basketball training on prison sports field

We promote the
rehabilitation
after prison.

For a life in freedom.

With the power of sport.

Without relapse.

Donations to PHÖNIX

are tax deductible!

Reg. No. SO-21389

A lack of resocialization
burdens our society.

Without efficient reintegration
it happens more frequently:

further relapses.

further victims.

further penalties.

overcrowded prisons.

Reconviction rate
in Austria:

30.9%

Of the 22,598 individuals who were convicted or released from prison in 2020, 30.9% were convicted again within four years.

Source: Judicial Crime Statistics 2021-2022, Statistics Austria.

→ To overcome a criminal past,

It takes more than work, debt reduction and abstinence.

→ It requires healing the psyche, healthy social

relationships and building self-confidence.

Our method

PHÖNIX offers health, sports and social skills training for people in Austrian prisons in two different programs:

Trainings
for Life

→ During detention

→ 10-week program

→ Focus on health

and social skills

COME
BACK
CLUB

→ After prison

→ Weekly trainings

in freedom

→ For outdoor cats

and those released

The PHÖNIX team

Ricardo Parger

Founder & Board

Lawyer, Social Impact Award winner, doctoral student in the field of legal sociology.

Dominik Bachmeier

Co-Founder & Project Management

Social worker and sports educator, Master's degree in Clinical Social Work.

Johanna Syrch

Finance & Project Coordination

Global School For Social Leaders, consultant to NGOs in Kenya, Rwanda and Mexico.

Coaches

Zahed Barang

Marcel Fink

Yolanda Mercedes Gottfried

Rudolf Koss

Hirbod Mahdavi

Lara Platt

Advisory Board

Edith Heller

Former managing director,

Red Noses

Wolfgang Turner

Director of the institution,

Korneuburg Prison

Nikolaus Tsekas

Director, Neustart Vienna

Jürgen Gerether

Coach, Supervisor,

former adventure educator,

Gerasdorf Prison

Meyrem Kahraman

Psychological service,

Josefstadt Prison

Petra Hönig

Special Projects & Events,

Vienna Basketball Association

Network & Sponsors

is known from numerous media reports and articles!

Visit the press page with the individual articles here.

Support PHÖNIX

Phönix supports incarcerated people and those who have committed crimes with sports programs in prisons and in training after their release. Sport is a gateway back to life. To a life of freedom and responsibility.

We ask for your support, especially for the further development and improvements of our programs! Your contribution makes it possible to maintain PHÖNIX's offering!