EEA Grants Norway Grants

Development of probation and Prison personnel management (staff selection, evaluation, etc.)

2014, Prison Administration

Prison Administration Staff:

1. Officials with the special service rank:1.1 officers;1.2 instructors.

2. Employees:2.1 with higher education;2.2 with secondary education.

Requirements for service:- Latvian citizenship;- Compliance of physical fitness, health status and psychological

characteristics with the requirements;- Are not held criminally liable for wilful misconduct;- Age (18 to 40 years);- Secondary / higher education;- National language skills.

Requirements for work:- Secondary / higher education;- Knowledge of official language.

Number of Prison Administration posts: 2764 *Of which:Officers - 680;Instructors - 1675;Employees - 409th

Adopted in service - 247, exempted from service the 211th

Recruited - 88, dismissed – 78.

*Prison Administration data for 2013.

Thank you for your attention!

Deputy Chief of Prison Administration Lieutenant Colonel Māris StivrenieksE: maris.stivrenieks@ievp.gov.lv