The Complexity of Re-entry Among Incarcerated People in Flanders and Brussels (Be.): Insights from the BRuG-project Survey

ICPA2023 Presentation by Leen Vandevelde and Dorien Brosens (ICPA2023-PID125)

Authors

Leen Vandevelde

PhD researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Leen is a PhD researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she is part of the PArticipation and Learning in Detention (PALD) research group. She is the main researcher on the policy-driven BRuG-project (“Behoeften voor Re-integratie en recidivebeperking bij Gedetineerden”) that will be presented during this session at the ICPA conference. The BRuG-project focuses on prisoner’s reentry needs and aims to identify the needs, barriers and reintegration-enchancing factors experienced by incarcerated persons. Besides a quantitative prison survey, she also conducts life-story interviews with (former) incarcerated persons to gather deeper insights in their lifes and needs. The project is funded by the Flemish government (Justice and enforcement agency). The data of the BRuG-project will be used in her doctoral thesis.

Dorien Brosens

Assistant professor, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Educational Sciences, Research group PArticipation And Learning in Detention (PALD), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Dorien Brosens is an assistant professor (10%) at the Department of Educational Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a senior postdoctoral researcher (90%) at the Research Foundation of Flanders (Belgium). She is one of the founding members of the interdisciplinary research group called “PArticipation and Learning in Detention” (PALD). Her research mainly focuses on peer programs, active citizenship, and innovative types of learning in prison, encompassing formal, non-formal and informal learning activities. She has published in journals such as the Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, the European Journal of Criminology, and Criminology & Criminal Justice.

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