Posted on 10/6/2021

Leaving Prison

Fondation Dora will provide financial support for the « Hope beyond Bars” programme in El Salvador. “Hope beyond Bars” is the third phase of a larger programme helping mothers whose children live with them in prison. The entire project is directed by Plan International.

In El Salvador, incarcerated mothers are allowed to keep their children with them until the child is five years old, after which the children must leave both the prison and their mothers. 

Phases I & II of the project provided incarcerated mothers with the training they need to be more attentive to their child’s developmental requirements. 

The goal of Phase III is to ensure the best possible re-integration of these young children when they leave the prison. Psychologists from various institutions collaborated on the design of a “Transition Route”. Once this procedure becomes institutionalized, it will facilitate the process of re-integration for these children into foster homes or specialized establishments.