PräRaDEx
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Germany
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Name
PräRaDEx – Prevention of radicalisation, distancing from extremism |
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Target audience
Subjects and inmates who have demonstrated clear steps towards distancing themselves from extremist thinking and actions |
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Organisation
CJD-Nord in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
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Objectives
Prevention and distancing work with offenders |
Description
One pillar of the project is individual sessions with subjects and inmates who have demonstrated clear steps towards distancing themselves from extremist thinking and actions. Carrying out this kind of prevention and distancing work with offenders forms the second part of this pilot project. Specific mentoring approaches will be used depending on individual needs and the level of radicalisation.
Another pillar of the project is training staff within the justice system who have a professional relationship with inmates, individuals under arrest or subjects. Here the focus is on raising awareness among staff (i.e., social workers in the prisons and young offender institutions, staff within the general prison service and probation officers) in the area of right-wing extremism and religious extremism and strengthening their skillset as well as widening their options for taking action when dealing with radicalised or at-risk inmates or subjects in the aforementioned areas. For this purpose, PräRaDEx provides a needs-based training plan structured within a total of six modules. Staff are trained in both of the aforementioned areas on the basis of current research, and practical methods are used to increase awareness of everyday issues.
In follow-up coaching sessions staff are given the opportunity to specialise further in working with right-wing and religiously motivated extremists in order to ensure they can safely and effectively employ the skillset they have acquired in everyday dealings with the target group.
As a result, they should be able to identify radicalisation in inmates and subjects and react accordingly in a professional manner as well as initiate or assist in the implementation of distancing and disengagement processes for inmates and subjects. In addition, these specialists act as multipliers who can pass on their acquired knowledge to other staff once the project has ended.
The third pillar of the project will be working in cooperation with selected prisons across the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania region and the regional office for working with offenders to develop joint recommendations for prevention and intervention in the area of radicalisation.
One pillar of the project is individual sessions with subjects and inmates who have demonstrated clear steps towards distancing themselves from extremist thinking and actions. Carrying out this kind of prevention and distancing work with offenders forms the second part of this pilot project. Specific mentoring approaches will be used depending on individual needs and the level of radicalisation.
Another pillar of the project is training staff within the justice system who have a professional relationship with inmates, individuals under arrest or subjects. Here the focus is on raising awareness among staff (i.e., social workers in the prisons and young offender institutions, staff within the general prison service and probation officers) in the area of right-wing extremism and religious extremism and strengthening their skillset as well as widening their options for taking action when dealing with radicalised or at-risk inmates or subjects in the aforementioned areas. For this purpose, PräRaDEx provides a needs-based training plan structured within a total of six modules. Staff are trained in both of the aforementioned areas on the basis of current research, and practical methods are used to increase awareness of everyday issues.
In follow-up coaching sessions staff are given the opportunity to specialise further in working with right-wing and religiously motivated extremists in order to ensure they can safely and effectively employ the skillset they have acquired in everyday dealings with the target group.
As a result, they should be able to identify radicalisation in inmates and subjects and react accordingly in a professional manner as well as initiate or assist in the implementation of distancing and disengagement processes for inmates and subjects. In addition, these specialists act as multipliers who can pass on their acquired knowledge to other staff once the project has ended.
The third pillar of the project will be working in cooperation with selected prisons across the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania region and the regional office for working with offenders to develop joint recommendations for prevention and intervention in the area of radicalisation.