Iris Naert distinguished "local hero" by the European Commission

Iris Naert, member of the Belgian Prison Service team at the R2PRIS project has been distinguished by the European Commission as one of EU local heroes due to her job on behalf of the prison service. 
​Thousands of people from different European countries are working together to keep you and your family safe. They aren't seeking recognition – they’re simply doing their job. Every day the EU supports and connects these people, helping them to cooperate across borders in order to protect us.  In 2018 the European Commission started the campaign EU Protects  focusing on "local heroes",  to reveal how the EU coordinates and operates behind the scenes to protect every citizen on different levels (safety, health, environment, society).  Since 2015, Iris worked, as a member of the board of directors from the training centre for prison staff, on the R2PRIS project to help prevent radicalisation in prisons, the reason why the Belgian prison service was selected to participate. The recognition of Iris Naert and the Belgian prison service is an honor that is shared by the professionals and organisations, from public and private sector, that worked at R2PRIS focusing on radicalisation prevention in prisons. 
Well done Iris! 
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"Multi-level in-Prison Radicalisation Prevention: The R2PRIS approach and certification programme" featured in JUSTICE TRENDS magazine
The R2PRIS certification (train-the-trainer) is a capacity building programme developed with the support of the European Commission and built as the result of concerted transnational cooperation between academia, private sector research, correctional sector representatives and practitioners. Continue reading on the online edition of the JUSTICE TRENDS magazine, pp. 52-54, Issue Nr. 3, published at the end of June 2018.

2018 European Commission's Conference on Radicalisation in Prisons: introduction by Mrs. Vera Jourovà, the EU Commissioner for Justice

The EU Commissioner for Justice, Mrs. Vera Jourovà, introduces the European Commission's Conference on "Radicalisation in Prisons", which took place on February 27th, 2018 and where the R2PRIS project was presented by Mr. Pedro das Neves, CEO of IPS_Innovative Prison Systems.
The Commissioner states that radicalisation is one of the burning issues for the European security and that governments alone are not able to counter it (see the full speech). She urges the mobilisation of practitioners, and the exchange of best practices. She discloses the amount of the EU budget that is allocated to the funding of different radicalisation prevention projects across the EU until 2020. The Conference took place in Brussels, Borschette.


Danish experiences in counter-radicalisation
This interviewee, whose identity is concealed, is a counter-radicalisation expert in Denmark, a country with a high proportion of foreign fighters. He represents the Danish ‘Back on Track’ (BOT) programme which provides mentoring and help for inmates who are imprisoned on grounds of terrorism. He speaks of how the feeling of belonging, identity, and righteousness draw people towards extremist views. This video is part of a series of five de-radicalisation testimonies produced for the European Commission’s Directorate General of Home Affairs (DG HOME) to profile its support of efforts to counter radicalisation in the EU. 

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Source: ICF Mostra’s TV

Do prisons foster radicalisation?
What happens when someone becomes radicalised and ends up in prison as a result?
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Imam Yasin Dwyer, a former chaplain with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), talks about radicalisation in prison. He worked with inmates convicted of terrorism offences, helping them to turn away from radicalism. He tells us his experiences. 

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Source: Quran Speaks 

How do deradicalisation programmes work?
ICSR Director, Professor Peter R. Neumann discusses our research on prison deradicalisation programmess in 15 countries, and explains how they work.

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Pathways to and from radicalisation
Quilliam founder, Ed Husain, and the anthropologist Scott Atran explore new insights into the pathways to and from extremism.

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Immigrant mother battles prison radicalisation
France honors the mother of a terrorist victim for her efforts to prevent prison radicalisation. CNN's Jim Bitterman reports.

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Source: CNN

France tackles spread of radicalisation in prisons
The French government is to test a new way of tackling the spread of jihadist ideology in French prisons. It's one of a raft of reforms aimed at defeating terrorism after the Paris attacks in which 17 people died. New ideas from the government include getting prison imams on board. But there are warnings that only targeting Muslim inmates might just make things worse.

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Source: http://www.france24.com/en/ 

Jail Extremism: Islamist gangs radicalise inmates in UK prisons
The UK government has announced new measures to crackdown on Islamist extremism, drawn up following the brutal murder of a British soldier by two Muslim converts in May. Part of the plan is to block extremist material on the web and ban those encouraging extremism from visiting mosques. However, as RT's Laura Smith reports, it's the jails where converts are becoming increasingly radicalised.
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Source: https://www.rt.com/​

Attacks in France: Chérif Kouachi and Amédy Coulibaly had become radicalised in prison
France 24's news report (in French) about the radicalisation path of terrorist attacks perpetrators Cherif Kouachi and Amedy Coulibaly.

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Source:  http://f24.my/YTliveFR