The International Corrections and Prisons Association, in collaboration with the Center for Promoting Lifelong Learning (CPIP) and National Administration of Penitentiaries – Romania, is delighted to invite you to a two-day training workshop on Standards in Prison Health. The training will take place from 30 April to 1 May, 2019, in Timisoara, Romania.
ABOUT THE EVENT
International law recognizes the right of everyone, including people deprived of their liberty, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. However, in practice, many prisoners receive healthcare of a far inferior standard to that available outside in the community, if they receive treatment at all.
Prisoners with existing healthcare conditions may have their health needs ignored or neglected, and others may develop health problems whilst in prison, thanks to unhealthy and unhygienic prison conditions and poor control of infectious diseases.
Health protection in prisons is a serious public health issue, which states ignore at their peril, as the vast majority of people in prison will return to the community at the end of their sentence.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Prison staff officials working in prisons.
PROGRAMME DRAFT*
Day 1 – 30 April 2019 | |||
9:00-9:15 | Greetings/Introductions | Mr. Mark Andrews, Health through Walls, USA | |
9:15-9:30 | Program Overview | Dr. John May, Chair, ICPA Healthcare Network | |
9:30-10:30 | Introduction to the International Correctional Core Standards
(Introduction to ICCS; Discussion of examples of ICCS) |
Presentation
Q&A |
Dr. Elizabeth Gondles, Director of International Correctional Initiatives, American Correctional Association |
10:30-10:45 | Break | ||
10:45-12:30 | Introduction to ICCS Care and Program Standards
(Overview of International Correctional Core Standards requirements and |
Presentation
Q&A |
Dr. John May, Chair, ICPA Healthcare Network
Dr. Elizabeth Gondles, Director of International Correctional Initiatives, American Correctional Association |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch break | ||
13:30-14:45 | Care and Program Standards Exercise
(Break into three teams for the care and program standards exercise. Each team will review three standards and determine areas of compliance or non-compliance/weakness.) |
Group Exercise | Dr. Elizabeth Gondles, Director of International Correctional Initiatives, American Correctional Association |
14:45-15:00 | Break | ||
15:00-16:15 | Institution Exercise Presentations
(Teams will present their findings with one participant speaking and one participant writing the standard on a whiteboard. For each standard there will be a new presenter from the group. Care section wrap-up and post-exercise discussion) |
Group Exercise | |
16:15 | Wrap-up | ||
Day 2 – 1 May 2019 | |||
9:00-9:45 | Responsible Health Care Authority
(Review options of organizational structure, responsibility and interaction with custody and community) |
Presentation
Q&A |
Dr. Elizabeth Gondles, Director of International Correctional Initiatives, American Correctional Association
Dr. John May, Chair, ICPA Healthcare Network |
9:45-10:30 | Basic Services and Levels of Care
(Clinical roles and scope of service within justice systems) |
Presentation
Q&A |
Dr. John May, Chair, ICPA Healthcare Network |
10:30-11:00 | Basics of Mental Illness
(Understand components of behavioral health management) |
Presentation
Q&A |
Dr. Elizabeth Gondles, Director of International Correctional Initiatives, American Correctional Association |
11:00-11:15 | Break | ||
11:15-12:30 | Suicide and Self-Injury Prevention:Group Discussion of Mental Health Challenges
(Participants to break into small groups and share experiences of mental health concerns and strategies in correctional settings) |
Group Exercise | |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch | ||
13:30-15:00 | Mandela Rules and Bangkok Rules
(Review the United Nations Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in the context of care delivery and health standards) |
Presentation
Q&A |
Dr. John May, Chair, ICPA Healthcare Network
Dr. Elizabeth Gondles, Director of International Correctional Initiatives, American Correctional Association |
15:00-15:15 | Break | ||
15:15-16:00 | International Declarations and Ethics
(Understand the international guidelines, directives and declarations relevant to the justice-involved populations) |
Presentation
Q&A |
Dr. John May, Chair, ICPA Healthcare Network
Dr. Elizabeth Gondles, Director of International Correctional Initiatives, American Correctional Association |
16:00-16:30 | Wrap-Up and Summary | ||
16:30 | End of the training |
* This is just a draft of the programme. There might be some changes over the course to the event.
PRESENTERS
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FEES & REGISTRATION
The workshop fee is € 200 (€ 150 for ICPA Individual/Professional Members).
The fee includes:
Please note that ICPA is not able to cover flights or any other travel fees. Participants have to make these arrangements themselves.
Registration is now closed.