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The Probation Foundation actively carries out development projects. The purpose of projects is to create necessary support services in the field of probation and after-care for the municipalities and sanctions system. The foundation furthers probation and after-care by education and working in different co-operative organs. Furthermore the foundation grants financial assistance for research, development and education of probation and after-care and for voluntary work.
The Probation Foundation has completed a project providing the services of an Ombudsman for Probation and After-care (Kriminaaliasiamiesprojekti, 2002-2006). The goal was to clarify the existing demand for this kind of service and to clarify the legal position and deficiencies of the positions of the target group (prisoners, clients of probation service and after-care and their families). The ombudsman is the supervisor of the interests of the members of his target group as regards service organisations. Ombudsman was established in 2006 and the service was reinforced in 2008 when a social worker joined in..
A wide-ranging Aftercare Program was carried out in 2003-2008. The purpose of this project was to develop both the scope and quality of the support services, rehabilitation for independent living and working life, and to further psycho-social rehabilitation after release from prison, arranging of debt and benefit applications related service as well as support for the family of the ex-prisoner and for the clients of the probation service. The project was the first of many co-operative projects between various NGO’s, municipalities and probation and after-care organisations. The aim of these programs is to create a nationally significant and influential network of organisations in the field of probation and after-care, co-ordinated by the Probation Foundation.
The Probation Foundation provides supported housing services and peer support services in capital area. It has a peer support contact point Redis in Helsinki. The services of Redis and supported housing services are for released prisoners on capital area, engaged to rehabilitation. The services of the foundation’s ombudsman for probation and after-care are national. The ombudsman is the supervisor of the interests of ex-prisoners and he practices law in a matter of rehabilitation and after-care. The Foundation also maintains an internet portal 'Portti vapauteen' ('Gate to Freedom') for released prisoners and their families.
Health Education and Peer Support Project for Drug Users Convicted of a Crime (2007-2009)
Communications Kit (2005-2007)
