Volunteer Work in Berlin Correctional Institutions

In July and August 2001, the KFN and the Freie Hilfe Berlin e.V. conducted a questionnaire survey of people working as volunteers in different correctional institutions in Berlin. Interviewees were asked about their motivation and their reasons for becoming a volunteer in correctional work, about their attitudes towards prisoners, punishment, and the aims of punishment, about the strains and challenges of their volunteer work, etc. People formerly working as volunteers and people with part-time jobs in correctional institutions were also questioned on the same topics for comparative purposes. The project was funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation. Initial results were presented at a conference held in Berlin on November 15, 2001, and can be downloaded     in PDF form (German version). The final results have been published in a German brochure and can be ordered at the Freie Hilfe Berlin e.V..