Under the project "Improving the quality of the judiciary by strengthening the capacities of prison and probation system and victim and witness support system", co-financed under the European Social Fund (ESF), a training for prison system officers was carried out in the Training Centre on 6 April 2022 on the pilot application of tools for risk and needs assessment of criminal offenders, which is used in the probation system (OAS - Offender Assessment System).
The training was organised as a result of the previous project activity - a job and business process analysis conducted in four penal institutions and a developed proposal for improvements, and is part of the project activity of implementing a pilot project in four penal institutions during 6 months, in which time various activities are undertaken to improve business processes in the penal institutions, in accordance with the estimated needs.
The training was attended by 7 officers from correctional treatment departments of the Lepoglava Penitentiary, Požega Penitentiary, Zadar Prison and Zagreb Prison, who will test the application of this risk and needs assessment tool on the prison population in the next few months. The training was delivered by the officers of the Central Probation Office.
This training also represents a continuation of cooperation between the prison and the probation system in improving the execution of criminal sanctions and measures.
