The Voluntary Sector in Prisons : Encouraging Personal and Institutional Change / edited by Laura S. Abrams, Emma Hughes, Michelle Inderbitzin, Rosie Meek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abrams, Laura S., Editor.

Hughes, Emma., Editor.

Inderbitzin, Michelle., Editor.

Meek, Rosie ., Editor.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology, 2753-0612

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Local Subjects:

Criminology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

This volume examines how volunteers and non-profit programs encourage institutional change in prisons and offer individual support and services to people who are housed behind bars. Through a diverse set of chapters, including two that are co-written by current prisoners, the volume spans the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and juvenile and adult facilities. The book showcases the exciting, groundbreaking, and yet often unrecognized work that the voluntary sector provides in correctional settings. Collectively, the chapters highlight beneficial practices while raising critical questions about the role of the voluntary sector in prison and reentry settings. The chapters also offer useful information about how to implement innovative prison programs that promote health, education, and peer support. .

Contents:

Part I: Background

Chapter One Introduction The Significance of Voluntary Sector Provision in Correctional Settings Laura S. Abrams, Emma Hughes, Rosie Meek, Michelle Inderbitzin

Chapter Two Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Programs in Prisons and Jails: Perspectives from England and the United States Emma Hughes

Part II: Prisoners as Volunteers

Chapter Three

Learning and Practicing Citizenship and Democracy Behind Bars Michelle Inderbitzin, Joshua Cain, and Trevor Walraven

Chapter Four Leading by Example: Ways that Prisoners Give Back to their Communities Michelle Inderbitzin, Trevor Walraven, and James Anderson

Chapter Five Movements Towards Desistance Via Peer-Support Roles in Prison Christian Perrin and Nicholas Blagden

Chapter Six The Development of a Peer-Based Approach for Promoting Prisoner Health in an English Male Young Offender Institution Anita Mehay and Rosie Meek

Part III: The Non-Profit Sector and Prison Culture: Interactions, Boundaries, and Opportunities

Chapter Seven

The Involvement of Nonprofit Organizations in Prisoner Reentry in the UK: Prisoner Awareness and Engagement Rosie Meek, Dina Gojkovic and Alice Mills

Chapter Eight Carceral Devolution and the Transformation of Urban America Reuben Miller and Gwendolyn Purifoye

Chapter Nine From Ex-Offender to New Contributor: An Examination of How a Community-Based Reentry Program Addresses Racial Barriers to Employment

Charles H. Lea III and Laura S. Abrams

Chapter Ten Penal Assemblages: Governing Youth In The Penal Voluntary Sector Abigail Salole

Part IV: Supporting the Supporters: The Voices of Volunteers

Chapter Eleven “Volunteers Welcome, thatis, Some Volunteers”: Experiences Teaching College Courses at a Women’s Prison Kristenne M. Robison

Chapter Twelve Crossing The Color Line into America’s Prisons: Volunteers of Color Reflect on Race and Identity in a College Service Learning Project Jennifer R. Tilton

Chapter Thirteen Developing Self-Care Strategies for Volunteers in a Prison Writing Program Tobi Jacobi and Lara Rose Roberts. .

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781137542151

1137542152