Criminon - Program of Social Rehabilitation of Prisoners

The famous historian V. Kluchevsky wrote: " To love your neighbor is, first of all , to feed the hungry , to give drink to the thirsty , to visit the prisoner in prison ."

Well, feed and drink - it's always please. The country is hospitable and hospitable. Even in fairy tales, it was introduced: "to feed lunch, to melt the bath-house, and to sleep to bed." For the poor today, special dining rooms work, and volunteer units regularly organize "mobile kitchens" for the homeless.

But to visit a prisoner in prison ...

I remember, I once told on a hospitable party that I work at the Center for the Social Rehabilitation of Prisoners and Crime Prevention. Prevention of crime censures of the friendly public did not cause - a good thing, anti-drug and anti-crime lectures to conduct for schoolchildren.

A hot discussion was raised by such a question as social rehabilitation of prisoners. In a simple way - the return of the citizens who have served their sentence to the society.

- "Why should they help?" - Yuri, the capital's fashionable man, shouted, nervously pulling the keys to the "bey", yesterday presented by his father. "They're criminals!" They themselves have done everything to make the society turn away from them, and now you are playing charity ?! "

"You are setting up paradise conditions for them there, you pass on TVs and martyrs from them!" Resumed the student of philology, Julia.

- "And what can they do to help them?" - Disha viciously - send biscuits and tea? »

After all these attacks, I was quiet. I sit, I think - my friends, young, ambitious, talented - and suddenly there is so much negative in them, so much anger. Who, sorry, in today's world decides - who is worthy, and who is not worthy of help. Do you have a desire to reach out, throw a lifeline - so do not brake. Do not think - worthy, not worthy. Correctly-incorrectly ..

Imagine what kind of darkness and chaos would be on the planet if everyone thought about helping their neighbor so ... rationally. There would be no feats in the name of peace in the whole world, there would be no doctors-volunteers in hot spots, there would be no patrons, there would be no hospices ....

It should not be so in a civilized society - "can not be helped." This is an excuse for indifference, laziness and indifference. Almost two years in Moscow there is a division of the unique international center for social rehabilitation of criminals Criminon - "Criminon of the CIS". Specialists of Criminon CIS work with prisoners by correspondence - send them lessons and monitor their implementation.

What kind of lessons? Simple and useful materials for the re-education process to be as effective as possible. The tasks are amazing at its first glance, elementary - for example, "what does it mean to lead a healthy lifestyle?" However, behind this simplicity lies a deep meaning - after all, the lessons provided by Criminon help a person:

1. Restore self-esteem
2. Will not succumb to the pernicious influence of the environment
3. Prepared for an honest life at large.

So - you can help them there. Want details?