Addiction puts the released back behind bars.

Together we are introducing innovative methods of addiction treatment to Czech prisons.

Where we work

# How we do it?

We are setting up systemic support for the prison population at risk of addictions in the phase of preparation for release. Even intense professional care during the transition back into the company.

Destigmatization
Case management
We want to improve the image of the prison addiction service and thereby strengthen social acceptance of the social worker profession in this area. Our goal is to present the issue of prison and addiction through the eyes of workers.
THE CASE MANAGEMENT METHOD brings together professionals from the fields of addiction solutions - for example, social workers, therapists, addictologists, health professionals, representatives of the Probation and Mediation Service and others.
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# Blog

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#POVÝSTUPU: Stanislav: I want to settle down somewhere

"I have the experience of a person who had a conflict with the law and someone who was on the other side," Stanislav says in an interview conducted six months after his last release from prison. He describes his experience of working with a case manager and what he had... více

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# News

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Case managers helped prepare 315 clients for their release from prison. Their return to freedom is complicated by unaffordable housing and lack of funding for social services (Press release)

April 11, 2024
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Final education and supervision meeting of case managers in Prague (March 21-22, 2024)

March 28, 2024
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Comment by M. Fendrych: The occupancy rate of Czech prisons will exceed 100 percent in January. What’s the solution?

August 26, 2023

Commentator Martin Fendrych wrote a commentary for Deník N about the current Czech prison system and its current problems. In several places, he quotes the evaluation report of our project.
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# Partners

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The project "Systemic provision of care for imprisoned drug users and its subsequent continuity after release" is financially supported by the financial mechanism Norwegian Funds 2014-2021 in the Justice Program. The project is implemented in partnership with the organizations Center for Drug Prevention and Therapy, o.p.s., KOTEC, o.p.s., Laxus z.ú., Magdalena, o.p.s., SANANIM z.ú., Společnost Podané ruce o.p.s.