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Hogoshi: One type of the community volunteers supporting offender reintegration in Japan, implementing community supervision for offender reintegration.
Video 1 with English subtitles: Click here
Video 2 introducing Hogoshi and other community volunteers supporting offender reintegration in Japan (in Japanese) : Click here
Video 1 with English subtitles: Click here
Video 2 introducing Hogoshi and other community volunteers supporting offender reintegration in Japan (in Japanese) : Click here

Many volunteers support offender rehabilitation in Japan: Hogoshi, Big Brothers and Sisters, Japan Women’s Association for Rehabilitation Aid, Cooperating Employers and so on.
Among those volunteers, Hogoshi are particularly important for offender rehabilitation in Japan.
Video with English subtitles: Click Here
Among those volunteers, Hogoshi are particularly important for offender rehabilitation in Japan.
Video with English subtitles: Click Here

The Rehabilitation Bureau is in charge of community supervision in Japan, one of the most important parts of offender rehabilitation and reintegration.
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The First World Congress for Community Volunteers
Supporting Offender Reintegration
The Congress was held as an ancillary meeting of the Kyoto Congress; there, the Kyoto Declaration on Community Volunteers Supporting Offender Reintegration was adopted.
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Supporting Offender Reintegration
The Congress was held as an ancillary meeting of the Kyoto Congress; there, the Kyoto Declaration on Community Volunteers Supporting Offender Reintegration was adopted.
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