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: