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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Keys Hostel: Keys to successfully Rehabilitate violent released prisoners A New Solution for Spousal Violence After Imprisonment summary presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA 12th annual conference: Ghent , Belgium, October 24 – 29, 2010. In recent years, the awareness to spousal violence has expanded. Israeli society and media’s refusal to let the phenomenon
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The “Triangle” program: Prisoners, their wives and children – treatment methods presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA 16th annual conference, Windhoek, Namibia October 2014 Let me start by telling you a few words about the Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority, of which I was the Director General for over 19 years, until I retired in
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The Triangular Program – Rehabilitating the inmate his wife and children presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA annual conference, Beijin, China October 2004 Let me start by telling you a few words about the Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority, of which I was the Director General for over 19 years, until I retired in 2002.
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A Residential Hostel for Released Prisoners incarcerated for domestic Violence presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the Safer Society conference, Scotland, October 2004 Let me start by telling you a few words about the Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority, of which I was the Director General for over 19 years, until I retired in 2002. Prisoner Rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation of Released Inmates Incarcerated For Domestic Violence Presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the ICPA annual conference, Netherlands October 2002 Description of the Community and the Needs Met The Ministry of Labour and Welfare evaluates that in Israel approximately 200,000 women are battered by their husbands. In recent years we observe an increase in the
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Parental training for prisoners and ex-prisoners presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the Family and Corrections Network Conference, November 2002, St. Louis, Missouri. Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority (background) First let me tell you a few words about the Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority (PRA):The Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority, a state entity, was founded in 1984[1], to deal
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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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Israel’s Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority – Programs for the Families presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the Fifth North American Conference on the Family and Corrections, Bethesda, Maryland, September 1998. A version was published by the FCN Family & Corrections Network Report, Issue 19: 12-18. Preface: The PRA and its Philosophy First let me tell you a
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The Hidden Victims: The Inmates’ Children and the Triangular Program” Designed to Help Them presented by Avraham Hoffmann at the 28th International Conference of Social Welfare (ICSW), Jerusalem, Israel June 1998 The Triangular Program is the Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority’s (PRA)[1] program for the inmates’ families. The “Triangular program” is an innovative experiment of the