Prison System
Prisons should be a place of rehabilitation and not punishment. Over the past years, there have been a number of deaths within Malta's prisons. The system can't continue as it is.
Reorientate the prison system from punishment to rehabilitation.
Adopt best-practice from the Norwegian Model.
Ensure that prison conditions always comply with human rights and dignity regulations, as laid out by Council of Europe standards, and that administrative powers are not used in a discriminatory way.
Ensure that prisons are as closely modelled to the outside world as possible to make reintegration and inclusion easier.
Prioritise alternative sanctions (other than prison, such as community service) for certain non-violent crimes.
Ensure the prison education system serves both short- and long-term offenders.
Ban Solitary Confinement.
Offer psychological treatment and/or psychotherapy for prisoners, especially for prisoners that suffer from ADHD in combination with substance abuse.
Ensure that juveniles are not detained with adults.
Ensure that prisoners undergoing strip searches are searched by same-sex prison officers.
For certain inmates who adhere to strict religious or cultural obligations, all necessary precautions and measures must be adopted not to cross sensitive boundaries.
Officers must anticipate these requests beforehand.
Provide cultural training for prison officers.
All officers should undergo training to learn the techniques needed to work with incarcerated multi-ethnic communities.
