The Professionalization of Work and Practical Training in Dutch Prisons

ICPA2024 Presentation by Marja ter Horst and Toon Molleman (ICPA2024-PID106)

Authors

Mrs Marja ter Horst

Manager Service Organisation In-Mad, Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency, The Netherlands

Marja ter Horst works at the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI). She is the manager of the national Service Organisation In-Made. Her job is to take care that the 24 prisons throughout the Netherlands can offer prisoners work and, if possible, vocational training. The Service Organisation uses data to support the prisons with the right information on the achievement of three interrelated goals. The first goal is to stimulate the safety of the prison environment, by offering prisoners work on a daily basis. The second goal is to create a stimulating environment, by offering customized prison work and related vocational education. The third goal is to increase the chances for successful job market re-integration, by working together with municipalities and potential employers.

Toon Molleman

Deputy Director, Division of Prisons and Foreigner Detention, Ministry of Justice and Safety, Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency, The Netherlands

Dr. Toon Molleman is the deputy director of prisons and immigration detention at the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI). He previously worked as a prison director of the penitentiary institution of Arnhem and Leeuwarden. Dr. Molleman received his PhD in 2014 at Utrecht University (Methodology & statistics) by creating a benchmark for prisons. During his PhD research, Dr. Molleman worked at the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Ministry of Justice and Safety.

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