Cultural Activities 2015-v2

Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services
Cultural Activities on
Portuguese Prison System
Europeu Partners in Crime Prevention
Den Bosh,Neetherlands 18 to 24
June 2015
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison
Services
National legal framework
Decree-Law No. 51/2011
Article 93
Cultural and recreational activities
1. The cultural and recreational activities planned by the departments
responsible for monitoring the execution of the sentence are framed
in the prison treatment program and takes into account the cultural
diversity of inmates.
2. The departments responsible for monitoring the execution of the
sentence organize at least quarterly to ensure the physical and
mental well-being and promote the spirit of social coexistence of
prisoners, reading promotion events, exhibitions, conferences,
musical performances and theater, and regard the suggestions of
prisoners and involve them in your schedule.
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and
Prison Services
• General Regulation of Prisons
(Decree - Law 51/2011)
Cultural and recreational activities
3. The planning and execution of activities involves, whenever
possible, the entities that have a direct intervention of the
prison population, including teachers and volunteers.
4. It is encouraged the participation of outside entities involved
in these activities.
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison
Services
Cultural and Social activity in the prison
treatment
Main Goals:
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Capacity building and skills
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Reduction voltages
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Development of personal responsibility
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Group Integration
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Development of self-confidence
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Personal development
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Rapprochement to the community
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Health promotion
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison
Services
Cultural and Social activity in the prison
treatment
Specific Goals:
Health
• Prevention of depression
• Reduction and control of anxiety
• Reducing the consumption of drugs
• Addictive behaviors Control
Security
• Decreased stress
• Best individual control and group
Insertion in the community
• Participation in events
• Relationship with external entities
• Integration into the labor market
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços
PrisionaisDirectorate-General for Reintegration and
Prison Services
49 Total Prison Facilities
1 High security main facilities
3 for Female inmates
1 prison for young people 16-21
years
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services
•Projects and Initiatives
Interprisons Music Festival
Hip Hop Dance Festival
Reading Promotion
Activities in library
Publication of the prison newspaper
Creative writing contest
Theater Promotion
National and International Contest Painting/Drawing
Craftwork
DVD Project(cinema EP)
Recycling
Exhibitions
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison
Services
Theater
Promote knowledge and
culture
Promote individual
training
Develop self-esteem and
self-confidence
Contribute to the social
reintegration
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services
Music
Music is a means of expressing feelings that leads to the creation of recreational
areas essential for emotional balance.
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison
Services
Cultural activities - 2014
Reading and writing
Expressive Arts - Músic
Thematic Meetings
Plastic Arts / Graphic Arts
Expressive Arts - Theatre
Comemorative Dates
Others
Watching DVD movies
Exhibitions
Events of external…
Expressive Arts - Dance
Inmates
Activities
Visits outside the prison
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços
Prisionais
Council of Europe Recommendation R (89) 12
of the Committee of Ministers
13 October 1989
It must be assigned an important role to cultural and creative activities
because of them having a high potential in order to allow the inmates own
forms of expression.
Whatever type of participation of prisoners (active or passive), the
educational potential and rehabilitation of cultural and creative
activities is enormous.
The artistic and creative activities can help significantly the
individual emotional development, providing appropriate forms of
expression and exploration of feelings in a socially accepted and
valued way.
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Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services
Presentations at national and international contests
Hammers of St.
John Contest
Popular SaintsOporto-2015
Honourable Mention
The International Reggae Poster Contest
2015
7 Deadly Sins-Art in
Prison-2015
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