01060nam a2200133   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000620005533006260011746100620074360600490080571000620085485200100091614674  a20010326u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aImproving pre-release work with liferselessons from PRES  aDrawing on three years experience as seconded prison probation officer with responsibility for lifers, including those in a Pre-Release Employment Scheme (PRES) hostel, Susan Barter, now Lectured in Social Work at the University of Bath, identifies the unexpectedly high level of change and uncertainty in the final phase of long-term imprisonment. Wide variations in the quality of community-based practice and management suggest the importance of vigilance, effective co-working and anti-discriminatory practice.Though the PRES scheme is to end, it offers valuable lessons in counteraction complacency and carelessness.  vV.43,n.4dDec. 1996pp.187-193tProbation JournalcLondon  aFASE PRÉ-LIBERTAÇÃO  PROBATION OFFICER  aIMPROVING PRE-RELEASE WORK WITH LIFERS: LESSONS FROM PRES  jP.105