The rehabilitation and reintegration of individuals convicted of terrorism-related offences remains one of the biggest security challenges facing EU Member States. The large numbers of individuals expected to be released from prisons back into society over the coming years brings this challenge into sharp focus. This issue of the RAN Practitioners Update therefore takes a look at the challenges facing prisons in Europe today. The Update includes the latest edition of the RAN Practitioners Spotlight magazine and introduces a new series of programmes, called ‘Event Reports’, which capture the thoughts and insights of practitioners at RAN Working Group meetings, including a meeting of the RAN PRISONS Working Group.
The latest issue of the RAN Practitioners Spotlight magazine takes a look at the challenges for European prisons. The publication, which includes articles, interviews and case studies by RAN practitioners and Working Group leads, explores the radicalisation challenge in prisons, the importance of getting risks assessments right, training of prison staff and much more.
As part of a new series of programmes, called ‘Event Reports’, we travelled to Rome to attend a meeting of the RAN PRISONS Working Group, which looked at the issue of false or non-compliance in prisons. The programme, which explored why this issue is of such concern, captured the thoughts and views of RAN practitioners at the meeting.
A paper produced by RAN Practitioners in 2021, provides a picture of risk assessment tools used in EU Member States both in the prison and security contexts. It focuses on existing instruments, their content and how they are used at the moment. The goals of such assessment and the challenges for the future in this field are also mentioned.
The latest episode of the Special Report takes a look at the nature of the practitioner environment in Europe today. The programme, which hears from three members of the RAN Practitioners network, touches upon the current P/CVE challenges, the capacity and capability of practitioners to tackle them, and the role of young people in P/CVE.
A recent episode of the RAN Practitioners podcast series, RAN in Focus, also takes a look at the nature of the practitioner environment in Europe today. The podcast hears from RAN practitioners and Working Group leads who share their views and insights on some of the challenges facing practitioners in their daily work.
With travel permitted for the first time in two years, RAN Practitioners has been on the road. A new series of programmes, called ‘Event Reports’, captures RAN and its network of practitioners in action. The first of these episodes visited Barcelona, to attend a meeting of the RAN LOCAL Working Group as they took a look at the local impact of online radicalisation.
Upcoming events
For more information on all planned meetings over the coming months of 2022 please go to the RAN Practitioners website.
Latest Publications
Engaging and Empowering Young People in P/CVE
A recent paper by RAN Practitioners provides insights for practitioners on why and how to engage and empower young people in preventing and countering violent extremism. The paper, which captures the thoughts of young people shared at a meeting of the RAN YOUNG platform in Athens in May 2022, outlines the areas of most interest to young people and where they can add value.
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