Miljøarbeid i fengsel

Abstract

The work group proposes to regard 'milieu therapy' as a superior and structuring entity, and thus something more than a supplement to the already existing measures: The personal officer arrangement and the program activity, to mention but a few, have a professional platform of their own at the same time as they are to have a base within an entirety of milieu therapy, so that the different measures taken draw in the same direction. It is stressed that everyone in the units are given insight into what milieu therapy is and how it shapes the day-today work in prison. Milieu therapy in prison presupposes fellowship on the ward. Furthermore, milieu therapy rests upon two main pillars – mutually dependent on each other: 1) Explicit and returning structure and 2) credible relations. These pillars form a predictable and preservative atmosphere necessary in enabling prison to serve as a place of personal development and change. Finally, this report drafts out proposals for educational arrangements and educative materiel. The educative model and the materiel should be adapted to the variety of work-tasks and positions in prison. The educative materiel for leaders is recommended to contain theory of milieu therapy and management, while for leaders with ward responsibility, introduction to mentoring and pedagogic are important. For prison officers however, it is vital that the educative materiel is mainly centred on methods for practical arrangements of educating. Central themes will be: understanding change as process, practical arrangements of the educative environment through the use of fellowship and individual adjustments, introduction to systematic models for work processes and communication.