Office for Social Rehabilitation

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The role of the Office for Social Rehabilitationbased is to allow prisoners, ex-prisoners and their close relations to benefit from all the resources:

• For their well-being and their self-fulfillment
• For the preservation of their social benefits
• For the development of their professional resources, their autonomy and their recognition as citizen.

The Social Service

The social workers and criminologists engaged within the teams can bring a help:

In office:

• Moral support
• Socio-administrative follow-up (Social Security, search for housing, problems of debts)
• Accompaniment of the families of the imprisoned or former prisoners
• Information about the judicial procedure
• Demand of rehabilitation (disappearance of the punishments on the certificate of good life)

In prison (Forest, Saint-Gilles and Berkendael):

• Moral support and preparation for the release
• Social initiatives with families, administrations, and diverse authorities, at the request of the prisoner
• Aid to families (only within the waiting room of Forest)
• Diverse sociocultural activities

The psychological service

The Office proposes a psychological accompaniment.

In prison (Saint-Gilles, Forest, Berkendael), or during the release of prison, an interview with a psychologist is the opportunity to find support in difficult moments. The psychological service is also present for families and close relations of prisoners or former prisoners.