Learn More About the Planning for Prison Release Program
You have questions about the program?
Please get in touch with our team!
Program manager: 514-294-4275
Social workers: 438-220-5290 or 438-225-9143
Planning for Prison Release: To Ensure Housing Stability and Promote Reintegration
The Planning for Prison Release program supports and helps people incarcerated at the Montréal or Rivières-des-Prairies detention centres who, once released, might not have a place to live to prepare for their release from prison. Work with program participants starts at the detention centre and continues once they are out in the community. The goal is to break the cycles of homelessness, ensure housing stability, and promote their social and community reintegration.
Our team collaborates with all the YMCAs of Québec’s programs that support people with criminal records or facing social or economic barriers, specifically La Boussole, Espadrille, and Dialogue programs, as well as several community and institutional partners. Our holistic approach is focused on the specific needs of each person.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be or have been incarcerated.
- Were experiencing homelessness when incarcerated or risk experiencing homelessness when released.
- Want to receive program services and commit to the process.
- Make a registration request by memo, registration sheet, or referral.
This program is open to incarcerated men serving a sentence at a provincial detention centre in Montréal. For services for incarcerated women, please contact the Elizabeth Fry Society of Québec.
Services for Participants
- Development of a release and intervention plan in collaboration with the participant and social workers if applicable.
- Follow-up meeting and psychosocial support: active listening, referrals, crisis management, trust building, etc.
- Referral to resources established in the plan.
- Coordination with probation follow-ups, if required.
