Preparing the community to reintegrate the prisoner – We are all responsible for one another presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA 17th annual conference, Melbourne, Australia, October 2015 The processes of preparing prisoners, in prison, toward their release have improved significantly over the years. I covered this process in my last year’s presentation at […]
Challenging the prison rehabilitation programs, I advocate that those who prepare the prisoner toward his release must also be those who support him after his release. I present the fundamental principles underlying this philosophy and the 4 pillars of a successful rehabilitation program.
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The Peers group program Successfully rehabilitated released prisoners as partners of newly released prisoners‘ rehabilitation. presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA 10th annual conference, October 2008, Prague Can we ensure a sustainable rehabilitation for prisoners? From past times, the wise people of all generations have dealt with the question: How to ensure that a
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All the programs of the Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority include employment – vocational training and work – as an essential part. I will present our goals, methods and programs, recent researches, and how the integration of employment offers released prisoners a better chance to succeed in the employment field, to rehabilitate and, (re)enter and (re)integrate society.
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Partnership Between Professionals And The Public – A Condition For Rehabilitating Released Prisoners presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA annual conference, Perth, Australia, October 2001 What right does the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority (PRA) have to turn to the members of society, and ask that they absorb those who have offended and committed crimes against
Rehabilitation Program for Young Released Inmates Presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the UN 10th Congress on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, Vienna, Austria, 2000. Young prisoners – aged 14 to 18 – who are imprisoned in Israel’s jails are considered to be a population at high risk to themselves and
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The Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority’s Partnership with the Public and Other Agencies presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA conference, Cape Town, South Africa, August 2000 What right does the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority (PRA) have to turn to the members of society, and ask that they absorb those who have offended and committed crimes against
“THE THREE-IN-ONE APARTMENT”: student-prisoner shared housing program Presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the UN 10th Congress on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, Vienna, Austria, 2000. Introduction The Three-in-One apartment Program provides an effective answer to two main issues in the area of prisoner rehabilitation: The need to rehabilitate former inmates in
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The revolution in the methods of rehabilitation of released female inmates in Israel Presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the opening of the International seminar on the “Rehabilitation of Female Offenders: Mothers with Their Children”, Prisoner rehabilitation Authority, Jerusalem, May 2000. When I was appointed by the Government of Israel to find a solution for the
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Preparing the Inmate toward His Release – and Preparing the Community to Reintegrate him: The Israeli Experience A version was published by the FCN 1999 The Incarcerated Inmate’s Characteristics The passage from the unrestricted life style to the features of life behind bars obviously involves a process of adaptation to the incarceration shock. The inmate