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Support of a Mental health care Strategy in Penitentiary Establishments
As part of the support of the Council of Europe to the Georgian Penitentiary system in the area of mental healthcare services for detainees, a first draft of a mental health strategy for penitentiary establishments has been developed with a view to improving the prevention, early detection,...
Press release: First Training Programme for Psychiatric Nurses in Georgia
The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) are assisting the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia (MoC) in the training of psychiatric nurses on main principles of mental health nursing. Between June and July 2017, 15 psychiatric nurses were trained based on a program developed by CoE...
Press release: Prisons Free of Suicide Cases
The Council of Europe and the European Union continue to support the further enhancement of skills of Georgian prison psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers in administering Suicide Prevention Programmed (SPP) in prisons. As a part of the support, on-site supervision of multidisciplinary...
More than 150 prison staff from all parts of Georgia trained on managing prisoners with mental health problems
The Council of Europe and the European Union organised 1-day training sessions for 7 groups of medical and non-medical personnel of the penitentiary system, on managing prisoners with mental health problems, between 26 June and 3 July 2017. In total, up to 158 participants from different prisons...
Supporting professional development of temporary detention isolator staff
The Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) are assisting the Ministry of Internal Affairs in developing of a distance learning program for the staff of the police detention facilities. The CoE international expert participated in a working group meeting in Georgia on 16-17 May to...
European Prison Rules
