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Rehabilitation and social reintegration in an
unrestricted environment: Best practices
Olga Espinoza
Second Meeting of Officials Responsible
for Penitentiary and Prison Policiesin OAS Member States
Contents
•Overview•Legal definition of the term post-
penitentiary•A behavioral look at the issue•Post-penitentiary reintegration in practice•Positive experiences of post-penitentiary
reintegration
Overview
•Growth of the prison population in the region
•Criminal-law system reform processes•Negligible impact in terms of reduction of
the prison population
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies (King’s College London)
Overview
•Consequences of overcrowding:▫For the orderly management of the system▫For the rights of inmates and prison staff▫For proportional reintegration programs
and services▫For infrastructure▫In terms of costs for the State
Legal definition▫Argentina: Prison Sentence Enforcement
Law▫Colombia: Penitentiary Code▫Mexico: Federal District Penal Enforcement
Law▫Peru: Penal Enforcement Code▫Paraguay: Penitentiary and Penal
Enforcement Code
A behavioral look at post-penitentiary reintegration
•It is a process in which there is a break in the institutionalized existence characterized by a loss of independence in the determination of different aspects of life, from the most basic to the most complex
•De-institutionalize in order to re-institutionalize
A behavioral look at post-penitentiary reintegration
•Key areas for reintegration:▫Job placement▫Family support▫Financial management and personal
planning▫Community networks and restoration of
rights▫Psychosocial intervention▫Drug abuse
Reintegration in practice
•Distinguishing progressive obtainment of freedom from serving a sentence in full
•Analysis of this sphere from a gender-awareness perspective
•Challenges upon release from prison
Positive experiences
•EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE (Uruguay)
•COMMUNITY COUNCILS (Brazil)
•HOY ES MI TIEMPO (TODAY IT’S MY TURN) (Chile)
In conclusion…
Aspects to include in post-penitentiary policy:
▫Take into consideration the multitude of needs of persons released from prison, in order to avoid recidivism
▫Comprehensive tackling of different variables
▫Motivation to change
Everyone in prison today will one day regain their freedom
So:
What kind of persons do we want to return?
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