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Handbook on Prisoners with special needs - UNODC
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United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice ("The Beijing Rules")
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Youth Engagement to Counter Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (OSCE)
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Guidelines regarding recruitment, selection, education, training and professional development of prison and probation staff (Council of Europe)
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Recommendation Rec(2006)2-rev of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the European Prison Rules (Council of Europe)
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Protecting Human Rights in Prisons while Preventing Radicalization Leading to Terrorism or Violence: A Guide for Detention Monitors
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Short Guide to the Nelson Mandela Rules (revised Standard Minimum Rules)
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Preventing radicalisation to terrorism and violent extremism. Approaches and practices (Radicalisation Awareness Network - RAN)
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Rehabilitation Manual ‒ Rehabilitation of radicalised and terrorist offenders for first line practitioners (Radicalisation Awareness Network - RAN)
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Council of Europe Handbook For Prison And Probation Services regarding Radicalisation and Violent Extremism
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Education in prison - Recommendation No. R (89) 12 adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 13 October 1989 and explanatory memorandum (1989)
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Council of Europe - Committee of Ministers: Guidelines regarding recruitment, selection, education, training and professional development of prison and probation staff (2019)
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Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the Council of Europe Probation Rules
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La prevenció de la radicalització violenta. De la comprensió a la prevenció del fenomen (2018)
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Prison de-radicalization strategies, programmes and risk assessment tools in Europe (European Prison Observatory)
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Evaluation of prison de-radicalization practices and risk assessment tools and European guidelines (European Prison Observatory)
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Radicalization or Rehabilitation. Understanding the challenge of extremist and radicalized prisoners (RAND Corporation)
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Strengthening efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism (UNICRI - UN Interregional crime and Justice Research Institute)
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ARTICLE: The educational needs of prison staff as implied by a multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious prison population (Piotr Łapiński, Jan Maciejewski, Leszek Markuszewski, 2014)
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ARTICLE: The Rule of Law and prevention of violent extremism: policies and practices within the Italian “narrow horizons” (edited by Luca Guglielminetti within the EU-funded projet "FAIR. Fighting against inmates'radicalisation")
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ARTICLE: Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons: A Review of Key Recent Research and Critical Research Gaps (Andrew Silke, Tinka Veldhuis. PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM. Volume 11, Issue 5, October 2017)
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PRISONS - RAN Practitioners SPOTLIGHT magazine (September 2022 edition on radicalisation in prison)
ARTICLE (Ita): La Consulta nega l'Abbraccio Virtuale fra Figli Minori e Detenuti al 41 Bis Ord. Penit., ridimenisionando i "Danni Simbiotici" Originati dal Carcere (Paola Maggio. Giurisprudenza Costituzionale, Anno LXVI, Fasc. 2, 2021)
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International organizations

Confederation of European Probation (CEP)
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The European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EuroPris)
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International Corrections and Prisons Asssociation (ICPA)
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Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN)
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
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ENNHRI - European Network of National Human Rights Institutions
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European projects

EU-funded projects on preventing radicalisation. Synergies and Insights
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B-COMPETENT. Boosting competencies in penitentiary staff in Europe
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INDEED. Evidence-Based Model for Evaluation of Radicalisation Prevention and Mitigation
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HOPE. Holistic Radicalisation Prevention Initiative
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CEDAR. Continuing Education Against Radicalisation
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RDaVR - Restorative dialogue against violent radicalization
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CounteR. Countering Radicalisation for a Safer World
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FAIR. Fighting Against Inmates Radicalisation
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R2COM. Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Prevention in the Community
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WayOut. Integrated exit programme for prison and probation
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INTEGRA. Integrated community, probation ​and prison services radicalisation prevention approach
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R2PRIS. Radicalisation Prevention in Prison
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R4JUST. Radicalisation Prevention Competences’ Development Programme for Justice Professionals
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CEAR. Community Engagement Against Radicalisation
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