I was irresponsible and selfish because I didn't think about when I went to prison, what about the kids... that it would hurt them and the family. “
“These people come out of jail with nothing. Unless they have someone who gives them a helping hand, who pulls them up, who sees them as a person and not as a prisoner, it's awfully hard for them to start over. “
“The fact that there are a lot of perpetrators of crime means that there are a lot of victims. If we want fewer victims, we have to work with the perpetrator. We have to teach him other patterns of behavior, we have to give him a chance to see a better tomorrow and we cannot think that it ends with him walking out of prison when he has nowhere to go... “
“A third of the people are the ones who don't go back to that prison again because they're there episodic - they have a good family, a job. They have failed, but they know the advice and someone will take care of them. Then there is a third that goes back there, it has become such a lifestyle for them, but not because they yearn to live in prison, but because you have nowhere to go outside and no one wants you. That third includes extremely dangerous people who need to be locked up. And then there's a third, and those are the ones we need to work with so they don't come back. “
What is the path from prison to freedom and into ordinary life? What is it like when you get a second chance and can start again and better after leaving prison? What are the current challenges of Czech prisons? Lumír, a dad of three and a man who spent several years in prison, shares his experience in the podcast Don't Be Away. The second guest is Gabriela Slováková, founder of Yellow Ribbon Run and director of the Probation and Mediation Service. Podcast completo Listen on Youtube.
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Virtual run and children's day in Jiřice prison
Ve spolupráci s VOLONTÉ CZECH jsme v květnu uspořádali virtuální běh a dětský den za mřížemi věznice Jiřice. Poprvé tak mohli běžci běžet společně se svými blízkými přímo ve věznici a zažít tak podporu svých rodin. Program zpestřila rodina jednoho z běžců a setkání se zúčastnili i zástupci komunity. Akci podpořili naši ambasadoři Barbora Černošková a Lipo.
Podívejte se, jaká tam byla atmosféra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbCapmCjfuc
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We really got involved with the medals this year, from making them to handing them out. To those who were not reached, we apologise wholeheartedly. But we have good news, you won't lose them.
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