Hello Kevin,
This looks interesting; I don’t
think that I had heard so much about this initiative before. Do you know if
they are members of the Asian Federation of Therapeutic Communities? I have
been fortunate to visit some programmes in
I’ve copied this reply to the
President of the Asian Federation of Therapeutic Communities, Justice Amnuay Intuputi
as a courtesy and simply as this site provide the opportunity to overcome
distances. The AFTC has members in
Thanks for the information.
Anthony Slater.
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Sent: 15 February 2006 08:29
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> "If Garth McVicar (of the Sensible Sentencing Trust) and I can spend
> a week together, and then agree that we need new approaches to
> prison, and that the current system is not working, anything is
I'll send her [ Kim Workman] some
information on the Indonesia Criminon Program for her to look at.
Garth McVicar is already aware of the
program
Criminon
http://www.criminon.org/programs/indonesia.php
Criminon
The officers of Criminon
Criminon
In November and December 2002, Criminon
The second training program in April and May 2003, partially
funded by the Government of Indonesia, successfully trained 21 individuals to
Criminon Course Supervisors.
This training program included an extensive apprenticeship in
two of
The program was then extended into 6 prisons, run by the
Indonesian government staff members.
In the third phase, inmates who had successfully completed the
Criminon rehabilitation components and done well, were trained up as Criminon
course supervisors, apprenticed and put to work. This proved very successful.
Not only did the newly trained inmate-supervisors regain a higher level of
pride, feeling needed and seeing they could help others, they were doing very
well handling the new inmate-students and economically this was a good
solution.
Accomplishments
Since the beginning of the program in 2002, Criminon
• 358 inmates completed the basic Criminon program (3 or
four courses each).
• 29 correctional staff completed the basics 3 Criminon
courses
• 42 instructors trained, among these 18 Ministry staff,
3 Criminon staff and 21 inmates.
• All inmates who were trained as supervisors and then
released from prison after their term was up, returned to Criminon Indonesia,
asking to continue to work as instructors, helping other inmates to achieve the
same results they had.
• About 33% of all inmates gotten through the Criminon
program was released early due to notable changes in conduct.
• Recidivism Rate of Criminon graduates is 1%. Of 100
Criminon graduates released, only 1 returned to prison.
The first step in this plan has been launched with one of the
prisons being set up a s training academy for inmate-supervisors. So far the
first 12 inmates have completed their training and are eagerly awaiting
transfer to other prison facilities to implement the Criminon program there.
The Ministry of devising a plan, whereby inmates who have completed the
Criminon program in any Indonesian Prison and have shown they are doing well
and thus are eligible for Criminon Supervisor training, will be transferred to
this training prison, trained up to Criminon Supervisor certification and then
dispatched out to other prisons in teams to implement the Criminon program.
On request of the Ministry, Criminon
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Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: TCs in the News
> Scoop Independent News
> "Prison Fellowship & Sensible Sentencing Trust
>
> Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 8:48 am
> Press Release: Prison Fellowship
> Prison Fellowship of
>
> "If Garth McVicar (of the Sensible Sentencing Trust) and I can spend
> a week together, and then agree that we need new approaches to
> prison, and that the current system is not working, anything is
> possible." That was the comment of Kim Workman, National Director,
> Prison Fellowship about his visit to the
> as part of the Minister of Corrections fact finding visit. "At the
> end of the day, all New Zealanders want the same thing, - safe
> communities, a reduction in te numbers of victims, and working with
> offenders so that they become useful members of society."
>
> *
> *
> *
>
> Some of the funding spent on rehabilitation inside prisons, would be
> better spent by developing community based rehabilitation programs,
> or dedicated secure residential treatment centres, which operate not
> as prisons, but as therapeutic communities. "
>
> Full Story:
> http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0602/S00090.htm
>
>
>
>
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