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Civil Society in the Penal System - Turkey's Center for Prison Studies (CISST/TCPS) will hold an international conference entitled "Alternatives to Imprisonment" on November 24-25.
The conference will be held at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSÜ) Bomonti Campus Conference Hall.
Among the speakers of the conference is also an official from the Ministry of Justice. Judge Fatih Güngör from General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses will hold a speech on "the Probation System of Turkey".
Alternatives will be discussed
The objective of the conference has been announced as "forming a platform to create opportunities for discussion on alternatives to imprisonment":
"We would like to bring together the local and international actors about the topic and provide a ground for information exchange;
"We would like to increase the transfer of theoretical and practical knowledge regarding alternatives to imprisonment and bring together the experiences, works and new ideas relating to the field;
"We would like to encourage the actors about the prisons in Turkey to think, discuss and do studies about alternatives to imprisonment."
Conference Program
First Day / November 24 - Saturday
10:30 – 10:50 Opening Speech
Ferda Keskin / İstanbul Bilgi University
11:00 – 12:30 First Session
Moderator: İpek Merçil / Galatasaray University
Mustafa Eren - Civil Society in the Penal System Association (CİSST)
Why the Discussion on Alternatives to Imprisonment is Necessary?
Cennet Ceyda Boğa - Lawyer
The Effect of Prisons on Crime Prevention and Approaches on Alternatives to Imprisonment
Antonio Pedro Dores - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) and Humans Rights of Prisoners Association (ACED)
Alternatives to Retaliation
14:00 – 15:30 Second Session
Moderator: İdil Elveriş / İstanbul Bilgi University
Defne Bülbül - Judge - Democratic Judiciary Association
Criminal Policies from Judicial Perspective
Fatih Güngör - Judge - General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses
The Probation System of Turkey
Burcu Yapar - Hacettepe University PDR Master Programme
Aytekin Yıldız - Counseling Psychologist
Evaluation of Positive and Negative Outcomes of Probation Through the News and Media
15:45 – 17:15 Third Session
Moderator: Nevin Özgün - Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey
Galma Akdeniz - Istanbul Bilgi University
Restorative Justice Instead of Prisons and in Prisons
Carolina Nascimento Santana - Prison Insider
Comparing Experiences: A Way to Value Good Practices
Fulya Giray Sözen - Altınbaş University
The Effect of Punitive Approach on Children of Prisoners and Examples Worldwide
Second Day / November 25 - Sunday
10:30 – 12:45 First Session
Moderator: İdil Aydınoğlu - Civil Society in the Penal System Association (CİSST)
Zia Alexandra Wasserman / Sonke Gender Justice
A situational analysis of prisons in South Africa and Efforts Towards Alternatives to Imprisonment
Eva Tanz - Technical University of Berlin PHD
Alternatives to Imprisonment in Germany
Olivia Rope - Penal Reform International (PRI) - Video presentation
Implementing a Gender-Sensitive Approach to Non-custodial Sentences
14:00 – 15:30 Second Session
Moderator: Gültekin Yıldız - National Defense University
Arda İbikoğlu - Altınbaş University
Prisons in Turkey: from Ottoman to Modern Times: A Trilateral Model Suggestion
Gizem Sivri - Ludwig Maximilians University PHD
Women Criminality and Women Imprisonment in the Late Ottoman Empire (1840-1919)
15:45 – 18:00 Third Session
Being Young in Prison Documentary and An Experience from Turkey: Juvenile Prisons Must be Banned Initiative
Moderator: Ayşe Berna Uçarol - Sociologist
Hasan Erdoğan - Lawyer (Ankara Bar Association)
Yaşar Çavdar - Social Worker (Association of Social Worker Ankara Branch)
Alper Yalçın - Civil Society in the Penal System Association (CİSST)
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Date and Address:
November 24-25, 2018
Mimar Sinan Fine Art University Bomonti Campus – Conference Hall
Cumhuriyet Mh. Silahşör Cd. No: 89 Bomonti - Şişli / İstanbul
(AS/SD)
