1. Background
The project began on the 1st of March 2008
It will be concluded on the 30th of June 2010
The Norwegian State Housing Bank is financing the
project
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Primary goal
To develop methods to facilitate good
practice in the cooperation between
Drammen prison and the municipality to
prevent homelessness among released
prisoners, and to give released prisoners
extended support so they might overcome
personal problems and reducing the risk of
eviction
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2. Target group
Inmates who start their execution from 1st of January
2009 ‐ 31st of Desember 2009, and are:
From the municipality of Drammen
Convicts or inmates in custody
Homeless or have a temporary accomodation
For inmates having a place of residence, we have
developed procedures to help them keeping their
homes during their sentence
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Target group 1st of June 2010
18 Participants:
14 exconvicted
4 who were in custody
The average period of sentence in Drammen prison for
these were:
90,8 days for convicts
40,2days for those in custody
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Internal methods
Developing procedures as to who should
undertake surveys of inmates, time for surveys and
what the content of these should be
Changed the organization of the contact officers
An overall result is greater focus on
interdiciplinary collaboration for information
exchange, coordination and quality assurance of
follow‐up of prisoners within the prison
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3. Internal and external methods
Developing information materials, which may be
used by staff and inmates with regards to rights
and contact information
Municipal and spesialized health care service
providers have held several courses for inmates,
giving them valuable knowledge about issues
related to everyday challenges linked to keeping a
place of residence
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Results when released
Of a total of 18 participants, 15 participants were
homeless:
9 of these got sheltered housing
3 participants were offered treatment in an institution
for the drug addicted
3 participants wanted to stay at their parents home
3 participants already had a place of residence, kept it
and moved out there after release
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Status a few months after
release
5 participants are still doing well in their homes
3 participants are still in treatment institutions and
have been offered municipal sheltered housing
5 participants don`t want any help from public
agencies
4 participants haven`t been in touch with public
agencies at all
1 participant has moved to another municipality
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the policy gap! Brussels, 4 June 2010

4. Conclusion
Our project shows that
Early intervening
Committed relationship in which external actors
have the opportunity to work in prison
Increased interdiciplinarity work helps to prevent
homelessness.
But the most important factor is that the prisoners
themselves are motivated
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the policy gap! Brussels, 4 June 2010
Thank you
Gro Solbakken Månsson, Drammen prison, Norway
Mail: gbsm@kriminalomsorg.no
Telephone: 00 47 32 21 98 04
Homelessness in public and private spaces: Mind
the policy gap! Brussels, 4 June 2010