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LEBANESE CORRECTIONS PROFESSIONALIZATION SINLEC19GR0098 RAI CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REFINE POLICY AND HOST CAPACITY BUILDING TRAININGS FOR THE LEBANESE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRISON SYSTEM IN THAT COUNTRY. RAI HAS BUILT A STABLE WORKFLOW PROCESS, COORDINATING FLUIDLY WITH LEBANESE AUTHORITIES AND RECEIVING POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM INL WITH THE SUCCESSES OF THE PROJECT, DESPITE THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES FACING THE COUNTRY, AND THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS. ACTIVITY 1.1: CLASSIFICATION, CUSTODY & HOUSING SYSTEM: APPROVED AND SUBMITTED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL HAS INDICATED THAT CLASSIFICATION CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED AS THIS TIME AND THAT IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED 'AN IDEA' TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT A LATER DATE WHEN THE SITUATION IN COUNTRY IS 'MORE STABLE'. ACTIVITY 1.2: INMATE DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM: THE INMATE DISCIPLINE POLICY REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE; HOWEVER, WE LEARNED IN SEPTEMBER 2021 THAT THE DISCIPLINE PROGRAM WAS NOT ADOPTED BY ISF. THE RAI TEAM RECEIVED NO COMMENTS, SO POLICY ADJUSTMENTS CANNOT BE MADE. ACTIVITY 1.3: ELECTRONIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: RAI ATTEMPTED TO WORK WITH ISF IT DEPARTMENT ON ADAPTING DATABASE SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFICATION, BUT COULD NOT PROCEED AS THE CLASSIFICATION POLICY AND SYSTEM APPROVED BY REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS NOT ADOPTED BY ISF, SO NO ELECTRONIC CLASSIFICATION OR DISCIPLINE SYSTEM CAN BE ESTABLISHED. ACTIVITY 1.4: COMPREHENSIVE CORRECTIONS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFICATION, CUSTODY & HOUSING: APPROVED BY REVIEW COMMITTEE. FORWARDED TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR APPROVAL, ADOPTION, AND IMPLEMENTATION. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL HAS DECIDED TO SHELVE THE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM TO BE UTILIZED IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THE 'SITUATION' IN LEBANON IMPROVE. ACTIVITY 1.5: TRAIN 100 OPERATIONAL STAFF ON CLASSIFICATION, CUSTODY & HOUSING POLICIES & PROCEDURES: SEE ACTIVITY 1.4 ABOVE. TO DATE 100 ISF AND MOJ MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING IN CLASSIFICATION PROGRAMMING. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL INDICATES THAT HE WISHES CLASSIFICATION TRAINING TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. ACTIVITY 1.6: ASSIST ISF TO CLASSIFY ALL 6,450 INMATES: AS NOTED IN 1.3 AND 1.4 ABOVE, THE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM AND THE ENSUING SYSTEM TO CLASSIFY ALL INMATES IN THE LEBANESE SYSTEM HINGES ON DOCUMENT APPROVAL AND CLASSIFICATION IMPLEMENTATION. CLASSIFICATION SCORING FORMS HAVE BEEN TESTED AND 'PROOFED' AGAINST INMATES CURRENTLY HOUSED AT THE PRISON TO ENSURE THAT THE SCORING/CLASSIFICATION PROCESS IS ACCURATE. MORE THAN 380 INMATE FILES HAVE BEEN SCORED AND 'CLASSIFIED', BUT THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED OR A PART OF THE INMATE HOUSING OR PLACEMENT AS IT IS NOT APPROVED FOR IMPLEMENTATION. ACTIVITY 2.1: USE OF FORCE PLAN: THE REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVED THE USE OF FORCE POLICY AND FORWARDED THE POLICY TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL INDICATED ON OCTOBER 26, 2021, THAT THE POLICY WOULD BE APPROVED AND SIGNED. ACTIVITY 2.2: TACTICAL PLAN: THE TACTICAL PLAN AS PART OF THE OVERALL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. THE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED THE SPECIAL TEAMS DOCUMENT AND FORWARDED THE PLAN TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR SERT TRAINING PLAN AS THE EMERGENCY PLAN, SPECIAL TEAMS POLICY, AND USE OF FORCE POLICY. ACTIVITY 2.3: EMERGENCY PLANS: APPROVED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL INDICATED ON OCTOBER 26, 2021, THAT THE EMERGENCY PLANS WOULD BE APPROVED. ACTIVITY 2.4: TRAIN 200 STAFF ON INMATE DISTURBANCE INTERVENTION: SEE 2.1, 2.2, AND 2.3 ABOVE. AS ISF MEMBERS ATTEND THE ON-GOING TRAINING PROGRAM, EACH MEMBER RECEIVES RUDIMENTARY TRAINING REGARDING RESPONSE TO VARIOUS EMERGENCIES (11 SPECIFIC EMERGENCIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ASSIGNED EMERGENCY POSTS, ROSTERS, EQUIPMENT, ETC.), CELL EXTRACTION, AND METHODS THAT WILL BE USED TO INTERVENE AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CELLBLOCKS AND PRISON(S). TRAINING OF RCT BEGAN JANUARY 17, 2022 AND CONCLUDED ON MARCH 11, 2022. CELL EXTRACTION TRAINING OCCURRED FEBRUARY 21-23, 2022. TOTAL OF 259 MEMBERS COMPLETED IN-SERVICE/ON-GOING TRAINING. 96 RESPONSE STAFF HAVE ATTENDED AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING, RECEIVING CERTIFICATES OF THEIR SUCCESS. TOTAL, 355 PERSONNEL TRAINED. ACTIVITY 3.1: CLASSIFICATION AND INMATE DISTURBANCE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: APPROVED BY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND SUBMITTED TO DIRECTOR GENERAL. PLEASE SEE ACTIVITIES 1.2 AND 1.4 ABOVE. INMATE DISTURBANCE POLICY (ACTIVITY 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 AND 2.4 ABOVE) (EMERGENCY PLANS) (RIOT CONTROL TEAM AND SERT TRAINING MANUALS) APPROVED BY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND FORWARDED TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. ACTIVITY 3.2: CORRECTIONS TRAINING CURRICULUM: THE BASIC RECRUIT CURRICULUM IS COMPLETE, TRANSLATED, AND APPROVED BY REVIEW COMMITTEE. THE CURRICULUM WAS FORWARDED TO ARAMOUN TRAINING ACADEMY FOR REVIEW BY DIRECTOR GENERAL. ACTIVITY 3.3: INCORPORATE MOCK PRISON AT THE ARAMOUN TRAINING ACADEMY: CELL EXTRACTION TRAINING OCCURRED AT ARAMOUN TRAINING CENTER FEBRUARY 21-23, 2022, UTILIZING THE MOCK PRISON. ACTIVITY 3.4: TRAIN 30 ACADEMY TRAINERS & ISF CORRECTIONS OFFICERS: WE BEGAN TRAINING TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS, MARCH 2020. THE TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED MEMBERS OF VARIOUS TRAINING CADRES TO BECOME TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS. TRAIN THE TRAINER TRAINING COMMENCED DECEMBER 6, 2021. FOURTEEN (14) MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED TRAIN THE TRAINER TRAINING. ANOTHER TRAIN-THE TRAINER TRAINING OCCURRED MARCH 14-22, 2022 AT CENTRAL PRISON-ROUMIEH, WITH 17 ATTENDEES. TOTAL 31 OFFICIALS RECEIVED TRAINING. ACTIVITY 3.5: TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PLAN: ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTINUING EDUCATION PLAN HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE. THE RAI TEAM HAS TRAINED FIFTEEN CADRES OF ISF MEMBERS, WITH 259 ATTENDEES. THE IN-SERVICE/ON-GOING TRAINING PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND FORWARDED TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

CLASSIFICATION: BUILDING EFFECTIVE PRISON MANAGEMENT IN TUNISIA SINLEC19CA0389. ACTIVITY 1.1: ASSESS AND EVALUATE CURRENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND AUDIT ONE PILOT PRISON'S CLASSIFICATION RECORDS. COMPLETED ACTIVITY 1.2: DEVELOP AND FINALIZE SOPS, FORMS, ETC., AND CREATE OPERATIONS MANUAL: ALL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. THE DOCUMENTS ARE BEING REVIEWED BY THE CGPR TO CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE IN LINE WITH CULTURAL BELIEFS, RELATABLE TO THE TUNISIAN PRISON SYSTEM AND ARE UNDERSTANDABLE AND CLEAR TO THE TUNISIAN PRISON STAFF. ACTIVITY 1.3: DEVELOP TRAINING CURRICULA, CREATE CLASSIFICATION TRAINING MANUAL ON OPERATIONS MANUAL DEVELOPED IN ACTIVITY 1.2.: RAI HAS A TEMPLATE ENGLISH/ARABIC TRAINING MANUAL FOR CLASSIFICATION; HOWEVER, THE FINAL VERSION CANNOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL ACTIVITY 1.2 GETS APPROVED BY CGPR. NEVERTHELESS, THE FOLLOWING POLICIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED: OBJECTIVE CLASSIFICATION, CLASSIFICATION HEARINGS AND DOCUMENTATION, CLASSIFICATION ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT, CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE PROCESS, CONDUCT OF EMERGENCY TRANSFERS, ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS AND SYSTEM AUDITS. WROTE AND EDITED FURTHER CLASSIFICATION POLICIES FOR THE FOLLOWING: INMATE ORIENTATION PROGRAM, RECLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE, CENTRAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RECORDS/FILES. EDITED CORRECTIONS LEVEL SYSTEM. REVIEWED CURRENT POLICY, AND CLASSIFICATION REGARDING INMATE WORK ASSIGNMENTS. CLASSIFICATION MANUAL, CLASSIFICATION TOOL AND POWERPOINT WERE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK FROM INL. ACTIVITY 1.4: PROVIDE TRAINING TO THE MOBILE TRAINING TEAMS ON THE OPERATIONS MANUAL: NOT STARTED. TRAINING CAN ONLY BE INITIATED AFTER ACTIVITIES 1.2 AND 13 ARE COMPLETE AND APPROVED BY CGPR. ACTIVITY 1.5: PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO TRAINEES: NOT YET STARTED. ACTIVITY 1.6: DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION FOR EXPANDING THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM TO THE REMAINING PRISONS: NOT YET STARTED. ACTIVITY 1.7: PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ASSISTANCE TO MOBILE TRAINING TEAMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: NOT YET STARTED. ACTIVITY 2.1: EVALUATE THE THREE PILOT PRISONS: COMPLETED ACTIVITY 2.2: DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR EACH FACILITY: NOT YET STARTED. ACTIVITY 2.3: PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND MENTORSHIP FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR EACH FACILITY: NOT YET STARTED

SYRIA - CORRECTIONS PROFESSIONALIZATION - RAI CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REFINE POLICY AND HOST CAPACITY BUILDING TRAININGS FOR SYRIA'S MINISTRY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRISON SYSTEM IN THAT COUNTRY. ACTIVITY 1.1: CONDUCT HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS WITH THE RELEVANT NES GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AND PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING THE CHILD PROTECTION OFFICE AND THE ASAYISH WITH THE PURPOSE OF INTRODUCING THE PROGRAM AND ITS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, PROGRAM STAFF AND ACQUIRING THEIR COMMITMENT FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THE PROGRAM. ITF WILL USE THESE MEETINGS TO ALSO PROVIDE EXPLANATIONS ON THE CRITERIA FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF TRAINING PARTICIPANTS. THE ASSESSMENT WILL FURTHER HELP US TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAPABILITIES, GAPS, NEEDS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING. THE REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO DRL WITH HIGHLIGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND IMPLEMENTATION. THE ASSESSMENT WILL INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRAINING PLANS. ACTIVITY 1.2: PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING TO THE ASAYISH, CHILD PROTECTION OFFICE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THESE TRAININGS WILL FOCUS ON THE HANDLING OF MINORS AND YOUTH AT GHUWAYRAN, HUMAN RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, EDUCATION ON DERADICALIZATION AND REINTEGRATION, AND IMPROVING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. ACTIVITY 2.1: PROVIDE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF MHPSS INVOLVING COUNSELLING AND CASE MANAGEMENT WHEREBY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ARE SUPPORTED IN DEALING WITH STRESS AND ANXIETY, TRAUMA, AND THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THESE (I.E., NIGHTMARES AND SLEEP PROBLEMS, CONCENTRATION DIFFICULTIES, ANXIETY AND VIOLENCE). ACTIVITY 2.2: PROVISION OF LITERACY CLASSES (READING, WRITING, MATHS); INDIVIDUAL TUTORING; BASIC INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL STUDIES, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, NATURAL SCIENCES; LIFE SKILLS AND CAPACITY-BUILDING (I.E., COMMUNICATION SKILLS, HYGIENE, AND SELF-CARE). ACTIVITY 2.3: PROTECTION MONITORING; PROTECTION ADVOCACY; INDIVIDUAL CASE MANAGEMENT; REFERRAL PATHWAY (CASES THAT NEED REFERRAL TO MEDICAL, LEGAL, DOCUMENTATION, AND DOMICILE SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUCH AS OTHER NGOS). ACTIVITY 2.4: NEEDS ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED QUARTERLY; MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF NUTRITIONAL ITEMS (I.E., SUPPLEMENTS, SELECTED NUTRITION-BOOSTING DRY FOODS). QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION OF HYGIENE AND SELF-GROOMING MATERIALS, INCLUDING COVID-19 PROTECTION ITEMS; DISTRIBUTION OF UNDERWEAR AND ESSENTIAL CLOTHING CONDUCTED ONCE IN SUMMER AND WINTER; MONITORING AND FEEDBACK CONDUCTED QUARTERLY ACTIVITY 2.5: STANDARD MEDICAL CHECKUPS CONDUCTED REGULARLY; EMERGENCY CARE / FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION AND ADVISING ON HEALTHCARE ISSUES; FACILITATING REFERRALS TO THE LOCAL MILITARY HOSPITAL.