ASSISTANCE TO PRISONERS AFTER RELEASE SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY IS VIEWED AS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. THE NEED BOTH FOR BETTER TRAINING OF PROFESSIONAL PROBATION OFFICERS AND FOR COMPETENT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IS EMPHASIZED. REPORTS ON EACH OF 10 WORK GROUPS SHOW A FOCUS ON PUBLIC RELATIONS WORK TO IMPROVE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF PRISONER PROBLEMS; ASSISTANCE FOR CONVICTED INDIVIDUALS NOT SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS; ASSISTANCE FOR DETAINEES DURING INVESTIGATION; AID FOR FAMILIES OF CONVICTED OFFENDERS; SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS OR COOPERATION IN PRISONER ASSISTANCE; AID FROM PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS; THE FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE IN PRISON THERAPY; PROMOTION OF POSTRELEASE PROGRAMS; LIVING GROUPS OUTSIDE PRISON; AND GROUP WORK WITH RELEASED PRISONERS. A PRESENTATION ON THE JUDGE'S ROLE IN PRISONER ASSISTANCE INDICATES THAT THE LAW DOES NOT DEFINE RESOCIALIZATION OF THE PRISONER AS A GOAL FOR JUDGES AND THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT OF RESOCIALIZATION IS THEREFORE DEPENDENT ON THE PERSONALITY OF JUDGES AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM. FINALLY, A SERIES OF EXAMPLES SHOWS THAT FOR RESOCIALIZATION EFFORTS LEGISLATORS MUST FOLLOW CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES WHILE CONSIDERING BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL SITUATION OF EACH OFFENDER AND THE FINANCES OF THE STATE. A MEMBERSHIP LIST OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS BY-LAWS, AS WELL AS NOTES FOR SEVERAL OF THE ARTICLES ARE FURNISHED. --IN GERMAN. (KMD)