In Montenegro 120 prison officers graduate from OSCE training course
(OSCE)Participants engaged in a prison training programme developed by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. (OSCE) Photo details
PODGORICA, 5 May 2004 - 120 officers of the Montenegrin Prison Service graduated today from a special two-week, OSCE-sponsored training course, focussing on the issue of drug abuse and human rights in prisons.
The course was the second in a series of training courses offered by the OSCE Office in Podgorica. In November 2003, 141 Prison Officers graduated from a similar course conducted by international experts in the training of prison staff. Parallel to the training of the prison officers, five prison staff graduated from an advanced "Training for Trainers" programme.
"The Prison Service Training Centre now possesses a dedicated team able to perform its own training", said Helen Gardiner, Head of the Institution Building Section, OSCE Office in Podgorica.
Members of the Montenegrin Ministry of Justice also participated in two roundtables with prison officials, during which key documents were drafted on "in-house" protocols and procedures on drug abuse and on the treatment of prisoners in accordance with international conventions.
The Head of the OSCE Office in Podgorica, Ambassador Rudolf Bogner, also presented a Certificate of Recognition to the Head of the Prison Service Training Centre, Aleksandar Razi, for the completion of the drug training programme.
Montenegro is one of only two countries of the former Yugoslavia that has a special training centre for prison staff.
The course was the second in a series of training courses offered by the OSCE Office in Podgorica. In November 2003, 141 Prison Officers graduated from a similar course conducted by international experts in the training of prison staff. Parallel to the training of the prison officers, five prison staff graduated from an advanced "Training for Trainers" programme.
"The Prison Service Training Centre now possesses a dedicated team able to perform its own training", said Helen Gardiner, Head of the Institution Building Section, OSCE Office in Podgorica.
Members of the Montenegrin Ministry of Justice also participated in two roundtables with prison officials, during which key documents were drafted on "in-house" protocols and procedures on drug abuse and on the treatment of prisoners in accordance with international conventions.
The Head of the OSCE Office in Podgorica, Ambassador Rudolf Bogner, also presented a Certificate of Recognition to the Head of the Prison Service Training Centre, Aleksandar Razi, for the completion of the drug training programme.
Montenegro is one of only two countries of the former Yugoslavia that has a special training centre for prison staff.