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AWARE Cross-sectoral awareness building on mental health needs in the criminal justice system and on release
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  • About AWARE
    • Results
    • Intellectual Outputs
    • Multiplier Events
    • Training Events
    • Project Meetings
  • Partners
  • Resources
    • Glossary
    • Library
    • AWARE Study Manual
    • AWARE Handbook
    • AWARE training
    • Other educational resources
  • Media
  • Events
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Community of practice

AWARE 

​Cross-sectoral awareness building on mental health needs ​in the criminal justice system and on release 
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Prisons have become a place used to hold individuals whose undiagnosed and untreated mental and emotional disorders present a barrier to rehabilitative initiatives and for whom prison is not a place of care and treatment.

​Inadequate awareness of prisoners’ mental health problems during their re-integration in civil society means that offenders leave prison with the dual stigma of a prison sentence and mental health needs, thereby exacerbating known reoffending factors, which increases the likelihood of returning to prison. 
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Check out the free e-Learning course

The course is available in English, Portuguese and German (german audio and script with screens in English).
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AWARE Infographics

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Other Educational Resources

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​Ne​ws and Events

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Webinar: The Prison System and Mental Health: A Discussion on the Stigma and Challenges Faced Upon Re-Entry Into Society
May 26, 2020 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET
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Correctional Mental Health Care Conference 2020​
Denver, United States of America 19-20th July 2020 
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AWARE 3nd Transnational project meeting held in Greece
Athens, 11 – 12th November 2019 ​

Related Projects

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​MenACE Mental Health, Aging and Palliative Care in Prisons
 aims to increase the response to mental health disorders within prisons and the quality of palliative and life care services provided by enhancing the competences of management and frontline staff to address prisoners’ mental health needs and the special needs of older prisoners. 
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Erasmus+ Project AWARE: Building awareness of mental health needs in the criminal justice system © 2018-2021 by AWARE Project Partnership is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 
AWARE project is co-financed by ERASMUS + programme (KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education). ERASMUS +  is the new EU programme for Education, Training, Youth, and Sport (2014-2020).
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This website has been accomplished during the project AWARE – Cross sectoral awareness-building on mental health needs in the criminal justice system and on release​, Grant Agreement no. 2018-1-DE02-KA204-005144, implemented with financial support of the European Commission by the Erasmus + Programme.  
​This publication reflects the views only of the author. The German National Agency ERASMUS+ Education and Training​  and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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  • Home
  • About AWARE
    • Results
    • Intellectual Outputs
    • Multiplier Events
    • Training Events
    • Project Meetings
  • Partners
  • Resources
    • Glossary
    • Library
    • AWARE Study Manual
    • AWARE Handbook
    • AWARE training
    • Other educational resources
  • Media
  • Events
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Community of practice