Prison safety is a primary concern and within most prison settings there is a strong need for better insight regarding the violence risk of detainees. Gaining a better understanding of detainees’ potential for future violent behavior, may increase both the safety within the prison setting as well as the safety of society at large. Evaluating risk and protective factors for violence is vital for informing risk management strategies and planning individualized interventions. However, it is often not feasible to administer comprehensive violence risk assessment for all individuals due to staff shortages and limited time and resources. As a result, the potential for violence may remain unnoticed. In an attempt to make risk evaluations possible for all prisoners, a new risk-screening tool was developed in The Netherlands: The Risk Screener – Violence (RS-V). The aim of the RS-V is to create more insight regarding the most relevant risk and protective factors for each detainee and subsequently consider overall concerns for the specific individual regarding a) in-prison violence, b) post-release violence, and c) violence during leaves from prison. The RS-V can serve as triage for possible comprehensive risk assessment for those cases for whom serious concerns arise from the screening. It can also assist in placement considerations and decision-making regarding leaves or release. In this presentation, the RS-V will be introduced and explained, research findings regarding the user experiences and psychometric properties will be presented, and further implications, opportunities and challenges for other prison systems will be discussed.