Our Mission is clear to help strengthen the Philippines correctional system
The Reshape Justice Group is a pioneering consulting company, specialising in the intricate field of correctional reform in the Philippines. Our mission is to help strengthen the Philippines’ correctional system, foster rehabilitation, develop systems of case management and through-care, and ensure the safe reintegration of offenders back into society.
Experience
Focus
Our primary focus is on the management of violent extremist offenders, yet we recognise the importance of working to rehabilitate other potentially problematic individuals. We also strive to solve other pressing issues such as overcrowding and the associated issues such as the formation of prison/jail gangs.
Partnerships
Vision
Dr Clarke R. Jones
Dr Jones is the founder and Director of the Reshape Justice Group. His is a criminologist and Visiting fellow at the School of Medicine and Psychology at the Australian National University (ANU).
His expertise includes interventions / rehabilitation, radicalisation / prison radicalisation, correctional reform, and prison gangs. Dr Jones has applied his research to prison and jail reform in the Philippines correctional system and continues to advise Philippines correctional agencies (the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), the Bureau and Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on areas such as the management of high-risk offenders and prison gangs.
In this capacity, he has delivered over 60 workshops, courses, and conferences to the BuCor, the BJMP, and the Parole and Probation Agency. He has also worked as a senior consultant for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Before moving into academia in 2010, he worked for over 15 years in several areas of Australian national security, including police, military, and intelligence. In 2002, he was awarded the Chief of the Australian Defence Force Fellow and, based on this fellowship, completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales in 2010.
Dr. Rexy Morales
Dr. Morales is a Clinical Psychologist who spent 38 years as Head of the Reformation Office of the Bureau of Corrections ( BUCOR), Department of Justice.
Her field of specialization includes Forensic and Criminal Psychology, Personnel and Inmate Counseling and Therapy , Organizational and Human Resource Development, VEO Management/ Rehabilitation and Deradicalization.
Dr. Morales acted as Lecturer on various areas in Security and Reformation at the National Defence College of the Philippines, Fort Bonifacio Naval Station, Anti-Terrorism Council, Office of the President, UST Graduate School.
She worked for the institutionalization and strengthening of the BUCOR Reformation Programs for the national offenders confined in the seven operating prison institutions located in the various parts of the Philippines. Dr. Morales expanded and brought to institutional recognition Inmate Education and Training, which includes a complete program starting from the Basic Literacy Course up to the College Degree Program for prisoners.
Likewise, she helped develop other inmate reformation scheme like Work and Livelihood, Moral and Spiritual, Sports and Recreation, Behaviour Modification and Medical and Dental Services, benefitting thousands of convicted offenders. She acted as Consultant to UNDP on VEO Management , the Local Government on Human Resource Development and Assistance Program for the BUCOR Inmate Education.
She is currently connected to the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA as Adviser and Consultant on the College and Senior High School Program for Prisoners and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees to the Philippine Jesuit Prison Service Foundation Inc.
Alasdair Roy OAM - Child Rights Specialist / Consultant Psychologist
Alasdair is one of Australia’s leading child rights specialists, with over 30 years of experience promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of children.
Alasdair provides consultancy services to Australian and international government, private, and not-for-profit organisations.
Alasdair is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, Australia, and a Visiting Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore. He is also a Subject Matter Expert for a major international consulting firm providing advice on developing child and family services across the United Arab Emirates.
Between 2008 and 2016, Alasdair was the Children and Young People Commissioner in Canberra, and between 1997 and 2008, he was the Deputy Community Advocate for Children and Young People in Canberra.
Earlier in his career, Alasdair worked within the child protection, youth justice, child mental health, and education sectors.
Alasdair has a Master’s degree in counselling psychology and is undertaking graduate studies in Islamic Psychology.
Alasdair holds complete registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, the Australian College of Counselling Psychologists, the British Psychological Society, the British Division of Educational and Child Psychologists, the Singapore Psychological Society, the Malaysian Psychological Association, and the Middle East Psychological Association.
Alasdair has received several awards for his ongoing contribution to the rights and well-being of children, including a Chancellor’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Canberra (2022), a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to children (2016), a Churchill Fellowship to examine service delivery for children in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (2015); and ACT Australian of the Year Finalist for promoting and protecting the rights of children (2014).
Brendan Money PSM
Brendan Money retired in 2019, after working for 34 years with Corrections Victoria, Australia. He worked in a variety of leadership roles including Prison General Manager across male and female prisons, Community Corrections and Sex Offender Management.
The last ten years of his career was in the position of Assistant Commissioner responsible for the security classification/assessment and placement of prisoners.
His career included participation in the development of contemporary Corrections policy in areas such as female prisoner management, terrorism, high risk prisoners, custodial witnesses and post sentence detention.
He represented Corrections Victoria at National and International levels and was awarded a Victorian Public Service Medal in 2016 for work in the prisoner assessment area and in 2019 was awarded the Corrections Victoria Medal for Excellence.
Sheikh Moustapha Sarakibi
Sheikh Sarakibi is a graduate of Madinah Islamic University, Saudi Arabia, faculty of Shariah (Islamic Law) and holds a Masters degree from Latrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria. Sheikh Sarakibi is a qualified Imam and holds a registration as a Minister of Religion with the Australian Attorney Generals Department. His expertise includes reintegration programs, prison chaplaincy, prison post-release services and consultancy for various government and non-government organisations. He also manages university chaplaincy services for Muslim students in several universities across Melbourne and conducts Friday prayers and classes in their dedicated places of worship.
Sheikh Sarakibi is an executive member of the Australian National Imams council (ANIC), a peak body in Australia representing Imams nationally. He is also an executive member for the ANIC state representative council, the Board of Imams Victoria. The Sheikh holds a position as a board member of the Alliance of Australian Muslims (AAM), which provides leadership advise to over one hundred and fifty Islamic societies nationwide. He also chairs a multi-faith network in the city of Merri-Bek in Melbourne and is a member of the Victoria Police’s multi-faith advisory committee. Sheikh Sarakibi has served in several advisory roles to the Victorian state government and has sat on several panels for Culturally And Linguistically Diverse communities (CALD). He also provides advise to state and federal government bodies on settlement for newly arrived refugees from conflict zones.
Sheikh Sarakibi has been managing the Community Integration Support Program (CISP), a specialized CVE program under the auspices of the Board of Imams Victoria. The CISP works in collaboration with state partners such as police and corrections. The program aims to counter violent extremism in the Victorian prison system and the community through religious education, mental health and social intervention services. Sheikh Sarakibi has been involved as a religious mentor in the program since 2011 before taking on its management in 2017 till present day. He has also been involved in various state supported CVE projects such as the Safe and Together programs initiative and the Imams consultative forum in partnership with the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
Sheikh Sarakibi is also a member of the Southeast Asia Network for Civil Society Organisations (SEAN-CSO) an Australian government sponsored program in partnership with Deakin University, Melbourne. He presents at workshops in numerous South East Asian countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, sharing ideas and experiences with the members of the network around CVE interventions.
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