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International Office Dutch prisoners abroad

International Office Dutch Probation Service Rome November 2012 Nicolet Faber – Head International Office Dutch Probation Service. International Office Dutch prisoners abroad. Tasks of the International Office. International Office – Dutch Probation Service Transfer alternative sanctions

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International Office Dutch prisoners abroad

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  1. International Office Dutch Probation ServiceRome November 2012Nicolet Faber – Head International Office Dutch Probation Service International Office Dutch prisoners abroad

  2. Tasks of the International Office International Office – Dutch Probation Service • Transfer alternative sanctions • Participation in Rule of Law programs of the EU and RvE (developing probation agencies) • Assistance Dutch Caribbean Probation Service • Dutch prisoners abroad

  3. International Office – Dutch Probation Service International Office is part of the Dutch Probation Service (15 employees) Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (50%) and the Ministry of Security & Justice Started in 1975 as an experiment with a temporary coordination unit

  4. International Office – Dutch Probation Service Numbers Dutch nationals detained abroad: 1977  305 1994  1237 1997  1584 2000  1985 From 2005 – around 2500 Appr 800 in/out – high turnover

  5. Germany (395) Spain (238) France (150) United Kingdom (146) Belgium (124) Dominican Republic (115) Peru (95) Italy (69) Brasil (68) Marocco (60) 80% drug-related crimes Top 10 detention countries

  6. Education – work - income • 25% can hardly read or speak Dutch! • 70% have debts up to E20.000 • 40% unemployed • 30% receives benefits • 13% women

  7. How do they come back?? • No income • Debts • No housing • Lost relationships • No current knowledge of society

  8. Goals International Office The International Office has the aim: to contribute to the increase of self-insight, self –relianceand reintegration of the Dutch prisoners detained abroad by: • Providing information and advice • Deployment of probation volunteers Target group: Dutch prisoners who return to The Netherlands

  9. International Office – Dutch Probation Service Limit damages detention Promote reflection on criminal behaviour Prepare return to The Netherlands

  10. Tasks / services • Coordination of probation counselling • Provide information and advice • Home circumstances report • Investigation rehabilitation in The Netherlands • Coordination of volunteers • Coordination education

  11. Actionroute Questions of home front • Probationform • Problem inventory • Permission to act First aid and information Home circumstances report Volunteers Education Diagnose and Plan of Action Plan of reintegration

  12. Volunteers The probation volunteers are being coached end guided by the International Office • 325 volunteers/visitors in 46 countries • 1700 prisoners have been visited • around 6000 visits a year • Trained in Motivational Interviewing

  13. Education Project • 250 prisoners are studying • Supplementary to the education in prison • Individual coaching • Preparation in finding a job

  14. Reintegration / Aftercare • Preparation for return to The Netherlands • Application local municipality

  15. Focus on returning nationals! • Focus on returning nationals vs foreigners in prison. • In the interest of detainee and society • CEP–SIG: Special Interest Group Foreign Prisoners • Promote Best Practice

  16. International Office – contact details International Office Dutch Probation Service Vivaldiplantsoen 200 P.O.Box 136 3500 AC Utrecht – The Netherlands (t) +31(0)30 287 99 83 (f) +31(0)30 287 99 98 (e) nicolet.faber@reclassering.nl (i) www.reclassering.nl

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