In many countries people in prison earn less that €1 per hour. Paying people normal wages is a crucial step for people to feel part or society. How can this be organized in small scale detention houses? What could people living in a detention houses offer to the community and what employment can the community offer the people in the detention house? Could a social enterprise be a good model to be linked to a detention house? And what changes need to be made on a policy level in order for people to be able to have a job during their time in detention houses.