Ready for life after prison?

What does someone need to make a fresh start after prison? Tom is due to be released tomorrow. He has no income and no internet access, and he doesn’t know exactly when he’ll be out. Finding a place to live or a job is therefore almost impossible.

That is why there are now five transition homes in Belgium. People spend the final phase of their detention there and learn, step by step, how to reintegrate into society.

Liesbeth Naessens (Odisee University of Applied Sciences) is researching the transition homes run by the Kansenfabriek to find out how, for whom and in what context this approach works. The initial results show that participants are rebuilding their lives, learning to live together respectfully and gaining hope for a different future. Because, after all, that benefits us all, as Liesbeth explains in the video.