The project “Increasing opportunities for social inclusion of detainees through better education information of society and improvement of activities in prison” financed by European Social Fund Operational Programme Human Resources Development 15/6.2/S/1, was implemented between 01.11.2008-31.10.2011 in the National Administration of Penitentiaries and six pilot units.
Slobozia Prison is a local unit of implementation, along with other five pilot units, within the public administration sector. This project aimed at changing organizational culture dealing with the opening of prison to community action, ensuring community safety, developing a collaborative environment in prison, implementing quality management, improving the rehabilitation of prisoners and developing staff skills. That was the context decided to implement the Common Assessment Framework, as a mean of forming a culture of quality management and practices that lead to excellence continuous improvement initiatives.
The decision to implement the CAF in the penitentiaries led to the creation of multidisciplinary teams of continuous improvement and innovation in all the six prisons, as well as obtaining concrete results. Fortunately, the CAF experience did not stop with the project completion. Because CAF motto is continuous improvement, the six pilot units disseminated between the May-June 2011 months the CAF virus in other 10 penitentiaries. Thus, models of good practice were presented, generalizing the positive experience. Later on, starting from December 2011, all of them have performed self-evaluation and began using this tool, currently being implemented in 16 penitentiaries from National Administration of Penitentiaries.
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