Hosted by Steering Committee member José Pinto from Portugal, Frans Lemmers from the Netherlands painted a broad picture about the situation of Foreign Nationals in European Prisons. 

In his presentation he focused on challenges, policies, and innovative solutions.

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As former head of the education service at Simmering prison and in the future of a prison for juveniles in Vienna, Austria, Karin Ohrner has to find ways to convince prison governors and staff why education in prison is so important for a successful reinsertion of people released from prison. She still sees a lot of potential to improve the position of education in the Austrian penitentiary system.

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Serge Rooman The Teachers Voice the EPA Newsletter Interview Podcast today with Serge Roman, prison governor at Merck's plus prison in Belgium. With a master's degree in philosophy and a bachelor's degree in social political science and religious science, he has a rather unusual education for this job….

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Alan Smith, devoted his entire career to European cooperation in education, working initially for the German University Rectors Conference and the European Institute of Education and Social Policy. As Operations manager of the European Commission’s ‘Joint Study Programmes’ scheme for higher education cooperation from 1978–1987, Alan participated actively in developing ‘Erasmus’ and was Director of the Erasmus Bureau during its first five years (1987–1992). Later in his career he held various positions at the European Commission, in particular developing and coordinating the adult learning programme ‘Grundtvig’. In this capacity, Alan became firmly convinced of the importance of Prison Education and was instrumental in promoting EU support for the field – a role which, following his retirement, led to the award of EPEA Life Membership in 2015.

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