What are offender rehabilitation facilities?
As of June 2018
Offender Rehabilitation Facilities: Supporting fresh starts
Among the criminals and juvenile delinquents, some have no one they can rely on, some lack a homes to return to, or some, due to problems in their personal lives, cannot be immediately rehabilitated.
Offender rehabilitation facilities play an important role in protecting these people for a certain period of time to aid their smooth reintegration and prevent recidivism.
Offender rehabilitation facilities play an important role in protecting these people for a certain period of time to aid their smooth reintegration and prevent recidivism.
Topics
○Before entering offender rehabilitation facilities
○Role of offender rehabilitation facilities
○People who work in offender rehabilitation facilities
○Working with local communities
○Role of offender rehabilitation facilities
○People who work in offender rehabilitation facilities
○Working with local communities
Before entering offender rehabilitation facilities
Admission to offender rehabilitation facilities begins with requests from the state (probation offices) or petitions from those requiring support.
Role of offender rehabilitation facilities
Offender rehabilitation facilities support fresh starts for offenders by providing them with necessary guidance and assistance for independent living.
○ Providing a life structure
They provide a life structure where residents can concentrate on preparing for independence, such as by providing accommodation and meals.
○ Providing a life structure
They provide a life structure where residents can concentrate on preparing for independence, such as by providing accommodation and meals.
○Guidance and assistance for smooth reintegration
Residents receive guidance for their smooth reintegration into society as members of the local community, including daily life guidance.
○Guidance and assistance for independence
Residents receive necessary guidance and assistance so that they can become independent as soon as possible through employment support and financial management guidance and can live independently after leaving the facilities.
Figure: Guidance and assistance for independence
○ Professional treatment according to the characteristics of residents
There are many people who enter offender rehabilitation facilities with problems in their social lives, such as addictions to alcohol and drugs, and being unable to build interpersonal relationships.
At offender rehabilitation facilities, residents are given specialized treatment to solve these problems and adjust to social life.
□ Education on the harmful effects of alcohol and drugs
Drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs are carried out in cooperation with medical institutions and welfare institutions for the purpose of learning about the harms caused by alcohol and drugs, and to maintain a life that does not rely on them.
□ Social skills training
This is an experiential learning method of behavior in interpersonal situations based on cognitive behavioral therapy in psychology, and is recognized as having an effect on smooth reintegration.
□ Collage therapy
This is a kind of art therapy where residents cut out their favorite photos and illustrations from magazines and paste them on boards. It allows for the expression of feelings that cannot be expressed in words, promotes psychological openness and deepening of thoughts, and strives for emotional stability.
In addition to this, computer classes, work camps and cooking classes and other detailed treatments are carried out according to the problems of residents.
People who work in offender rehabilitation facilities
Staff at offender rehabilitation facilities including the director support the fresh starts of residents.
In addition, staff specialized in welfare and medicine are dispatched to designated offender rehabilitation facilities.
In addition, staff specialized in welfare and medicine are dispatched to designated offender rehabilitation facilities.
Working with local communities
◎ We ask for everyone’s understanding and cooperation for offender rehabilitation facilities.