BrainLog team was pleased to host the consortium for the Kick-Off meeting for the Erasmus + project “Peer Mentoring for Prison Staff” (M4PRIS) in Denmark. The “Peer Mentoring for Prison Staff” (M4PRIS) is a project for designing and developing an innovative educational handbook for prison officers. The kick-off of the project was hosted in Odense, Denmark, by BrainLog and supported by the Danish Prison Officers Union (Fængselsforbundet i Danmark), where, together with all partners, a visit to Søbysøgård State Prison was organized. Different educational programs were presented, including an innovative program for service dog training.

Dogs, cats, and cows in prison? This is a rarity in most countries, but not in Denmark. Some of the Prison Association’s European partners visited Søbysøgård Prison to get an impression of how we run prisons in this country. They were given a tour of the open section with agriculture and the closed one with service dogs. It was the unit managers, Annette Damgaard and Annette Lysgaard, who were responsible for the tour’s high spirits and commitment. They were well supported by the inmates, who talked about their daily lives and cooperation with the staff. The guests were happy to experience the positive and innovative prison environment at Søbysøgård. During the meeting, all project management milestones and project product development were discussed.

The project is a collaboration of partners coming from different countries and working toward a common goal; to develop the following results:

1. Blueprint of Prison Staff Mentoring;

2. Peer Mentoring Programme for Prison Staff;

3. Training Course for Mentoring Coordinators.