Research shows that the durable structure of daytime activities diminishes the chances of (future) criminal behaviour. This forms an important basis for offering work and practical training in prison. In the last years, the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) has further developed the way in which work and practical trainings offered in prison are shaped. One of the ways in which the DJI has professionalized this is by gathering data on the job market position of detainees before, during and after their time in prison through establishing a national service organisation ‘In-Made’. In-made supports 24 prisons in this data-informed way of working. The information that is gathered allows for more customized work and practical training possibilities offered in prison. Consequently, the DJI is, together with municipalities and potential employers, able to enhance the chances that prisoners are able to re-integrate into the job market after release from prison. 

During this presentation, Marja ter Horst and Toon Molleman will present the workings and results of the national service organisation In-Made. They will show how the data allows for the development of job market profiles of prisoners and how this helps to uncover the job market position of prisoners. This includes information on what part of the Dutch prison population has a job before they enter prison, the types of jobs they have, their work attitudes, hindering factors (e.g. addiction, debts) and the practical training prisoners receive in prison.