Rehabilitative justice needs to balance risks and must empower young people in trouble with the law to live a meaningful, happy and law-abiding life. Both prison staff and the trainers agreed emphatically to this conclusion of the three-day workshop that took place in Kremenchug juvenile prison between 24 and 26 March 2017. It was the first training implemented by the Pompidou Group and the Dutch non-profit organisation “Friends of Pryluky” in this Ukrainian correctional institution. After Pryluky and Melitopol, Kremenchug is the third juvenile institution that opened its doors to the team of experts and trainers. Many of the boys in the institutions come from disadvantaged families where alcohol and drug use is common. The techniques discussed during the workshop enable educators and psychologists to further improve their therapeutic and analytical skills and they learned more about risk assessment and drug prevention tools. Due to criminal justice reforms, fewer juveniles are incarcerated in Ukraine and consequently many juvenile institutions will be closed. However, the Ukrainian prison administration announced this week that Kremenchug’s juvenile institution will remain and become the largest national correctional facility for boys.