PRISON AND PROBATION SERVICE IN
THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIATOKYO, January 2020
Jana Špero,Ministry of Justice of theRepublic of Croatia

CROATIAASSISTANT MINISTER (DIRECTOR GENERAL)
FOR PRISON&PROBATION

Directorate for Prison
System and Probation
PRISONSYSTEM

PROBATIONSERVICEPRISON SYSTEM
HEAD OFFICEPRISONSHEAD OFFICELEGAL
SECTOR

TREATMENTSECTORSECURITY SECTORFINANCIALSECTOR

INTERNAL
CONTROL„PRISONS” in CROATIAPRISONSJUVENILE
CORRECTIONALINSTITUTIONSPENITENTIARIESCENTERSPRISONS:Bjelovar
Dubrovnik
Gospić
Karlovac
OsijekPožegaPula-Pola
RijekaSisak
SplitŠibenikVaraždin
Zadar
ZagrebPENITENTIARIES: Glina Lepoglava Lipovica-Popovača Požega Turopolje Valtura Prison hospital

JUVENILE CORRECTIONALINSTITUTIONSPOŽEGATUROPOLJECENTERS:DIAGNOSTIC
CENTEREDUCATION
CENTER

PRISONSENTENCE
UP TO 6MONTHSPRISONSENTENCE
LONGER
THAN 6MONTHSREMAND CUSTODY(investigative prison)

JUVENILESMISDEMEANORFINEDIAGNOSTIC
CENTERHEAD OFFICEASSISTANTMINISTERENFORCEMENT….
…..SERVING A PRISON SENTENCESEMI CLOSEDCLOSEDOPENINDIVIDUAL PROGRAMM

CARE FOR PRISONERSWORK OF PRISONERWORKSHOPS IN PRISON SYSTEM AGRICULTURE
 MAINTAINANCE WOODWORKING METAL PROCESSING GRAPHICS FOOD FOR SYSTEM:
 VEGETABLES FRUIT MEAT EGGS MILKTREATMENT SECTOR
 GENERAL TREATMENT PROGRAMMS
 SPECIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMMS

GENERAL TREATMENT PROGRAMMS EDUCATION
 WORK ORGANIZATION OF FREE TIME ASSISTANCE BEFOR THE RELEASE FROM PRISON

SPECIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMMSDESIGNED FOR SPECIAL GROUPS OF PRISONERS: DRUG ADDICTION
 ALCOHOL ADDICTION
 VIOLENT CRIMES SEXUAL CRIMES GAMBLING SAFE DRIVINGCOOPERATION WITH INSTITUTIONS AND NGO’s-Creative development
addictions
Competitiveness in the labor market
Psychosocial support,
Spiritual renewal
Parenting/Connecting with children

„LOTTERY MONEY”• SINCE 2016 „Prison is not an obstacle“ „Super daddy“ „Book reading Programm“
 “Beekeeping as life style“

ORGANIZATION OF FREE TIME IN PRISONEDUCATION FOR PRISONERS••••••LITERACYELEMENTARY SCHOOLTRAINING FOR SIMPLE TASKSSECONDARY SCHOOLCOURSESFOLLOW UP OF EDUCATION INCOMMUNITYHEALTH TREATMENT• DOCTORS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN PRISON• PRISON HOSPITAL• COOPERATION WITH COMMUNIY HEALS SERVICES

BENEFITS

SECURITY AND ORDERTESTINGSURVEILLANCECOERCIONDISCIPLINARYPROCEDUREJUVENILES IN CROATIAN PRISONSYSTEM

How does it look inside theprison?

PRISON SYSTEMPROBATION SERVICEHEAD OFFICEPROBATIONOFFICESPROBATION SERVICE•Probation Service in Croatia is part of the Ministry ofJustice•Sector for Probation is part of the Directorate forPrison System and Probation•Sector for Probation: Head office and 14 local offices

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Directorate for Prison Systemand Probation

SECTOR FOR PROBATION

As regards juvenile offenders, the Republic of Croatia has a long history ofconducting measures similar to probation measures

Regarding adult offenders, in 1999, the RoC started implementing protective
supervision and community work (a special law was adopted)- the system wasestablished under the Prison system directorate by engaging “commissioners”

Croatian Criminal Justice System was engaged in a series of reforms within theRepublic of Croatia Accession to the European Union (1 st July 2013)

Probation was built using the best European and international practices



Development of the Probation System complies with several recommendations
made by the Council of Europe

Probation Service
The main task is to protect the community from criminal offenders byresocialising criminal offenders and reintegrating them into the community

Probation „vs.” Prison

 Question of short prison sanctions – prison should be
the last option

 Financial benefit of the probation supervision( 54€ vs. 1,4€ )Probation tasks in the RoC
Pre trail stage

Trial stage

Enforcement
stage CSM

Obligations
ordered by State
Atorney

Pre-sentence
report to theCourt

Community work

Report to the SA

Suspendedsentence withPS/SO/SM

PrisonsentenceInteruption ofprison sentence

Temporary release

Protective
supervision
ConditionalrelaeseSpecial obligations
Protective
supervision upon
the end of theprison sentence
Security measures

Who are Probation Officers inCroatia?
•Probation Officers are public servants•Hold a degree in law, psychology, social pedagogy, social work or pedagogy•Authorized to perform probation tasks in accordance with the Probation Act•101 PO in Croatia today

COOPERATION•In order to efficiently perform all probation tasks, special attention is oncommunication and identification of all stakeholders and partners•Probation Service cooperates and exchanges information with the courts,
prosecution, police, prison system, NGO’s, institutions of the health and social
welfare, educational institutions, employment service and all otherorganizations that are relevant for probation tasks and offenders

INTERNATIONAL PROBATIONEXPERIENCEPROJECTS

EXHIBITION

Example of good practice in 2014 Probation Service was engaged in flood damage recovery
 Offenders on probation performed over 11000 hours of community
service working on flood damage recovery

RESULTS OF WORK
Croatian Probation Service won firs ever „the Developmentof National Probation Service Award” by the Confederationof European Probation in 2019

FUTURE Electronic Monitoring Further strengthening and professionalization of service
 New Projects and cooperation