LIGHTHOUSE spolek

Founded in 2010, LIGHTHOUSE spolek is a non-profit association based in Praha, Czech Republic working on justice & legal aid, human rights, democracy & civil society.

LIGHTHOUSE spolek is a Czech civic association founded in 2010 to help people in prison, people released from prison and their close relatives. Its work covers help with communication with the Prison Service, courts and public administration, conditional release preparation and guarantees, debt and enforcement counselling, insolvency support, help finding employment and housing after release, and monitoring of compliance with the right to a fair trial. It runs the FINANCE a VT debt-counselling programme in several Czech prisons and provides its services free of charge. The association also runs accredited training on debt issues for professionals and publishes information on prison law, conditional release and debt. It operates across the Czech Republic, with its office in Prague.