Prison Based Educational Programs as a Means to Promote Ex-Prisoners' Right to Labour

Batrićević, Ana and Paraušić, Ana and Kubiček, Andrej (2020) Prison Based Educational Programs as a Means to Promote Ex-Prisoners' Right to Labour. In: International Scientific Conference “Towards a Better Future: Human rights, Organized crime and Digital society”. Faculty of Law - Kicevo, University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, pp. 140-154. ISBN 978-608-4670-14-8

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Abstract

In spite of the fact that the right to labour represents one of fundamental human rights, practice confirms that former prisoners often face a series of obstacles when attempting to enter the labour market and find a legal source of income. Having in mind the fact that obtaining legal incomes is considered one of the crucial preconditions for re-socialisation and recidivism prevention, the interest in offenders’ reintegration and rehabilitation has been apparent through policies and/or programs that address ex-prisoners' education and employability. It is believed that prison based programs could be a useful tool for empowering ex-offenders by increasing their chances for employment and successful social reintegration, but they also, in more general sense, have the potential to contribute to lower rates of recidivism. Our goal is therefore to discuss the logic of the prison based programs, as well as to identify and analyse the main types of these programs. Moreover, some notable examples of implemented prison based programs in the world and in Serbia will be presented.

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