The Voluntary Sector in Prisons Encouraging Personal and Institutional Change [Hardcover]

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. 

PartI: 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 Prisonsand Jails: Perspectives from England and the United States EmmaHughes.- Part II: Prisoners as Volunteers.- Chapter Three.- Learning andPracticing Citizenship and Democracy Behind Bars MichelleInderbitzin, Joshua Cain, and Trevor Walraven.- Chapter Four Leading by Example:Ways that Prisoners Give Back to their Communities MichelleInderbitzin, Trevor Walraven, and James Anderson.- ChapterFive MovementsTowards Desistance Via Peer-Support Roles in Prison ChristianPerrin and Nicholas Blagden.-&amlc+