Central Region

Karin Ohrner (Austria) is new member of the Steering Committee with a mandate for the Cental Region running until February 2027.

Christoph Weltin teaches young offenders at the Josefstadt prison in Vienna – and does so with passion, even though it is often a Sisyphean task. What can school achieve in prison?Report /Elisa Tomaselli – 20 December 2023, 15:00 h For … Read More

Sentences is a small-scale newspaper created by some incarcerated men in the open-regime prison of Realta in the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland. The teacher in basic education motivated some of his students to start editing the newspaper. Its title … Read More

South: We got three applications for this region. As written in the EPEA’s Constitution the Regional Representatives will be elected by the two liaison persons (delegates) of every recognised EPEA branch in the region in question. The Steering Committee will … Read More

62 statements about education in prison from incarcerated men in a Swiss Prison The quotes show the whole range of students: from persons with litteracy to highly educated prisoners.

Theatre education in the penal systemIn autumn 2021, a theatre education project took place in Affoltern am Albis (Kanton of Zurich, Switzerland) prison as part of a teaching module at the Zurich University of the Arts. Under the direction of … Read More