Karin Ohrner (Austria) is new member of the Steering Committee with a mandate for the Cental Region running until February 2027.

My mission is my passion for education. I have been working with people in various fields for almost 30 years. I have always been able to find my way around and familiarize myself very quickly because I have a sound general education. Especially in the German-speaking world, education is the component that makes social advancement possible, or not.

In prison, at the edge of society, education is the means that not only enables re-insertion into society, but also offers opportunities for a different future.

Only for 2 years in the context of prison has it been very important to me to make this understanding of education as a guideline for my work and to emphasize my further work-aspirations for an opportunity-oriented prison system and thus society.