Technical Assistance Projects

Namibia

Following an initial visit to Canada by the Commissioner of the Namibian Prison Service (NPS) in September 1998, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) and the NPS agreed to pursue a joint collaboration on areas of mutual interest and assistance for Namibia. Two CSC staff members deployed to Namibia in May, 1999, to carry out a needs assessment and identify areas of future collaboration. Since then, CSC experts have travelled several times to Namibia to engage in information-sharing and technical assistance programs. Some of the areas of CSC participation in Namibian correctional reform include: development of an automated offender management system; development of basic intake assessment instruments; development of an offender classification system; Correctional Officer and Parole Officer Induction training; research at the Addictions Research Centre (6-month internship of two NPS staff); the development of case management policies and operating practices (framework for Case Management Manual); and training in Unit Management for piloting at Windhoek Central Prison (January to March 2005).

The most recent initiative involved Unit Management Training in Namibia. The NPS is shifting to a Unit Management model in their institutions and approached CSC to provide training in Unit/Case Management and Security Intelligence. A small team of Canadian correctional experts was deployed to the NPS in early January 2005 to deliver training to a selected group of NPS staff for an 8-week period.

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