

ZAKLJUČNA RAZMATRANJA

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The coming into force of the new Law on the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions (LECS) on 1 October 1998 and of the Decree on the Establishment of Institutions for the Enforcement of Institutional Sanctions on 23 May 1998 were major steps forward in reforming and modernizing our country’s system for the enforcement of criminal sanctions and its harmonization with relevant international legal acts. Nonetheless, although five years have passed since their adoption, a great many of their provisions are yet to be put into practice. What is more, although at the time of its adoption the new law was welcomed as a long-overdue innovation designed to meet the pressing need to bring our country’s legislation into line with relevant international standards, at the time of writing it appears obsolete and incompatible. This is why an analysis of the system of enforcement of institutional criminal sanctions in our country and its comparison to those of other countries on the basis of relevant legal provisions alone would be purely fictitious. We therefore decided against such an approach. The current state of affairs outlined above made our task much more difficult in many ways. Instead of concentrating on detecting ‘minor’ inconsistencies in the enforcement of criminal sanctions and contemplating ways of eliminating them, we found ourselves confronted with something we considered inconceivable, i.e. the absence of a single strategy, of a well-conceived system, and of a well-defined network of institutions. In so chaotic a climate, marked by disregard for even fundamental legal provisions (e.g. those determining the categories of institution, their classification, etc.), it was impossible to verify the general theoretical propositions on which the whole system ought to rest and consequently to see their practical implications. Instead, much of our effort consisted in detecting and discussing major derogation’s from the LECS and relevant international standards. The final chapter of this work comprises general conclusions based on the findings presented on the preceding pages, as well as recommendations for promoting the enforcement of criminal sanctions, primarily with a view to protecting the basic human rights of imprisoned or detained persons. In order to ensure systematic presentation and ease of reference, the conclusions and recommendations are subsumed according to their content under the six subjects discussed earlier.

PREPORUKE

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THE PENITENTIARY AT NIŠ (I)

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Persons without adequate professional qualifications or work experience should be trained to perform their general and special duties; Improve life conditions of prison personnel by increasing their pays and introduce other incentives aiming at their better engagement, lawful and conscientious work. Permanently encourage personnel to increase their knowledge and professional capacity by attending courses, additional training and education, counselling and examples of positive management, and to approach their work with more devotion, and efficiency. Introduce training for members of the security services enabling them to handle aggressive prisoners in the most efficient and humane way. Prevent prejudices, notably those of gender nature, in the employment policy; Organise workshops and training related to constructive resolution of conflicts; Educate personnel or engage experts from specific areas to deal with special categories of prisoners.

THE PENITENTIARY AT NIŠ (II)

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Conditions of life and work of the entire personnel should be improved through increased salaries and other benefits that would motivate them to work conscientiously and in a legal manner. In this connection, the existing differences in salaries should be reconsidered while keeping in mind the role and importance of particular services as prescribed by the law; The personnel should be permanently encouraged to upgrade their knowledge and professional capacity by attending courses of in-service training and seminars aimed at improving humane treatment of prisoners, work efficiency and the personnel's commitment to their job; Gender discrimination in the process of recruitment should be prevented; In the process of recruitment, particular care should be paid to a candidate's social and emotional suitability; Additional specialists should be engaged for the work in the admission department; The personnel should be educated in dealing with special categories of prisoners, or specialists should be engaged for this purpose.

THE PENITENTIARY AT POŽAREVAC-ZABELA

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The personnel lacking professional capacity or practical experience should be given a course of training in their general and specific duties; Selection and recruitment of the personnel should primarily depend on their social and emotional competence; Salaries paid to the entire personnel should be increased and they should be otherwise motivated to pursue their duties in an efficient, conscientious and law-abiding manner; The personnel should be constantly encouraged to upgrade their knowledge and professional capacity by attending courses of in-service training, advanced courses and seminars on positive management, so as to enhance their humanity, personal suitability for the work and efficiency; Training in efficient and humane restraint of aggressive prisoners should be organized for the personnel of the security services; Recruitment discrimination based on any prejudice, and particularly gender discrimination, should be prevented; Training programs for and workshops in constructive conflict-solution skills should be organized; The personnel should be trained in or specialists should be engaged for treatment of specific categories of prisoners; Sensitivity training or similar education should be organized.

THE PENITENTIARY AT SREMSKA MITROVICA

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The conditions of life and work of the entire personnel should be improved by raising their pay and providing other incentives for their committed, conscientious and lawful work; Personnel should be stimulated at all times to add to their knowledge and to improve their vocational skills by attending vocational development, training and education courses and seminars and by offering examples of positive management in order to encourage humane treatment and enhance efficiency and commitment; Personnel should be educated or specialists engaged to deal with special categories of prisoners; The acute problem created by the absence of the social worker should be solved by engaging a part-time or volunteer worker or in any other appropriate and feasible manner; Workshops and programmes should be designed to educate personnel in the skills of constructive conflict-solution; In selecting personnel, due account should be taken of the applicant’s social and emotional competence.

THE PENITENTIARY AT SOMBOR

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The personnel shall be permanently encouraged to upgrade their knowledge and professional capacity through examples of positive management and by attending courses of inservice training, additional training, counselling, etc; The personnel should be trained to deal with special categories of prisoners or specialists should be engaged for the purpose; On selection and recruitment of the staff their personal suitability for the job should be primarily taken into account; At least one women officer should be employed full-time in the security service; More people should be employed full-time in the reformative training service with a view to enabling the existing staff to fully dedicate themselves to the prisoners' reformative training; admission procedures, therefore, should be entrusted to newly admitted professionals who would consult the existing staff whenever necessary; If appropriate to the prison's needs, more people should be engaged full-time in the training and employment service so as to avoid frequent overtime and thus improve relationship among the prison staff; Conditions of life and work of the prison personnel should be improved by providing more adequate salaries and employment benefits in view of the exacting nature of the work.

THE REFORMATORY AT KRUŠEVAC

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The personnel should be permanently encouraged to improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending in-service courses, as well as special training and seminars that would help them to fulfil their duties and obligations in a human, committed, professional, fair and efficient manner; Full-time engagement of professionals qualified to deal with special categories of juveniles such as mentally disadvantaged juvenile or drug users should be considered; More specialists in adolescent problematic (psychologists, educators, social workers, jurists, etc.) should be employed on permanent basis; In the process of personnel's selection and recruitment, particular attention should be paid to candidates' personal and emotional suitability for the job; The personnel's everyday living should be improved through increased salaries and other benefits.

THE JUVENILE PENITENTIARY AT VALJEVO (I)

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Personnel lacking suitable expertise/professional capacity and work experience should be trained to fulfill their special and general duties; In selection and admission of personnel to the facility, focus should be placed on their social and emotional capability of job applicants; Permanently encourage personnel to improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending additional courses in positive management, counselling and specific education, to make them strive to humane treatment, greater efficiency, and dedication to their work; Prevent bias in employment policy, mostly gender-related prejudices; Organise workshops, and programs for training in skills and knowledge of constructive conflict-resolution. Educate personnel or engage specific experts for treatment of special categories of inmates;

THE JUVENILE PENITENTIARY AT VALJEVO (II)

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In the process of selecting and recruiting institutional personnel, particular attention should be paid to their social and emotional suitability for the work; The personnel lacking proper professional qualification and experience should attend courses of in-service training aimed at enabling them to carry out their duties and responsibilities in competent and humane manner, and in keeping with the concept of reformative training and social resettlement of juveniles; The decision whereby the staff of the reformative training service has been placed in an inferior position should be urgently reconsidered and revoked; Sensitivity training or some similar education in interaction skills should be introduced; The personnel should be continually encouraged to advance their knowledge and professional capacity by attending courses of in-service training, remedial and other specialized training, with a view to fulfil their duties and obligations in a humane, committed, professional, fair and efficient manner and provide juveniles with a positive model and perspective; The personnel should be educated in dealing with special categories of juveniles or specialists should be engaged for this purpose; Workshops and programs of training in constructive resolution of conflict situations should be organized.

THE DISTRICT PRISON AT BELGRADE

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Conditions of life and work of the entire personnel should be improved through increased salaries and other employment benefits for those who work efficiently, conscientiously and in a lawabiding manner; The personnel should be constantly encouraged to improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending advanced courses, courses of in-service training and seminars, and by following examples of positive management; Addition of at least one psychologist to the staff should be considered to work with both convicted and untried prisoners.