Organised by FWO-Network for comparative research on innovative detention policies and practices

Visit to the detention house of Kortrijk, Etienne Sabbelaan 2, 8500 Kortrijk.

9:00 – 9:15   What is an open prison? Victor Shammas

9:15 – 10:00   The pains of imprisonment in open prisons — Victor Shammas

10 :00 – 10:45   Prison officers in open prisons. Reflections on officers’ training and duties in open prisons — Berit Johnsen

10:45 – 11:00   Questions

11:00 – 11:15   Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:30   Presentation of the new semi-open regime in the prison of Haren (Brussels) — Olivia Nederlandt & David Scheer

11:30 – 12:00   « Respect modules » in France : a sophistication of institutional power embodied by the autority of prison officers. Valérie Icard.

12:15 – 12:30   Questions

Thursday, 16th of February (morning)

12:30 — 13:15   Lunch

13:30 — 14:30   Participation in the first panel of the ‘denkdag’ the Houses/Rescaled (https://dehuizen.be/nl/events)

16:30 — 17:30   Visit to the prison of Hoogstraten (Gelmelstraat 131, 2320 Hoogstraten). 19:00 Dinner in Brussels city center

Friday, 17th of February, morning

Visit to the detention house of Kortrijk, Etienne Sabbelaan 2, 8500 Kortrijk.

Friday, 17th of February, afternoon

Discussion on the visit of the detention house (based on our comparative format).