Agro-Therapy for Prisoners for a Hopeful Future
There are 403 penal institutions in Turkey. Among this penal institution, there are 272 closed prisons, 99 are detached and open prisons, 4 are juvenile education centers, 11 are women’s closed prisons, 8 are women’s open prisons and 9 are juvenile and youth closed prisons. There are two institutions in the penal system of Turkey. […]
Turkey, the Systematic Review about Prison Farming Activities
Prison Farming Activities What types of prisons exist in the country? There are 3 types of penal institutions in Turkey; Such prisons are public institutional facilities, with internal and external security provided by staff. Capacity of closed penal institutions and are classified as “type” according to their architectural structure (Balı, 2021). There are 14 types […]
Round Table in Germany
On April 16-17, the International Round Table of EcoFarms4Prisons took place in Witzenhausen, Germany. Sixteen participants from Portugal, Italy, Turkey, and Germany, along with several online participants, exchanged experiences and visions of organic farming approaches in prisons. The workshop aimed to develop and discuss a curriculum for greening prison agriculture in Europe. Each country presented […]
Definition of methodology and tools
Study of existing initiatives connected to Social Farming in Germany There had been already three master theses supervised by the German partner about prison farming in Germany that contain basic information, as well as a project in which an eco-social prison farms gets implemented in the prison of Torgau/ Saxonia. Furthermore, a first internet search […]
Germany, the Systematic Review about Prison Farming Activities
Prison Farming Activities Each country was asked to provide a survey about agricultural activities connected to prisons to gain basic knowledge as a starting point for our project activities to elaborate training about ecological issues in the context of prison farms. For the elaboration of the draft of the report for WP2, existing initiatives connected […]
Italy, the Systematic Review about Prison Farming Activities
Agriculture in Prisons to Reduce Recidivism Rates The management of prisons in Italy is complex, mainly due to overcrowding and the limited use of alternative measures to detention. According to the XIX Report by the Antigone Association, there are over 56,674 inmates compared to a maximum capacity of 51,249, with an actual overcrowding rate exceeding […]
Portugal, the Systematic Review about Prison Farming Activities
Agriculture a Door to Freedom In Portugal there are 49 prison establishments around the country with different characteristics and classified by Security levels and Degrees of complexity in the management. Credits @André Miguel In the past, most of the Prison Establishments in Portugal had agricultural and livestock activities, in recent times the General Directorate of Reinsertion […]
Ecofarm4Prisons: join the International Round Table
On April 16-17, 2024 in Witzenhausen, Germany, an international roundtable will be held in which good practices, experiences on agriculture and sustainability at the European level will be shared and social agriculture and how sustainable agriculture practices can promote pathways to social and labor inclusion in prisons will be discussed. WHO CAN JOIN: Are you […]
