Workshop Programme on Strategies andBest Practices against Overcrowding in Correctional Facilities
Dr. Sitona Abdella Osman (Alternate Representative, Sudan)
Mr. Adam Sadiq (Ambassador, Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republicof Sri Lanka in Brazil)
Mrs. Maggie Jackson (Attorney-Generalʼs Department, Australia)
Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht (Managing Director of the MaxPlanck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Germany)
Dr. Tapio Lappi-Seppälä (Director of National Research Institute of LegalPolicy, Finland)

Chairperson:
Vice-Chairperson:
Rapporteur:
General Moderator:
Drafter:Friday, 16 April: Morning Session
10:00-10:10
Opening
Introduction
Remarks
Presentations
10:10-10:30
10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10
11:10-11:40

11:40-12:30
Panel discussion I:
Moderator:
Panellists:

Chairperson
Ms. Claudia Baroni (Representative of the Secretariat)
Mr. Masaki Sasaki (Director, UNAFEI)(i)

Current Situation of Prison Overcrowding
Mr. Rob Allen (Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's
College London)(ii) Causes of Prison Overcrowding
Dr. Tapio Lappi-Seppälä (Director of National Research Institute of Legal
Policy, Finland)(iii) Countermeasures against Prison Overcrowding
Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht (Managing Director of the MaxPlanck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Germany)(iv) Speciﬁc Situations in Middle and Low Income Countries
Mr. Elias Carranza (Director of the United Nations Latin American Institutefor the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Oﬀenders (ILANUD))
Dr. Nsimba Masamba Sita (Director of the United Nations African Institutefor the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Oﬀenders (UNAFRI))
Strategies for Reduction of Prison Populations through Diversion, Informal andRestorative Justice and Alternatives to Pre-trial Detention
Mr. Rob Allen (Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, KingʼsCollege London)
Dr. Kittipong Kittayarak (Permanent Secretary for Justice, Ministry ofJustice, Thailand)
Ms. Elinor Wanyama Chemonges (National Coordinator of the Paralegal
Advisory Services, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Uganda)
Mr. Cliﬀord Wayamuka Msiska (National Director of the Paralegal Advisory
Service Institute, Malawi)
Mr. Toshihiro Kawaide (Professor, Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, theUniversity of Tokyo, Japan)
Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht (Managing Director of the MaxPlanck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Germany)
Sir Judge David J. Carruthers (Chairman of the New Zealand Parole Board)

12:30-13:00
Discussion

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Friday, 16 April: Afternoon Session
15:00-16:10
Panel discussion II: Strategies for Reduction of Prison Populations at the Sentencing and PostSentencing Stages
Moderator:
Professor Yvon Dandurand (Senior Associate, International Centre for
Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy)
Panellists:
Dr. Ela Wiecko Volkmer de Castilho (Member of the Federal Public
Prosecution Service and National Council on Criminal and Penitentiary Policy,Brazil)
Ms. Maria Noel Rodriguez (Director of the Programme on Woman and Jail,
United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and theTreatment of Oﬀenders (ILANUD))
Mr. Soh Wai Wah (Director of the Singapore Prison Service)
Ms. Christine Glenn (Parole Commissioner of Northern Ireland andImmigration Judge)
16:10-17:00
Panel discussion III: Strategies for Securing Support for Reduction of Prison Populations
Moderator:
Dr. Tapio Lappi-Seppälä (Director of National Research Institute of LegalPolicy, Finland)
Panellists:
Dr. Kittipong Kittayarak (Permanent Secretary for Justice, Ministry ofJustice, Thailand)
Mr. Soh Wai Wah (Director of the Singapore Prison Service)
Dr. Nsimba Masamba Sita (Director of the United Nations African Institutefor the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Oﬀenders (UNAFRI))
Ms. Christine Glenn (Parole Commissioner of Northern Ireland andImmigration Judge)
Dr. Mario Luis Coriolano (Vice President of the Subcommittee on Preventionof Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment(SPT))
17:00-17:50
Discussion
17:50-18:00
Remarks

Closing

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Mr. Masaki Sasaki (Director, UNAFEI)
Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht (Managing Director of the MaxPlanck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Germany)
Chairperson