We have a fantastic line-up of presentations and activities for the Correctional Research Symposium 2023! Use the tabs to browse each day of the programme. Note that some details may still be subject to change.
Tuesday 28 March
This presentation examines both their expectations and realities of release, the role of temporary releases and specific prison regimes in preparing them for release, and the impact of the transition on their reintegration and sense of self.
Proposal: A symposium comprising three presentations addressing:
• Role of a “whole society” approach engaging incarcerated volunteers, community volunteers and NGOs
• Findings from a survey of 5,000+ respondents, which provides emerging evidence for TPRF’s Peace Education Program as a catalyst for self-determined behavioural change, irrespective of age or gender, among incarcerated in São Paulo, Brazil.
• How TPRF’s Program may complement and even enhance existing reintegration approaches for increasing desistance, and human and social capital.
9.15am – 9.50am EDT
Keynote: Bridging the Void - Supporting Reintegration (PID007)
Keynote: Bridging the Void - Supporting Reintegration (PID007)
Plenary
The main findings of a 5-year UK Economic and Social Research Council funded project (Distant Voices: Coming Home) which used a combination of creative methods and community-building to explore and practice reintegration after state punishment are being reflected on. The presentation will sum up what was learned about the problems that traditional criminal justice creates and then struggles to solve, and about how we might imagine more constructive and effective responses to crime and conflict, in the form of Generative Justice.
Speakers
Fergus McNeill
9.50am – 11am EDT
Panel Discussion: International Perspectives on Key Challenges for Rehabilitating Reintegration (PID204)
Panel Discussion: International Perspectives on Key Challenges for Rehabilitating Reintegration (PID204)
Plenary
Comparative studies prove that effective reintegration poses common challenges across jurisdictions. And yet a closer scrutiny shows that problems exist which are socially or culturally unique. This opening International Panel is intended to share perspectives from different regions of the world.
Panel members will summarize what they see as the key challenges for achieving effective reintegration, how these are being met (or not), and what may be most required for future efforts to rehabilitate reintegration. The panel will welcome an interactive dialogue with the audience.
Speakers
11.30am – 12pm EDT
Reentry Through Our Lens: Participatory Photovoice with Older Criminal Justice-impacted Men (PID123)
11.30am – 12.15pm EDT
An Open-Access Approach to Reentry Services (PID113)
An Open-Access Approach to Reentry Services (PID113)
Parallel Workshops
An Open-Access Approach to Reentry Services is a presentation that describes a unique perspective on reentry services. Rather than envisioning reentry as a time-limited aftercare intervention, this model is responsive to when clients need intervention. This open-access approach is examined empirically by comparing outcomes of a treatment and intent-to-treat sample. Differences in recidivism rates will be reviewed, as will the importance of examining data by risk. Implications for the model will be discussed.Speakers
Lori Brusman Lovins
Children & their imprisoned fathers (PID101)
Children & their imprisoned fathers (PID101)
Parallel Workshops
Working restoratively with imprisoned fathers and their children does not seem to be the main focus of the prison system. However, improving the relationship between incarcerated fathers and their children benefits the prison environment, prevents crime, and prevents the intergenerational transmission of criminality. Avans University of Applied Sciences collaborates with Exodus and the Centre of Expertise on Children of Imprisoned Parents in order to promote restorative practices on this topic. We would like to inspire you with some of our projects and research on imprisoned fathers and their children.Speakers
Michael van Rijckevorsel
Angela Verhagen-Braspennincx
Anouk Smeenk
Marieke van Zwam
Roma people under non-custodial sanctions – residential, occupational and educational mobility. Glimpses from Romania (PID202)
Roma people under non-custodial sanctions – residential, occupational and educational mobility. Glimpses from Romania (PID202)
Parallel Workshops
The Romanian research team from NPD (National Probation Directorate) is carrying out a research on the topic of social mobility of Roma probationers and other vulnerable groups under the supervision of probation services. Having in mind the mobility (residential/ occupational/ educational) as a specific subject, the NPD research team apply a general research method, based on constant comparisons and oriented to an inductive approach. The research is based on a field study carried out with Roma offenders serving non-custodial sentence.Speakers
Diana Laura Biris
Marian Valentin Nastase
12pm – 12.30pm EDT
The expectations and realities of release from a mandatory life sentence (PID015)
The expectations and realities of release from a mandatory life sentence (PID015)
Parallel Workshops
This session presents findings from an empirical study on the release of mandatory life-sentenced prisoners. Utilising a short-longitudinal research design, the project conducted two sets of interviews with prisoners: (T1) before their release from prison, and (T2) five months later in the community.This presentation examines both their expectations and realities of release, the role of temporary releases and specific prison regimes in preparing them for release, and the impact of the transition on their reintegration and sense of self.
Speakers
Ailie Rennie
12.15pm – 1pm EDT
The Chance for Reentry project – practical outputs and scientific findings of innovative system of support for prisoners placed in pre-release units in Slovakia (PID057)
The Chance for Reentry project – practical outputs and scientific findings of innovative system of support for prisoners placed in pre-release units in Slovakia (PID057)
Parallel Workshops
The Chance for Reentry project is national project implemented by Slovakian Prison and Court Guard Service (in partnership with The Central Office for Labour, Social Affairs and The Family) from 10/2018 till 09/2023 (60 months). The main goal of the project is to reduce the risks of social exclusion of 3600 prisoners and increase their competencies to be successful in the labour market in order to minimize the risk of recidivism and to limit possible emergencies. This presentation will summarize practical outputs and scientific findings of project activities coming from the creation of an innovative system.Speakers
Martin Lulei PhD.
Lt. JUDr. Jakub L'orko
NESTOR _ A national Network of Schools for Parents in Prison (PID092)
NESTOR _ A national Network of Schools for Parents in Prison (PID092)
Parallel Workshops
The presentation will focus on the achievements and the expected outcomes of the NESTOR project which aims to enhance prisoners’ parenting skills by establishing a Network of 30 Schools for Parents in the prison environment in Greece.Speakers
Anastasis Valvis
Christiana Aposkiti
12.30pm – 1pm EDT
"That's my story, I can't change it" - the experience of reintegration of men serving a life sentence in Ireland (PID110)
2pm – 3pm EDT
What Works vs. What’s Right in Rehabilitating Reintegration (PID205)
What Works vs. What’s Right in Rehabilitating Reintegration (PID205)
Plenary
Does doing What Works mean that we are also always doing What’s Right? Or are there some conflicts that can arise, exceptions, issues and practices we should be concerned about? A good example of the possible conflict is the growing reliance on Risk Assessment when there is evidence that bias or discrimination can be a significant issue with certain groups. This session will highlight researcher and practitioner views on how we can more consistently incorporate a Human Rights perspective into What Works practice.
Speakers
3.30pm – 4.15pm EDT
The Initial Transitional Support (ITS) service: Impacts of a 12-week reintegration support service on reoffending and implications for best practice (PID004)
Research and Reflections on What Works for Those With Mental Health Needs (PID041)
Research and Reflections on What Works for Those With Mental Health Needs (PID041)
Parallel Workshops
This workshop will present the results of two recent studies focused on reintegration approaches and practices viewed from different perspectives and those which are most effective with individuals with mental health and addiction needs. The two studies are "Mental Health in Community Corrections: International Perspectives" conducted by the International Assocation of Correctional and Forensic Psychology (IACFP) and the study funded by the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) assessing the knowledge of and attitudes to mental illness on the part of probation staff accross Europe.Speakers
Professor Charlie Brooker
Cherie Townsend
Unlocking the full potential of small-scale and community-integrated facilities (PID075)
Unlocking the full potential of small-scale and community-integrated facilities (PID075)
Parallel Workshops
Many European countries are increasingly using small-scale and community-integrated facilities to house incarcerated people. This trend is particularly interesting given the fact that, compared to other types of prisons, small-scale and community-integrated prisons have proven to perform better in facilitating the reintegration process of incarcerated people. By combining evidence-based and practice-informed insights, this presentation will elaborate on the full potential of small-scale and community-integrated facilitiesSpeakers
Gonçalo Noronha Andrade
A complementary approach: The Prem Rawat Foundation’s Peace Education Program as a catalyst for self-directed behaviour change among persons deprived of liberty in São Paulo, Brazil (PID114)
A complementary approach: The Prem Rawat Foundation’s Peace Education Program as a catalyst for self-directed behaviour change among persons deprived of liberty in São Paulo, Brazil (PID114)
Parallel Workshops
This presentation looks at a case study of The Prem Rawat Foundation’s Peace Education Program during COVID-19 pandemic across correctional facilities spanning justice system and levels of reintegration in São Paulo, Brazil.Proposal: A symposium comprising three presentations addressing:
• Role of a “whole society” approach engaging incarcerated volunteers, community volunteers and NGOs
• Findings from a survey of 5,000+ respondents, which provides emerging evidence for TPRF’s Peace Education Program as a catalyst for self-determined behavioural change, irrespective of age or gender, among incarcerated in São Paulo, Brazil.
• How TPRF’s Program may complement and even enhance existing reintegration approaches for increasing desistance, and human and social capital.
Speakers
Dr. Mitesh Desai
4.15pm – 5pm EDT
Coaches for (re)integration in a systematic reintegration network in Bremen, Germany (PID066)
Coaches for (re)integration in a systematic reintegration network in Bremen, Germany (PID066)
Parallel Workshops
The presentation will introduce in Bremen's systematic reintegration management realized by the CHANCE network underlining the importance on strengthening the cooperation between governmental institutions of the justice system and non-governmental civic society organizations to elaborate solutions on a structural, organizational and operational level. Further, the approach of "Coaches for (re)integration" will present the advantages of a one-on-one support for (released) inmates with multiple problems and specific needs aiming the social and professional (re)integration into society.Speakers
Julia Brand
Svenja Boening
Balancing public safety and choice and control for people with cognitive impairment who are forensic patients (PID087)
Balancing public safety and choice and control for people with cognitive impairment who are forensic patients (PID087)
Parallel Workshops
The journey of people with cognitive impairment who have committed serious crimes and have a high risk of further offending is described from both their perspective and that of their case managers. This qualitative narrative addresses how to impact successful maintenance of public safety while also supporting choice and control for those who have offended. The management of people who have offended but are not able to participate in court proceedings and their journey through custodial environments and pathways to the community are explored from their and the case managers perspectives.Speakers
Dr Phillip Snoyman
Katerina Nesporek
Black Female Prisoner’s Lives Matter: Redefining Black Female Prisoner's Reintegration With A Digital Twist (PID077)
Black Female Prisoner’s Lives Matter: Redefining Black Female Prisoner's Reintegration With A Digital Twist (PID077)
Parallel Workshops
The presentation aims to show the significance of digital inclusion in the reintegration of Black female prisoners using evidence-based and practice-informed approaches. The session will also address some of the concerns raised from the lived experiences of Black female ex-prisoners regarding race, cultural inclusivity and sensitivity. The goal is to provide practitioners/ service providers with insights and practical strategies to adopt in their reintegration policies and practices to improve outcomes of reintegration/ resettlement programmes.Speakers
Grace Famoriyo
Cooperation as an answer to the complexity of reintegration of detainees (PID106)
Cooperation as an answer to the complexity of reintegration of detainees (PID106)
Parallel Workshops
The reintegration of detainees is complex and requires complex solutions. In Flanders and Brussels, the reintegration of detainees is organized by the Flemish network “Assistance and social services”. With a multi-agency approach and a multidisciplinary organization, the existing aid and services in society are imported intramuros (import model). Through different policy domains (welfare, sports, culture, employment, education and health), we try to focus on a succesful reintegration. The presentation will outline the import and network model in Flanders and Brussels.Speakers
Nelle De Taeye
Liesbet Claeys
Wednesday 29 March
The first results show how practices in the Global South are more directed towards the education of society and the involvement of civil society segments in the construction of a political educational project.
8.30am – 9.30am EDT
Mental health and reoffending: latest evidence on assessment and treatment (PID206)
Mental health and reoffending: latest evidence on assessment and treatment (PID206)
Plenary
An overview of the research evidence investigating links between mental health conditions and reoffending risk will be provided. There will be a discussion on the new science of risk assessment, which is based on transparent, scalable and evidence-based tools that provide probability scores and well calibrated models, and summarize recent trials and other high quality research that examines psychological and pharmacological therapies to reduce reoffending risk.Speakers
Seena Fazel
9.30am – 10.30am EDT
Rehabilitating Reintegration – Singapore’s Journey (PID080)
Rehabilitating Reintegration – Singapore’s Journey (PID080)
Parallel Workshops
This 60-minute workshop will be jointly conducted by the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) and Yellow Ribbon Singapore (YRSG). The presentation will focus on SPS' and YRSG's evolution in how it developed and designed its reintegration approach and practices, with a specific emphasis on the evolution and expansion of Community Corrections, the Yellow Ribbon Project (YRP) and the growth of a local network of community partners called the CARE Network. We will cover the elements that has helped us succeed, and the challenges and lessons we have picked up in our journey.Speakers
Women's Pathways Into, Through and Out of Prison: Understanding the Needs, Challenges and Successes of Women Imprisoned for Drug Offending and Returning to Communities in Thailand (PID051)
Women's Pathways Into, Through and Out of Prison: Understanding the Needs, Challenges and Successes of Women Imprisoned for Drug Offending and Returning to Communities in Thailand (PID051)
Parallel Workshops
Thailand places a high priority on the gender-specific contexts out of which offending arises and the differential needs of women in the criminal justice system. Despite this, Thailand has the highest female incarceration rate in South East Asia, and there has been substantial growth since the 1990s. This increase has been driven by punitive changes in drug law, and criminal justice policy/practices, which have disproportionately impacted women. As female representation in Thailand’s prisons grows, so does the number of women who return to communities. Thus, one of the challenges facing Thai society is the efficacious re-integration of growing numbers of formerly incarcerated women. However, what is known about re-entry comes almost exclusively from studies of prisoners (usually men) returning home in western societies. Re-integration does not occur in a vacuum. Supporting women post-release necessitates knowledge of their pathways to, experiences of, and journeys out of prison. Utilising in-depth interviews with (n = 80) imprisoned/formerly incarcerated women and focus groups with (n = 16) correctional staff, this research identifies what constitutes re-entry successes and explores the needs, and challenges of women returning to the community in Thailand. Findings showed that women had multifaceted and intersectional needs which directed their pathways into, during, and out of prison.Speakers
Chontit Chuenurah
Yodsawadi Thipphayamongkoludom
Delivering non-discriminatory community-based sanctions: Lessons from research and action in Europe (PID020)
Delivering non-discriminatory community-based sanctions: Lessons from research and action in Europe (PID020)
Parallel Workshops
Led by Penal Reform International, the University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, this session invites participants into a discussion on challenges, opportunities and good practices in achieving equity and non-discrimination in delivering re-entry support and community-based sanctions. Findings from a pioneering study of the use and implementation of non-custodial sanctions across 22 EU countries, alongside lessons from a pilot project and capacity building with criminal justice stakeholders in Hungary and Portugal will inform the discussion.Speakers
Tanja Dejanova
Karla Ishiy
Lili Kramer
Inês Horta Pinto
Ildiko Berzsenyi
Ana Cristina Pestana Neves PhD.
The power of digital and creative environments (PID125)
The power of digital and creative environments (PID125)
Parallel Workshops
Click F1 and Changes&Chances are 2 NGO’s that share knowledge and inspire each other in our work for prisoners and ex-prisoners and share their knowledge with a large network of organizations in Europe. In this way we want to play a role in improving education and create innovation in prisons. Click F1 is specialized in digital learning and secured digital environments and Changes&Chances is specialized in art-education. Four examples of projects we are working on regarding reintegration, creativity and blended learning are given.Speakers
Alice Erens
Ed Santman
11am – 11.30am EDT
Using electronic monitoring well to promote rehabilitation and reintegration (PID024)
Using electronic monitoring well to promote rehabilitation and reintegration (PID024)
Parallel Workshops
The use of electronic monitoring (EM) is rising. As the number and diversity of wearers increases new challenges present themselves for using it well. EM can be habit breaking and assist with the custody-community transition, however these positive possibilities are likely to be lost if EM is not used responsively and fairly. This presentation will discuss the current deployment of EM which limits its effectiveness and rehabilitative and reintegrative potential. It will then explore how EM can be used well, by making it more responsive and fair, thereby catering better for the diversity of wearers.Speakers
Professor Anthea Hucklesby
11am – 11.45am EDT
CHANGES: an experimental implementation of a cognitive-behavioral strategy to reduce recidivism in France (PID068)
The role of understanding harm and restoration in offender reintegration (PID093)
The role of understanding harm and restoration in offender reintegration (PID093)
Parallel Workshops
The presentation aims to add to the theoretical discussion, bridging the victimology and criminology gap. Most discourse within rehabilitation and detention fail to consider the role of harm, to both the offender and victim, that results from the offense. The presentation will use the Netherlands as a case study to understand where the opportunities and challenges lie.Speakers
Malini Laxminarayan
Lisanne Veldt
11.45am – 12.30pm EDT
The Importance of Evidence-based Assessment and Intervention - From Intake to Prison to Sentence Completion in the Community (PID201)
The Importance of Evidence-based Assessment and Intervention - From Intake to Prison to Sentence Completion in the Community (PID201)
Parallel Workshops
Drawing on work in Canada as well as internationally, this presentation will focus on how the evidence-based assessment of offenders and the use of assessment results to guide appropriate interventions is the foundation of a "What Works" approach to corrections, contributing to the safety and security of offenders, staff and the public, the humane custody of prisoners, the ability to individualize case and sentence planning, and the monitoring of change over time.Speakers
Dr. Andrea Moser
Larry Motiuk PhD
Health literacy for women released from prison in Brazil: improving intervention for health promotion based on research evidence (PID050)
Health literacy for women released from prison in Brazil: improving intervention for health promotion based on research evidence (PID050)
Parallel Workshops
The presentation discusses ongoing doctoral research carried out in Brazil with women released from prison, in which we aimed to develop and validate educational material with health guidelines for women released from prison. We designed a multimethodological study with a qualitative approach, with the aim of identifying needs, understanding the narratives of women about the experience of imprisonment, the marks they carry. The importance of materials within the scope of health education is discussed to increase the literacy of these women based on the language and perception they have.Speakers
Patricia de Paula Queiroz Bonato
Rehabilitating Reintegration through Yoga & mindfulness: the experience from the Czech Republic (PID005)
Rehabilitating Reintegration through Yoga & mindfulness: the experience from the Czech Republic (PID005)
Parallel Workshops
The aim of the presentation is to provide evidence and experience in support of the beneficial effect of yoga practice with prison inmates as well as to put this activity into a theoretical range of restorative and rehabilitative approach in correctional institutions.
The purpose of the presentation is to point out the importance of yoga & mindfulness and restorative justice in our prisons in order to achieve a meaningful and successful reintegration.
Yoga and mindfulness practice in correctional institutions seems to have considerable therapeutic and self-educational as well as rehabilitative potential and is therefore considered an activity which should be included to treatment programs as it principally corresponds with a restorative approach to incarcerated people. There is a huge potential of yoga & mindfulness practice for an inner transformation, for the self-concept change and for the motivation to adopt an active approach to oneself, to the life and its direction, to find own value and to gain self-confidence and self-esteem: by practicing yoga & mindfulness the inmates may be motivated to work on themselves and may be led to cultivate agency, which significantly supports their rehabilitation. As prison inmates may be able to achieve self-reflection and inner change with yoga & mindfulness, this activity is considered an appropriate therapeutic intervention that fulfills the reintegrative ideas and has considerable transformative, rehabilitative and preventive potential. In summary, yoga & mindfulness practice increases a human capital, it supports people to identify their life pathway, which implies taking responsibility for their life, taking an active and agentic approach to it and being motivated to change it. By such inner transformation the true rehabilitation and desistance can be achieved. The prison yoga is therefore a highly potential tool to fulfill the desired goal of penitentiary treatment programs – the successful rehabilitation and reduced recidivism or desistance.
Speakers
Tereza Dlestikova
12pm – 12.30pm EDT
Offender Management in Custody: a lost opportunity in prisoner resettlement (PID071)
Offender Management in Custody: a lost opportunity in prisoner resettlement (PID071)
Parallel Workshops
We will present the findings of the 2022 inspection of prisoner resettlement work (England and Wales) undertaken by prison and probation inspectors using samples of prisoners and recently released people on license. The findings will be analysed through the lens of implementation and policy failure. We will end by presenting some recommendations to improve prisoner resettlement.Speakers
Kevin Ball
Tony Kirk
1.30pm – 2pm EDT
Leaving Switzerland upon release: how to ensure reintegration schemes do not leave behind foreing inmates (PID058)
Leaving Switzerland upon release: how to ensure reintegration schemes do not leave behind foreing inmates (PID058)
Parallel Workshops
Switzerland has one of the highest rates of foreign prisoners in Europe (70%) and many of them will be deported upon release. As a result, these detainees do not benefit from the full array of services aiming at detainees' reintegration - a major challenge for prison authorities. This practice-informed presentation will highlight local projects supporting foreign detainees in developing meaningful projects in their country of origin. Emphasis will be placed on synergies among the many stakeholders involved and the full participation of detainees as key criteria for effective reintegration.Speakers
Jean-Sébastien Blanc
Michèle Demierre
Application of Trauma-informed Practice in Forensic Intervention Services (PID028)
Application of Trauma-informed Practice in Forensic Intervention Services (PID028)
Parallel Workshops
This presentation will show a component of a wider project focusing on the application of trauma informed practices in forensic intervention services, highlighting the rationale, methodology, and some preliminary findings of a qualitative investigation of clinical staff and their experiences, understanding, and use of trauma-informed practices. Preliminary qualitative data and anecdotal reflections will be provided. This project component has received ethics approval and data collection and analysis is currently being finalised.Speakers
Dr. Julia Chan
1.30pm – 2.15pm EDT
What Works? A Global South perspective (PID127)
What Works? A Global South perspective (PID127)
Parallel Workshops
This presentation aims to highlight the limitations and potential of a number of good practices in education and reintegration of imprisoned persons that have been developed in the Global North and South, such as 'prisons without police' (Brazil), university pavilions in prisons (Argentina), respect modules (Spain and France), and therapeutic prison-communities (England).The first results show how practices in the Global South are more directed towards the education of society and the involvement of civil society segments in the construction of a political educational project.
Speakers
Sergio Grossi
1.30pm – 3pm EDT
The work of psychologists and social workers in the probation and correctional systems for public safety in Georgia (PID104)
2pm – 2.30pm EDT
Ethnocultural offenders, correctional programming, and a mapping of experiences (PID064)
Ethnocultural offenders, correctional programming, and a mapping of experiences (PID064)
Parallel Workshops
Semi-structured interviews with 39 Ethnocultural offenders (i.e. non-White, non-Indigenous federally sentenced persons who want to preserve their cultural identity and related practices) on conditional release are used to explore the utility and relevance of correctional programs and services. Participant experiences are interpreted against the writings of Tommie Shelby and James Baldwin. The results highlight the need for and complexity of delivering, within Canada’s federal prisons, supports that are respectful and relevant.Speakers
Christopher Greco
Learning inside out (LIO) in all prisons in Flanders and Brussels (PID045)
Learning inside out (LIO) in all prisons in Flanders and Brussels (PID045)
Parallel Workshops
Learning inside out (LIO) project offers individual coaching towards an education. This support is in addition to the educational programmes currently on offer in the prisons. With an intense orientation, the client gains insight into his or her talents and potential and can use them to map out his or her future. The inmate and the career coach research into what (preliminary) training is possible in prison and what programmes/training are only possible after detention (internships, practical training, labs, etc.). Based on this information, a plan is drawn up.Speakers
Benedicte De Bock
2.15pm – 3pm EDT
Factors influencing implementation of the Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) model to manage and support women in prison and their resettlement back into the community (PID061)
Factors influencing implementation of the Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) model to manage and support women in prison and their resettlement back into the community (PID061)
Parallel Workshops
Using a developmental evaluation approach, HM Prison and Probation Service have assessed implementation of The Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) model across all women’s prisons. OMiC is a transformational programme to improve the way women are supported through their sentence, spanning custody and the community. We have enhanced our analytical understanding of the implementation approach,and the barriers and enablers. We have gathered data and evidence to inform decisions on adaptation and gained insight into what works, for who, under what circumstances, across multiple settings.Speakers
Laura Pope
Zoe Markham
2.30pm – 3pm EDT
Combining Project Based Learning, Positive Criminology and Systemic Practices for rehabilitation within a Prison Context (PID069)
A country-by-country or regional approach to preventing radicalisation and violent extremism? Main challenges, structural needs and lessons learned (PID203)
3.30pm – 5pm EDT
Closing Panel: Lived Experience Perspectives on Rehabilitating Reintegration (PID200)
Closing Panel: Lived Experience Perspectives on Rehabilitating Reintegration (PID200)
Plenary
This closing panel from Ireland will share their lived experience of rehabilitation and reintegration. Through the perspective of James Leonard and Timmy Long, successful mental health podcasters known as The Two Norries who have both served custodial sentences, together with that of the Irish Prison Service and the Cork Alliance Centre (a critical community-based reintegration service), the panel will explore what makes a positive difference. Innovatively, The Two Norries’ podcast leads the way in discussing difficult topics in an honest and open way, with both the hosts and guests sharing of themselves for others well-being, both inside and outside of prison.Speakers
Caron McCaffrey
Fergal Black
James Leonard
Timmy Long
Sheila Connolly
Dr. Emma Regan
