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Conversion from War to Peace:
Reintegration of Ex-Prisoners in Northern Ireland
by Brian Gormally
Contents
Introduction
The Northern Ireland Peace Process and the Reintegration of Former Combatants
Prisoner Release in Northern Ireland
Reintegration as a Concept
- Political Reintegration
- Social and Economic Reintegration
- Reintegration Needs
The Categories of Need
- Economic Issues
- Housing
- Families
- Personal Problems
- Women Ex-Prisoners
History of Reintegrative Efforts
External Support - The EU Special Programme
The Current Practice of Ex-Prisoner Reintegration Projects
Victims vs. Prisoners Debate - A Matter of Reconciliation
Issues and Conclusions
References
Appendix I: Facts and Figures on Northern Ireland Political Prisoners and their Release
Appendix II: Ex-Prisoner Organisations and Others Mentioned in the Text
This paper emerged in the context of the BICC project Demilitarisation in Northern Ireland - The Role of 'Decommissioning' and 'Normalisation of Security' in the Peace Process (DINI). The project involves co-operation with the Initiative On Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE) in Londonderry, and is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
The author is an independent consultant in Belfast dealing with policy analysis and the support of community-based organisations. He was Deputy Director of NIACRO, Northern Ireland's leading voluntary organisation in the field of criminal justice from 1975-2000.
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