Imprisonment and inaction deconstruct and dehumanize prisoners and cut them off from society. On leaving prison, it is important for released prisoners to rebuild their social and professional life.

Faced with the elimination of preparation courses for release from detention during the health crisis, WKF is consolidating its program:

• Custom-made follow-up by integration officers, a psychologist and WKF educational managers on all the difficulties encountered by the detainees: housing, health, administrative procedures, employment, etc. The role of educational managers increased in 2021 after observing the emergence of new issues during the crisis, the lockdowns and the lifting of lockdowns: even more complex family ties, relationship to the authorities all the more conflictual, anxiety and depression ... 
• Intensive 3-week employment preparation course:
  • CV workshops, interview simulations, presentation of company codes, professions presentation, job coaching, discovery and training internship with partner companies;
  • two-month personalized coaching for Wakeurs furthest from employment and released early from prison during the first lockdown without any preparation.
• Self-reconstruction course through group workshops: philosophy café, positive communication, eloquence, art therapy, sport, cultural and nature outings, teamwork, volunteering with other associations.
• Establishment of a Wakeur emergency grant.

Wake up Café (WKF) association offers prisoners a support program during and after their detention, consisting of individual and group sessions. The objective is to help them remobilise around a professional project. The participants, also called Wakeurs, benefit from individual support and take part in workshops during their detention, as well as after its end, in order to prepare for employment and rebuild themselves. 

WKF works in collaboration with the prison integration and probation services responsible for monitoring and reintegrating convicted persons.

The support of the Air Liquide Foundation helps finance employment preparation and self-reconstruction programs. An emphasis is put on reinforced individual monitoring in the context of the health crisis due to Covid-19. The association also sets up an integration program within the partner companies.