DOCUMENT RESUME ED 443 003 CE 080 452 AUTHOR Boros, Janos, Ed. TITLE Protective Bars? Report on the EPEA International Conference on Prison Education (6th, Budapest, Hungary, November 1-5, 1997) . PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 165p.; This report was designed and prepared by the Department of International Relations, Hungarian Prison Administration, Budapest. Published by the Central and East European Information and Documentation Centre, Budapest, as part of the series "Reports on Conferences," with the assistance of the European Prison Education Association. Photographs may not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROM Secretary, European Prison Education Association, Prison Education, Dundonald House, Belfast BT4 3SU, N. Ireland, U.K., Tel.: 44 1232 525145, Fax: 44 1232 525141, E-mail: [email protected], Web site: http://users.tibus.com/epea. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Basic Education; *Correctional Education; Correctional Institutions; *Correctional Rehabilitation; Developed Nations; Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education; *Prisoners; Program Development; Program Improvement; Theory Practice Relationship IDENTIFIERS *Europe (Central); *Europe (East); United States ABSTRACT This document contains 16 papers on practices in correctional education in Central and Eastern Europe, presented at a conference in Hungary in 1997. The papers center around these four topics: (1) Prison System and Humanization;(2) New Challenges in Prison Life and Prison Education;(3) Nothing Works? Something Works; and (4) Beyond 2000. The following 5 keynote addresses, followed by 11 papers are included: "Prison System and Humanisation" (Ferenc Tari); "New Challenges in Prison Education" (Robert Suvaal); "Effective Correctional Programming" (Friedrich Losel); "Nothing Works? Something Works!" (Andras Csoti); and "Beyond 2000: Perspectives, New Horizons" (William Rentzmann); "Prisoners Are People: Maintaining Social Identities in Prisons" (Anita Wilson); "What's on Demand in Remand?" (Niek Willems); "Prison Education in an Overcrowded Prison" (Steve Gravett); "Liberty through Literacy" (Linda L. LaBoy, Mary-Ann K. Salvatore); "Norwegian Activities in the Baltic States: The Nord-Balt Prison Project" (Asbjorn Langas); "Back to Society: Charting, Evaluating, and Suggesting Measures To Improve Follow-Up Training for Prison Inmates" (Torfinn Langelid); "The Impact of Education on Post Release Success: Research in Progress in Ohio, Maryland, and Minnesota" (Stephen Steurer, David Jenkins); "Classification System in a Hungarian Juvenile Prison" (Attila Hevenyi); and "Education and the Arts in Prison" (Anne Peaker); "Beyond 2000: Perspectives, New Horizons" (Joseph Giordmaina, Anthony Vella); and "Clay and Welfare: Towards Empowering the Offenders" (Markku Salo). Nine appendixes contain conference programs and events, abstracts of papers, general information, information about the European Prison Education Association, a Council of Europe Recommendation on Education in Prison, lists of participants and liaisons, and a photo collage from the conference. (KC) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. QE U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Office of Educational Research and Improvement DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) 17ifThis document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it SstV\ Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent 1 official OERt position or policy Report on the 6th EPEAInternational Conference on PrisonEducation PROTECTIVEBARS? 1-5 November1997, Budapest Central and East European Information andDocumentation Centre Ar% Reporton the 6th EPEA International Conference on Prison Education 1-5 November 1997 Budapest Hungag PROTECTIVE BARS? This Report was designed and prepared by the Department of International Relations, Hungarian Prison Administration, Budapest Editor-in-Chief Dr. Janos Boros Deputy Editor Dr. Laszlo Csetneky, Editing Assistant Eva Pasztor DTP; layout and graphic enhancementVince Huszar Photos (except the Oxford Bench) Gunnar Moen Published by the Central and East European Information and Documentation Centre, Budapest, as part of the series Reports on Conferences, with the assistance of the EPEA. Printed at Vaci Nyomda, Hungary, 1998. Copies of this conference report are available at the secretary of the EPEA. 2 6th EPEA Conference, Hungary 1997 4 PROTECTIVE BARS? Patron Pal Vastagh Minister of Justice, Hungary Organising Committee Chair Janos Boros Head of Department of International Relations Hungarian Prison Administration Secretary Laszlo Csetneky Deputy Head of Prison Department National Police Academy Planning group Jcinos Boros Head of Department of International Relations Hungarian Prison Administration Laszlo Csetneky Deputy Head of Prison Department National Police Academy Svenolov Svensson Chairperson of EPEA Swedish Prison and Probation Administration Regional Office Gothenburg Torfinn Langelid Member of EPEA National Education Office Hordaland County, Norway David Marston Member of EPEA Steering Committee Kaj Raundrup Member of EPEA Steering-Committee Ministry of Justice, Denmark Organisers Eszter Szalma Eva Pasztor Klaudia Kovacs Aniko Horvath Assistants at the Department of International Relations Hungarian Prison Administration 6th EPEA Conference, Hungary 1997 PROTECTIVE BARS? Contents Foreword 6 OPENING ADDRESSES 8 Svenolov Svensson 8 Derso Avarkeszi 10 Janos Boros 12 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES 14 Prison System and Humanisation 14 Ferenc Tari New Challenges in Prison Education 20 Robert Suvaal Effective Correctional Programming 28 Friedrich Losel Nothing Works? Something Works' 32 Andras Cs6ti Beyond 2000: Perspectives, New Horizons 38 William Rentzmann Topic 1: PRISON SYSTEM AND HUMANISATION 50 Prisoners are People: Maintaining Social Identities in Prisons 50 Anita Wilson What's on Demand in Remand? 60 Niek Willems 6th EPEA Conference, Hungary 1997 CONTENTS Topic 2: NEW CHALLENGES IN PRISON LIFE AND PRISON EDUCATION 66 Prison Education in an Overcrowded Prison 66 Steve Gravett Liberty Through Literacy 68 Linda L. La Boy & Mary-Ann K Salvatore Norwegian activities in the Baltic States: The Nord-Balt Prison Project 71 Asbjarn Langas Topic 3: NOTHING WORKS? SOMETHING WORKS! 74 Back to Society 74 Torfinn Lange lid The Impact of Education on Post Release Success 83 Stephen Steurer & David Jenkins.. Classification System in a Hungarian Juvenile Prison '86 Attila Hevenyi Education and the Arts In Prison 90 Anne Pea ker Topic 4: BEYOND 2000 97 Beyond 2000: Perspectives, New Horizons 97 Joseph Giordmaina Anthony' Vella Clay and Welfare: Towards Empowering the Offenders 105 Markku Salo APPENDIX 110. Daily Programme. of the Conference 110 Abstracts 115 Social events 127 General Information 129 The EPEA: European Prison Education Association 130 Svenolov Svensson Council of Europe Recommendation No R (89) 12 on Education in Prison 137 List of Participants 138 Liaison Persons 152 Photo Collage from the 1997 Budapest EPEA Conference 156 6th EPEA Conference, Hungary 1997 PROTECTIVE BARS? Foreword The 5th EPEA International Conference on Education in Prisons, "Bending Back the Bars" was held in Blagdon, England, 1-4 October 1995. There werethree main conference themes that. year; "Promoting the growth of the individual in prison through a broad-based curriculum", "Encouraging Ownership by Staff and Prisoners" and "Building Bridges with the Community". At the time of the 5th EPEA conference, contacts had been taken with the National Prison Administration of Hungary. The NPA in Budapest generously agreed in hosting the EPEA conference in 1997 in cooperation with the EPEA. A working group started the conference planning already in Blagdon. One of the objectives of these conferences is to encourage research and examination of appropriate methods and practical initiatives related to different aspects of prison education, with a view of emphasizing the right to education and reducing recidivismnot as a goal in itselfmore as a valuable future consequence. A further wish has been toinvite countries of central and eastern Europe to take part in the conference. Therefore it was a special pleasure for us to welcome the representatives of these countries. The 6th EPEA Conference had a total of about 130 participants from 23 countries in Europe, Australia, USA and Israel. At this sixth EPEA Conference "Protective Bars", one of our aims was to focus on prison systems and humanisation and look into what part education can takein that development. The title of the conference was meant, in a way, to provoke people and make us thinkabout what different roles the "Wall" or "Bars" can have. Most of us agree in the role of protecting society from criminals by putting them behind bars. This perspective could be right aslong as you do not mean it for life and if the "insideperspective" is to prepare for life outside. Our conference title would also like you to think of a different perspective which,in some countries would mean that the walls or bars actually could protect and facilitatedevelopment and progression inside, as long as the bars exist. This, however, could be ahazardous perspec- tive and need a very carefully thought through policy. With or withoutwalls we believe in what education