📋 Tender Overview
As part of the regular activity of professional workers who implement a social skills training program for perpetrators of violence in prisons and re-education centers, we hosted Maja Plaz, president of the SOS Telephone Association, and doc. dr. Jasna Podreka, who works as a volunteer in the association. At the meeting, the contents of the book In her Skin, published by the association in 2023 and intended for both experts and the general public, were highlighted.
The book contains 23 conversations written in the form of stories of women who, through their personal experience, shared various aspects of dealing with violence in intimate partner relationships. The conversation with the guests was about some descriptions of the experiences in the stories, from which it is clear that violence does not happen overnight, but is a process with a complex background and many factors. One of the goals of the publication of the book, which is freely available online, is also to strengthen examples of good practices and increase trust in institutions that, in addition to the non-governmental sector, are involved, or in accordance with their competences, deal with cases of violence.
At the meeting, colleagues from prisons and correctional facilities presented their experiences and dilemmas in dealing with convicted perpetrators of violent crimes, which they face in their work. They presented their role in protecting victims of domestic violence and cooperation with other institutions and non-governmental organizations. Based on the examples, they discussed the importance of confronting the perpetrator of the violence in order to change their thinking and behavior and take responsibility for their own behavior.
Meetings of this type are important for strengthening cooperation with the non-governmental sector, sharing experiences and at the same time providing an opportunity to answer questions about what we can do in the field of understanding and solving the problem of various types of violence in prisons.
