Knowledge Managment in Catalonia Correctional Services

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Jesus Martinez Marin

Ghent, 23 th October 2010.

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The system of penal execution in Catalonia

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summary

• The political , judicial and administrative context

• The penitentiary system• The knowledge management program

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Le contexte politique et administrative

SPAIN: Constitution 1978 The Parliamentary Monarchy The State of the Autonomies

17 AA CC and 2 provinces in Africa

The CCAA obtain their competences in accordance with what previously has been settled in its own Statutes

An increase from 38 to 46 million inhabitants in 10 years

SPAIN The political context

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• Catalonia: 4 provinces and 7,3 millions inhabitants• Catalonia is the only Autonomous Community that gathers all the competences transferred on the subject of juvenile

justice, penitentiary administration and police.• The Criminal Code and the Penitentiary Law they are the same ones in all the State but there is two penitentiary

administrations completely independent: the one of Spain and the one of Catalonia• Catalonia has created an agency, the SSPRJJ, with the mission of:

– taking care of the execution of sentences and measures on the whole population (adults as well as minors) – offering technical advice to the judiciary, – victim-offender mediation programs and victim protection offices services and of attention to the victim.

The SSPRJJ is organized in two directions general:

DG of Resources and Penitentiary RegimeDG of Penal Execution in the Community and of Juvenile Justice

CATALONIA The political and administrative context

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Evolution of the penitentiary population

1984 1994 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

6662 6073 6405 6924 7416 8094 8305 8970 9395

Posts 8.800

2650 10051

2008

>Since 2000 Catalonia has had an increase of 61% of inmates while the population has increased 20%

2009

10525

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PORTUGAL SPAINWITHOUT

CATALONIA

CATALONIA

FRANCE

ITALY

AUSTRIA

GERMANY

SWEDENDENMARK

NETHERLAND

ENGLAND & WALESNORTH

IRELAND

Rates of imprisonment in Europe

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Spanish 4725 4755 4922 5209 5469 5462 5609 5622 5853

Foreigners 1348 1650 2002 2207 2625 2843 3361 3773 4198

% foreigners 22,2% 25,8% 28,9% 29,8% 32,4% 34,2% 37,5% 40,2% 41,8%

total 6073 6405 6924 7416 8094 8305 8970 9395 10.051

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ´ 2008

SPANISH / FOREIGNERS

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MAN, WOMEN AND YOUTH

MAN92,7%

YOUTH4,2%

(18-21 (years)

WOMAN7,2%

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Sentenced and remand prisoners

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1.000

2.000

3.000

4.000

5.000

6.000

7.000

8.000

9.000

10.000

sentenced 4.983 5.150 5.509 6.064 6.486 6.681 7.048 7.261 7.589

on remand 1.090 1.255 1.415 1.352 1.608 1.624 1.922 2.134 2.200

total 6.073 6.405 6.924 7.416 8.094 8.305 8.970 9.395 9.789

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007` juny

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> from 17,9% en 2000, until 22,4% in 2008

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Plan of penitentiary centers 2008-2013

7new penitentiary centers. 4.700 posts.

5 new open centers (1.680 posts)

4 new dependent units

Closing of 6 centers

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CP FIGUERES

CP GIRONA

CP QUATRE CAMINS CP YOUTH

CP MAN BCN “La Model”CP WOMEN BCN “Wad-Ras”

CP BRIANS 1

CP TARRAGONA

CP LLEIDA

CP BRIANS 2

CP LLEDONERS

MAP Prison CATALONIA

10525 inmates12.31.2009

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CEJFE

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WHO WE ARE?• A center of studies and training linked to the Department of justice

of the Autonomic government.• 12.000 students per year.• 14.000 hours of training.

We work for the department of justice (Courts and penitentiary Services), with 15.000 employees.• For the area of Penitentiary Services, we take care of the initial

training and the continuous training.• The center (CEJFE) has a staff of 50 workers and an annual

budget of 6 million Euros.

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What have we made in Knowledge Management?

• In the last 4 years (2006-2009) we have developed a communities of practice program.

• For us a community of practice is a group of professionals who work for voluntary decision in a project that pretends to elaborate new knowledge.

• This new knowledge has to be useful for the activities of the Department.

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Why we do this program?

• Fashion....? Social web. • Some previous experiences of members of

our organization.• 2006 : a good budgetary moment.• Clear consciousness of the limitations

/advantages of the traditional systems of training.

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Examples of communities of practice.

Participants Product

Psychologists105

Clinic interviews guide

Criminologist Jurist80

Especial measures

Social Educators140

Intercultural management guide.Traffic education

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Examples of communities of practice.

Participants Product

Social Workers110

Multicultural Family Interventions

Sport monitors80

Intervention rules

Artistic monitors60

Art therapy

Tics workers70

Digital literacy

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Working groups

Communities of practice

e-moderator

Discussion

Products

Difusion

Evaluation

21 communities +

+ 300active participants

+ 1.800 participants

(12% )

Online workLive meetings

Map of communities of practice 2010

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Learning by working Justice Department

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• Reinforce Learning orientation.• Formal and informal learning integration• Reinforce self-learning: CoPs + PLEs + digital

competences.• Reinforce Peer to Peer processes: CoPs + PLEs +

collaboration competences.• PLEs and individual – organizational e-portfolios.

2009, 2010 and beyond....

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzMhAascJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=aVzMhAascJg

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e-moderatorSocial Educators

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzMhAascJg

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Official Statistics

612 workers rehabilitation programs of prison participated in the program during 2009

289 employees of the Juvenile Justice has also participated very actively in the area of knowledge management.A total of 901 workers have participated in such groups with very promising results.

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The book of Compartim program.

El treball col·laboratiu a l’Administració Aportacions del programa Compartim

The collaborative work in government. Contributions Compartim program

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Results

Production

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Results

PARTICIPATION

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Traditional participation in online environments

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Average online participation 2010

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Thanks !!!

• http://www.gencat.net/justicia/cejfe• http://blocs.gencat.cat/blocs/AppPHP/gestiocone

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