Although there is a valid, scientifically confirmed demand for sports and educational tools in prisons to support rehabilitation, in practice, there is a significant shortage of adequate sports-based educational methods  that foster the development of individuals’ competencies and skills. 

 G O A L S 

Aims to develop, implement and evaluate a new innovative sports-based method to assess and enhance the competencies of people in custody, while also training prison staff and trainees to apply the method effectively, supporting rehabilitation efforts

The consortium includes a sports federation, a sports club, a scientific research organisation, two adult education institutions, and a consulting firm specialised in justice and correctional facilities ​for juvenile and adult prisoners as associated partners

O B J E C T I V E S

By developing and implementing a new and innovative sports-based rehabilitation method for incarcerated individuals, the Sport4Prisons project seeks to improve the quality of activities and practices within organisations working with individuals in custody – while also addressing key European priorities in education, training, youth and sports.

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The project’s specific objectives are:

■  To define the key competences of incarcerated individuals for reintegration and socialisation

■   To develop a new assessment method for these key competences

■  To create a new sports-based method to help incarcerated individuals develop their key competences

■  To train prison officers and trainers in the new assessment and sports method, supporting the competence development

■  To implement the new sports method in prisons as part of a competence development programme

■  To evaluate the competence development programme and assess the progress of incarcerated individuals

■  To establish an international expert network among European prisons at the operational level to share
​and implement the new methods

Six partners from four European Countries
& ​correctional facilities for juvenile and adult prisoners as associated partners

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