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Following requests from the Établissement Pénitentiaire pour Mineurs de Marseille (EPM) and schools, as well as experience gained with young people in conflict with the law in the Philippines, the ACAY association initiated the Seconde Chance program in Marseille, a program built around innovative educational strategies and a support system for the reintegration of young people in conflict with the law.
ACAY Marseille is one of the few associations to ensure continuity of care for minors in and out of detention, in a spirit of restorative justice, through its innovative "Seconde Chance Marseille" support program.
The program is built around three main areas of intervention: preventing delinquency among pupils with learning difficulties (prevention), curbing recidivism among incarcerated minors (rehabilitation), and helping minors released from prison to reintegrate into society (reintegration). Every year, 80% of young people supported on release from prison succeed in their studies or professional careers, 90% of young people supported in detention behave better with their peers, 450 schoolchildren and 80 incarcerated minors are sensitized.
ACAY Marseille's 2023-2024 development plan focuses both on the existing support system and on capitalizing on these 7 years of experience.
A new support program dedicated to young people coming out of delinquency helps 8 young people to consolidate their skills and build their socio-professional future. These young people also form the network of ambassadors for ACAY's methodology to institutional and social players in France (legal institutions, integration associations, companies, etc.), testifying to their experiences and the impact of ACAY's expertise.
Similarly, building on 25 years of experience in the Philippines, the modeling of the "Métamorphose" methodology and the ambition to expand, ACAY Marseille aims to conceptualize its support programs with a view to expanding them to social players in France.
Every year in France, more than 80,000 young people leave the education system without a job, training or qualifications. The consequences are numerous and can include delinquency and incarceration of these minors and young adults, a high recidivism rate, and great difficulty in subsequently reintegrating into society socially and professionally. In fact, within five years, 75% of minors released from prison reoffend, according to a study published in 2018 (information report no. 726 (2017-2018) by Mr Michel AMIEL, produced on behalf of the fact-finding mission on the reintegration of imprisoned minors, submitted to the Senate on 25 September 2018).
ACAY France has chosen to address not only the consequences of delinquency, through a support programme during detention and upon release from prison, but also its causes, with a programme to prevent young people from dropping out of school, starting in secondary school.
The period 2023-2024 was an opportunity for ACAY France to capitalise on the years since its creation and to define its ambitions for the future on this basis.
This period was also an opportunity to develop a new support programme dedicated to young people who have left a life of crime. This programme has enabled eight young people released from prison to consolidate their skills and build their socio-professional future. These young people also form a network of ambassadors for ACAY's methodology among institutional and social actors in France (judicial institutions, integration associations, companies, etc.), sharing their experiences and the impact of ACAY's expertise.
Building on these achievements and its ambitions for the future, the association has defined its vision and missions around three main areas:
- Young people at peace with their past;
- Young people taking control of their lives;
- Young people acting as ambassadors for a hope greater than themselves.
Based on this redefinition, and taking into account the current organisation of the structure, ACAY France's ambition for 2025 is to strengthen the measures implemented and consolidate the existing team, with a view to preparing for the roll-out of the Métamorpho.sYs methodology by 2026.
1.1 The change of course is consolidated.
Five detention centres or placement centres are loyal to the ACAY network.
One new open environment is loyal.
Two additional actions are integrated into the system.
1.2 140 young people under judicial supervision are supported with a view to re-engaging them in their life path.
75% of young people are involved in the various programmes in detention or as an alternative to detention.
75% of young people have acquired social, emotional and cognitive skills.
75% of young people believe that ACAY's actions have contributed to their re-engagement.
2.1 The Relève le Défi programme is strengthened.
Two additional actions are developed within the programme.
Two external resources/partners have been integrated.
2.2 Twenty-five young people released from prison are being supported towards positive reintegration.
Seventy-five per cent of young people are in a situation of positive reintegration.
Seventy-five per cent of young people receiving support are achieving academic or professional success.
3.1 The Ose le Leadership programme is structured.
A roadmap for structuring the programme has been drawn up.
Six team-building weekends have been organised.
3.2 Six young beneficiaries become ambassadors for ACAY Marseille and commit to sharing their life stories.
75% of ACAY's young ambassadors feel they have developed their leadership skills.
75% of those who listened to the ambassadors' stories say that the stories gave them renewed hope.
4.1 The Agis sur ta Vie programme is capitalised on and adapted.
An impact measurement strategy is drafted.
An operating manual is drafted.
4.2 Fifteen Year 10 SEGPA pupils are supported in defining their life plans.
70% of secondary school pupils are able to identify their strengths, limitations and resource persons
70% of secondary school pupils know how to identify, express and manage their emotions
70% of secondary school pupils have developed their social skills
70% of young people are able to engage with others through solidarity actions
Seconde Chance Marseille, a support program for delinquency prevention
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France
Marseille
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Project status
In progress
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Duration
2025-2026
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Funding
64 500 euros
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Beneficiaries
140 young people under judicial supervision
25 young people released from prison or care facilities
15 SEGPA Year 10 pupils
Stakeholders in the ACAY ecosystem -
Partners
Operator: ACAY France
Institutional partners :Ministry of Justice
Bouches du Rhône Departmental Council
Bouches du Rhône and Vaucluse police headquarters
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Objectives
1. Re-engage young people in trouble with the law through the Change de Cap programme
2. Promote the reintegration of young people leaving prison or care homes through the Relève le Défi programme
3. Develop the impact of ACAY ambassadors among stakeholders in the ecosystem through the Ose le Leadership programme
4. Support secondary school pupils experiencing academic difficulties through the Agis sur ta Vie programme