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HULP- EN DIENSTVERLENING AAN GEDETINEERDEN

Range of assistance and services in Merksplas prison What you can do?

Who can help you?

Vertaald uit het Nederlands.

Which facilities are available to you and who can you contact?

This brochure offers information about: What you can do?

Who can help you?

Deze brochure bestaat ook in het Nederlands en het Frans.

This brochure is also available in Dutch and French.

De cette brochure, il y a aussi une version en néerlandais et français.

Welfare What?

Individual discussions for convicts Activities for everyone Why?

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You’re looking for someone who will listen to you Help with: • ‘Living in a prison’ (JWT) • Accommodation • Family • Administration • …

Organisation of monthly child visits Organisation of activities: • In a group (You will receive an activities brochure about this) • In the cell (You will receive and options form about this)

Contact Send a notification form to CAW (JWT) Extra info Discussions are confidential and voluntary. Call for free at 0800 13 500.

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What?

Support for people with a mental handicap, autism and acquired brain injuries Why?

Support with the daily activities: • Selfcare • Sports and creative activities • Administration • Conversations

Contact A.B.A.G.G. colleagues at the Haven. If you stay on pavilion E or C, write a notification to A.B.A.G.G.

Education What?

Courses in a group or alone (Learning Inside Out); here or somewhere else.

Why?

You want: • To broaden your knowledge • Earn a diploma • Get a diploma equivalence

Contact Send a notification form to education or LIO. Extra info During the academic year, you will receive an extra brochure in your cell about available courses

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Mental Health What?

Group or individual discussions.

Why?

Help with: an addiction, aggression, fear, depression, etc.

• CGG (Mental healthcare centre): > Individual, confidential discussion within the prison • Tandem: > Helps you to find appropriate support outside the prison

Contact You cannot contact the organisation directly.

Send a notification form to CAW (JWT), PSD or care.

Extra info Discussions are confidential and voluntary Do you want to contact somebody urgently?

• Then phone the Reception for free: 106 (all problems) • Phone the free suicide line: 1813 • Phone the free stop smoking line: 0800 111 00 • Phone the drugs line: 078 15 10 20 • Phone an AA volunteer: 03 239 14 15 • Phone the free support line for violence, abuse and child abuse: 1712

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Work What?

Help when finding work and professional training.

Why?

Help with: • VDAB (job centre )dossier • Career details • Registrations with the VDAB • VDAB courses • CV • Job applications • …

Contact Send a notification form to the VDAB. Extra info • Looking for work in the prison?

Sending a notification form to the board, stating: I want to work.

• Did you already have a VDAB dossier before you came here?

Be sure to make an appointment to arrange your dossier as soon as possible.

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Library What?

A central library and block libraries.

Why?

You want: • To borrow a book, CD or DVD • To read a comic • To find study materialo • …

Contact Send a notification form to ‘library’ or request info in your block.

Sport and Culture What?

Sport and cultural activities Why?

You have: • Questions about the sport or culture range • Ideas for sport and cultural activities

Contact Send a notification for to De Rode Antraciet.

Extra info You can register for the gym via your block manager.

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Recompensation Victim Mediation What?

Do something for your victim/civil party Why?

You want: • To explain something to the victim • To ask questions • To work for the recompensation fund • …

Contact You cannot contact the organisation directly.

Send a notification form to CAW (JWT), PSD or care.

Subscribe for the monthly sitting day.

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Layout: afdeling Communicatie en Informatie Central editorial: Joke Nauwelaerts, beleidscoördinator hulp- en dienstverlening aan gedetineerden gevangenis Merksplas, Steenweg op Wortel 1, 2330 Merksplas.

Pictures: picture frontpage: Charlotte Slegers Responsible publisher: Marijke Enghien, afdeling Welzijn en Samenleving, Koning Albert II-laan 35, bus 30, 1030 Brussel Depotnumber: D/2019/3241/335