Addiction puts the released back behind bars.

Marek Janás works at Podané ruce o.p.s. as a social worker for the Center for Counseling Services in Prison and After Release. In the past, he worked as a social worker at the Vlhká Contact Center in Brno and as a social worker at the Counseling Center for Citizenship/Civil and Human Rights z.s.

Jan Koukal působí ve Společnosti Podané ruce o.p.s. jako sociální pracovník Centra poradenských služeb ve vězení a po výstupu. V minulosti pracoval jako sociální pracovník a poté také jako vedoucí v azylovém domě pro jednotlivce.

Martina Tůmová works in the organization Sananim as a case manager. She studied social pedagogy at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University. In the past, she worked as a social worker with homeless people. She completed a course in motivational interviews, aggressiveness when working with a client and neurolinguistic programming in practice.

Magdaléna Šormová works as a case manager in the COKUZ program of the Sananim organization. In the past, she worked in an outreach program with drug users or in a non-profit organization providing services to victims of human trafficking. She is a participant of the INSTEP psychotherapy training – integrative psychotherapy based on Gestalt therapy.

Anna Hindová studied Addictology at Charles University. As an addiction specialist, she worked in the organizations Remedis, Progressive and Anabell. In the past, she worked at the Addiction Clinic in the addiction clinic in the form of individual and group work. During her studies, she completed a crisis intervention course and a motivational interviewing course. After her studies, she completed a course on working with an aggressive client and an S4 course. She currently works as an addiction specialist and case manager in the organization Sananim.

Hana Vavřincová works as the head of the Addiction Services Center of the Magdaléna organization in Příbram.

Petra Prchalová works as a consultant at the Center for Consulting Services for Accused and Convicted Organizations Laxus in Mladá Boleslav.

Kristýna Maťátková works as a consultant at the Center for Consulting Services for Accused and Convicted Organizations Laxus in Mladá Boleslav.

Petra Kuráková works in the organization KOTEC o. p. s. in the position of coordinator for the Sokolov center. He also works as a Field Worker. She has now started her studies – the field of Addiction. In the city of Sokolov, he is actively involved in working groups dealing with the issue of social exclusion and pathological phenomena.

Jana Kuráková works in the organization KOTEC o. p. s. as head of social services Sokolov. She is also a social worker of Field Programs, coordinator of TSP projects and Counseling activities. She is a member of the Association of Prison Organizations. In the territory of the Karlovy Vary region, he is active in several working groups dealing with social issues.

Jana Řezáčová is a graduate of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, majoring in social work and pedagogy. He has been working with people who use addictive substances for a long time. In the past, she worked as a field worker with people in the sex business and users of addictive substances. She also participated in the implementation of the THERAPEUT-VTOS research project at the University of West Bohemia. At the Center for Drug Prevention and Therapy, she works as a case manager of the project “Systemic provision of care for imprisoned drug users and its subsequent continuity after release”.

Markéta Dolejší works in the Magdaléna organization as the specialist director of secondary prevention.

Aleš Vaněk works in the Laxus organization as the head of the Center for Counseling Services for the Accused and Convicted.

Ondřej Bílý works at Podané ruce o.p.s. as a social worker and head of the Counseling Services Center in prison and after release. In the past he also worked as a probation officer, he is actively involved in the activities of the Drug Services Section in the prison A.N.O. and as a committee member of the Association of Prison Organizations.

Vojtěch Betka is an etopedist and therapist, a graduate of Charles University in Prague. He completed the psycho-dynamic therapeutic training of SUR. Since 2009, he has been working in SANANIM, for example in the positions of deputy head of the Contact Center, therapist in the Counseling Center for parents and in the Rehabilitation Center, head of the Center for Persons in Conflict with the Law. In addition to SANANIM, he also participates as a therapist in the Stop Violence program. Active member of the Drug Services Section of the A.N.O. prison. and a committee member of the Association of Prison Organisations.

Jakub Michal has long been involved in fundraising, financing and managing projects in the field of social integration. In the years 2005–2015, he was a project manager at People in Need, he was the developer and manager of a number of successful projects co-financed by the European Union through operational programs. For four years he worked as a consultant and methodologist in the government Agency for Social Inclusion. Here he participated in building a system of project consultancy for institutions involved in solving the issue of social exclusion. He works as a therapist in the Ústí addiction clinic of the DRUG-OUT Klub organization.

Jana Repková graduated from the University of Health and Social Work in St. Elizabeth in Bratislava. She completed an internship, for example, in the Magdaléna therapeutic community in Mníšek pod Brdy or in the psychiatric hospital in Dobřany. She has completed full training in crisis intervention and is now participating in comprehensive training in group psychoanalytic psychotherapy. She currently works at the Center for Drug Prevention and Therapy as the head of the program for persons in conflict with the law and also works there as a field worker. She is a member of the Professional Union of Social Workers in Social Services.

Jiří Mertl received his Ph.D. degree in political science at the University of West Bohemia. He deals with topics of social justice, power, marginalization, criminology (especially critical and cultural), social policy and critical social work. It then focuses primarily on the analysis of the production of marginalization and crime through structural inequalities, the mitigation and elimination of these structural inequalities as a preventive measure, the destigmatization of marginalized populations and needs-oriented and participatory social work. He works at Charles University, completes the THERAPEUT-VTOS research project at the University of West Bohemia and collaborates externally with the University of Ostrava. In addition, he participates in various advocacy activities.