4.30pm – 5pm EDT, 23 October 2023 ‐ 30 mins
Workshop Session

Deputy Director General of Prison and Probation, Bremen Ministry of Justice and Constitution, Germany

Director, Interchange, Germany
Rhianon Williams is a researcher and project coordinator at the Bremen Ministry of Justice and Constitution, developing needs-based training initiatives for prison and probation officers in Bremen, Germany, using European Union funding streams. She began her career in the voluntary sector in the UK, in a charity providing engineering training and workshops to prisoners in 11 prisons in the North of England. After moving to Germany in 2010, she began supporting the development and implementation of rehabilitation and staff training initiatives, transferring good practice and learning from across Europe, to the Ministry of Justice and Constitution in Bremen. Rhianon regularly speaks at pan-European conferences and has participated as a trainer in a number of national and European workshops and international development missions. She holds a Double Honours Degree from Kings College London, and Masters from the University of London in International Development and from the University of Edinburgh in Digital Education.Deputy Director General of Prison and Probation, Bremen Ministry of Justice and Constitution, Germany
Dr. Alexander Vollbach studied sociology, education and social work with a master's degree and diploma. From 1988 to 2008 he worked at the Lower Saxony Federal Stated Hospital Moringen, Specialist hospital for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (now the Moringen Correctional Centre, Lower Saxony). From 2006 to 2016 he moved to the postion of head of department at Bremen Prison, and since 2016 he has been working from the Bremen Prison Ministry for Justice and Constitution.