Prisoners often encounter multiple barriers when returning to society, resulting in higher risks of recidivism. To overcome these barriers, prison-based and community-based professionals assist with preparation for release. Prison-based professionals, such as the case manager and mentor, screen and monitor the problems regarding work and income, housing, healthcare, financial debts and valid identification. Community-based professionals, such as municipal officials, parole officers, healthcare professionals and volunteers, can provide additional and specialized help. First, this research discusses the current policy of the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) and the role of different types of professionals. Second, it presents a nationwide picture of the extent to which prisoners report contact with prison-based and community-based professionals, and to what degree prisoners appreciate this contact. The results are specified for various types of regimes and time served and are based on 4308 prisoner surveys of the Dutch Prison Visitation Study (DPVS), part of the Life in Custody Study (LIC-study). It turns out that most prisoners seem to be in close contact with prison-based professionals and that prisoners positively value this contact. However, contact with community-based professionals is limited and prisoners are somewhat dissatisfied about their contact with parole officers and municipal officials. Furthermore, the amount of contact differs across various types of regimes and time served. In particular, individuals who recently entered prison report less contact. To conclude, policy implications will be discussed.

In deze bijdrage bespreken auteurs de beschikking van de OK van 21 juli 2020, waarin zij onmiddellijke voorzieningen en een enquête heeft gelast bij de Stichting Katholieke Universiteit. Ze bespreken bepaalde juridische aspecten van onderhavige beschikking en de wijze waarop de OK die juridische begrippen in dit concrete geval heeft ingevuld.

Op 9 oktober 2020 heeft de Hoge Raad een arrest gewezen over het moment waarop de verjaringstermijn van de beroepsaansprakelijkheidsvordering van de (voormalig) cliënt op zijn adviseur een aanvang neemt. In dit artikel wordt het arrest bekeken in de context van eerdere rechtspraak over dit onderwerp en wordt onderzocht hoe de door de Hoge Raad gegeven norm in de praktijk kan uitwerken.

In the 1980s there was a lot of discussion about whether monitoring special conditions should be a probation task, and whether this can be combined with offering help and assistance. The authors show that this discussion has been settled by introducing a specific knowledge base for probation work. They outline a number of important developments in recent decades: the focus on risk and the enforced framework, and the great influence of new technology. Nevertheless, an important basis for probation remains unchanged: the quality of the contact between probation officer and client.