Prison of Peace addresses the need to reduce violence and promote peaceful conflict resolution within the prison environment, through a series of intensive experiential trainings on Peacemaking and Mediation, available to inmates and prison personnel (security officers, administrative staff, social workers and prison school teachers). The program invites the perspective that there can be a viable and sustainable non violent approach to conflict both within the prisons and beyond, by training participants not only to be peacemakers and mediators themselves, but also to be able to pass on their knowledge and skills to their respective communities.

Prison of Peace participants are trained in:

  • communication skills
  • peace circle facilitation
  • peacemaking
  • mediation

Prison of Peace participants may, then, become trainers themselves, thus making a non violent culture sustainable within the prison community. Furthermore, given that a life sentence in Greece equals to roughly 16 years of imprisonment, inmate participants, upon their release, are able to spread this non violent culture beyond the prison walls and into their out-of-prison community.

In Greece, Prison of Peace has systematically been implemented since 2016 with inmates and / or prison personnel in twelve Greek prisons.

See the Prison of Peace – Greece 2.5-year Activity Report (November 2016 – June 2019)

See the Prison of Peace – Greece 1.5-year Activity Report (June 2019 – December 2020)

The skills I learned through “Prison of Peace” impacted my life significantly: I am now better able to manage my emotions, to understand others and to provide them with a safe space where they can be truly seen.

D., inmate              

More testimonials

Prison of Peace – Greece has had a positive impact on the lives of inmates and prison personnel who participated in it and their families. 

If you wish to donate to our cause:

PIRAEUS BANK: GR 94 0171 7490 0067 4914 2103 608 

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We are grateful to the following Organizations that have invested in a desire for a non violent conflict resolution culture and have made Prison of Peace possible in Greece: