We invite to participate in the discussions organized by the Ministry of Justice during the Conversation festival LAMPA - “Violence among youth - discussion, dispute, crime!” and “Prisons 2.0: from imprisonment to correction”!
on 3 September at 13:00- 14:00
Panel discussion “Violence among youth - discussion, dispute, crime!”
Organized by:
The Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the State Probation Service.
Venue:
In presence: in the studio “Light Castle” of the festival LAMPA, Ziedonis Hall of the National Library of Latvia.
Online: The event will be rebroadcasted on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Justice, On the Facebook page Esi līdzgaitnieks jauniešiem , on the TV 24 channel and on the website of the festival LAMPA.
Present as well as online audience will have a possibility to ask questions and participate in the discussion by using the interactive tool sli.do.
Description of the discussion:
Nowadays one of the biggest issues among youth is inability to establish relationships and in case of need to settle conflicts, which quite often results even in a crime. It is important to remember that a crime may significantly affect the young person and future of a young person. When a crime is committed, law enforcement authorities and specialists have to perform complicated work, in order the parties involved in the crime could get back on track of the healthy life. Or we - broader society - have not reached the time to look into the essence of the problem and act all together before the crime has happened again?
Discussion is chaired by:
Dāvis Valdnieks - moderator of events, television producer, the former moderator of the LTV programme Rīta Panorāma and other programmes.
Participants:
- Mārtiņš Aleksandrovičs - the Latvian motorcycle free-style star;
- Arlita Laine - Probation Specialist in work with children and youth;
- Kristiāna Lapiņa - Social behaviour correction expert, manager of socio-psychological trainings and programmes;
- Emīls Ūdris - Clinical Psychologist with additional education in cognitive neuroscience, Chief Leader of the programmes of the Teenager Resource Centre;
- Sanda Gertnere - representative of Ghetto Games.
on 5 September at 11:00- 12:00
Discussion “Prisons 2.0: from imprisonment to correction”
Organized by:
The Ministry of Justice in cooperation with Prison Administration.
Venue:
The discussion is organized in the DELFI studio of the Conversation Festival LAMPA, in the premises of the editorial board of the portal Delfi.lv and unfortunately it is not possible to attend the event in presence.
Online: The event will be rebroadcasted on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Justice, on the website of the portal Delfi.lv and on the website of the festival LAMPA.
Present as well as online audience will have a possibility to ask questions and participate in the discussion by using the interactive tool sli.do.
Description of the discussion:
What is a modern prison? Work of the staff of the prison and skills required for that are currently experiencing significant changes, upon the change of the understanding on the punishment of deprivation of liberty from imprisonment to correction. What actually does the work in prison means and what is the role of that on the way to a safer society? What does society want - to temporary hide a criminal in the prison or change him or her? How to see in the person that the purpose of performance of the punishment is achieved? Focus of the discussion - isolation of convicted persons with sense: trusted forecasting of repeated crimes and the best choices for elimination thereof. Representatives of different professions and experts of the field, the daily life of whom is spent in work with offenders will share their experience during the discussion and will discuss the current events in the education process of the staff of prisons of Latvia.
Discussion is chaired by:
Dāvis Valdnieks - moderator of events, television producer, the former moderator of the LTV programme Rīta Panorāma and other programmes.
Participants:
- Ilona Spure, Head of the Prison Administration;
- Māris Luste, Head of the European Social Fund Project implemented by the Prison Administration;
- Dmitrijs Kaļins, Head of Olaine Prison (Latvian Prison Hospital) of the Prison Administration;
- Rudīte Losāne, Chaplain of Ilguciems Women Prison, priest.