While the number of registered
Crimes committed by adults since
While it decreased continuously in 2012 , it increased .
in children and adolescents since 2015 .
In 2018, the penalty or measure cost
Enforcement of sentences for juvenile offenders annually
over 130 million Swiss francs.
While the number of registered
Crimes committed by adults since
While it decreased continuously in 2012 , it increased .
in children and adolescents since 2015 .
In 2018, the penalty or measure cost
Enforcement of sentences for juvenile offenders annually
over 130 million Swiss francs.
While the number of registered
Crimes committed by adults since
While it decreased continuously in 2012 , it increased .
in children and adolescents since 2015 .
In 2018, the penalty or measure cost
Enforcement of sentences for juvenile offenders annually
over 130 million Swiss francs.
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The story behind GhJ
Volkert Ruhe, initiator of GhJ, Hamburg
"We reach young people,
who otherwise won't listen to anyone anymore."
The idea for "Prisoners Helping Young People" originated in 1996 in the Fuhlsbüttel prison (JVA).
named «Santa-Fu», through the initiative of Volkert Ruhe, who served his sentence for cocaine smuggling in South America.
During his imprisonment, he reflected on his own biography and realized that he might be less capable or even less capable.
Had he not committed any crimes, he would have been shown life in prison as a teenager.
Thus, the basic idea developed of protecting at-risk youth by confronting them with everyday prison life.
and to use the prisoners' biographies to discourage them from a criminal career. Affected young people should be warned before
to protect against the serious and far-reaching consequences of crime (isolation, loneliness, lack of autonomy, emotional impoverishment, violence, deportation). Volkert Ruhe's motivation for this project was to...
to protect others from a similar fate, to come to terms with one's own past and to make amends
to atone for one's own transgressions.
Awards – a selection
Over the past 20 years, «Prisoners Helping Young People eV» has been honored with numerous awards.
German Federal Winner of Start Social with
Angela Merkel as patron in 2010
Ashoka Fellow 2013
German Federal Winner, Social Impact Fund 2017
Deloitte Foundation, German Federal Winner 2019
Google Impact Challenge, Winner 2020
"Prisoners Helping Youth, Switzerland" was founded as an association in August 2019 and is registered in the Zurich Commercial Register. "Prisoners Helping Youth, Switzerland" is an independent association and separate from the German association. The idea and concept of "Prisoners Helping Youth e.V." in Germany are largely adopted and, where necessary, adapted to Swiss conditions and possibilities. The association is politically and religiously neutral.
