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Where are we going to? WHY & WHAT & HOW Cisca Joldersma c.joldersma @ dji.minjus.nl. WHY ?. Connecting policy , practice & science. 5 national teams and CEP a scientist , a policy maker, an expert prison & probation practice an expert team
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Where are we going to? WHY & WHAT & HOW Cisca Joldersma c.joldersma@dji.minjus.nl
Connectingpolicy, practice & science • 5 national teams and CEP • a scientist, a policy maker, an expert prison & probationpractice • an expert team • AlisonLiebling, Eric Maes, and Bas Vogelvang • 3 workingsessions • Trends in prison & probationpracticesince the year 2000; • Promisingpractices: electronicmonitoring; COSA; prisoncloud • Criteria and innovativeoptionsfor the future • Finalworking conference, organizedbyEuroPris
WHAT: alternativesanctionsmodalities of execution detention fines forensic care/treatment community services freedom restric- tions probation conditional sentences new combi- nations electronic monitoring
WHAT: modes of application • Light/severe, open/closed, basic/plus, intra-/extramural, high/low care, high/low security • Pre-trial, post-trial • Frontdoor, backdoor, prerelease, release, postrelease/aftercare • Target groups • Byvolunteers and/or professionals • Different domains of life (working, family, care/treatment, leisure, education, socialnetwork)
HOW to use in practice? • Concept ortheory-in-usebehindapplication • Takinginto account basicprinciples • Humandignity • The avoidance of furtherdamageorharm • The right to develop the self • The right to be important to otherpeople • A stable and professional organization • Takinginto account different perspectives • Takinginto account different contexts
HOW does itwork out in practice?What do youthink? experiences offences Person (offender) partner risks vulnerabilities Professional context Societal context Criminal Justice law Social network needs strengths friends peers, collegues neighbours family volunteers school care local community housing Institutional context work leisure professional standards governance political situation penal system sanctions debates on other issues safety issues
Why& What & HOW:future of prison & probationpractice analysis of what is going to happen • opportunities keys What to takeinto account clues Where are we going to? Lessonslearned challenges ‘toolkit’ of options predictions concerns Issues to deal with recommendations Thoughts reflections Whatmatters most? promisingpractices To have impact in practice futuretheory-in-use Making the implicitexplicit
1 Withregard to your country: • What is the starting point? • What are the trends? • Are criminalityratesdecreasingorincreasing? • Is the use of different sanctions/modalitiesincludingimprisonment in/decreasing? • What kind of incremental/evolutionarychanges? • Be attentive to the impact of changes in environment • How to createflexibility?
2 Commonground • Sanctions & modalities • Probationmatters most • Electronic monitoring is increasing • Short time detention (and pre-trialdetention) shouldbeavoided • Standardization & individualizationoffenderstrajectories • Vulnerableoffendersneedmatched (forensic) care & control • Focus onwork • Possibilitiesfor prerelease & rehabilitation • Professional prison & probation service • Casemanagement & cooperationwithlocalmunicipalities and network partners • Assessment, monitoring & evaluation (butnottooinstrumental) • Organizingreflection & professional development • Issues • How to deal withrelapse, due to societalfailures • How to deal withforeignoffenders? • How to deal with ‘toughon crime’ politicians? • How to deal with ‘efficiency’ and new public management?
3 Prisonconcepts • A non-prisonlikeappearance • Connectionwith the localcommunity • Rooms with a view • Daylight and positivequalitiesfor living • Focus onwork, cooking, family, restorativejustice • Technologyfor free walking, e-learning, prisoncloud • Human touch; privacy, face-to-facecontacts • Focus onself-reliance, self-sufficiency and trust • Involvement of offenders & victims in design process
4 Communication • Informaltalks in cafe setting • Respect & understanding • Be aware of (own) emotions • Do notblame the politicians • What do youthink/experience? • Reframing • Reconcilingvictims & offenders • What is in the ‘black box’ and how to createtransparancy? • Keep ourconversationgoing, • even after the project