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.
Reviews / Votes
"Acting on one's own volition is the
essence of being human, so it is striking to read about the remarkable
volunteerism of prisoners and other citizens taking place in that most
involuntary of institutions, the prison. Read together, the insightful contributions
to this first-of-its-kind volume represent a real testament to some of the best
of humanity working in some of our least humane institutions." (Shadd Maruna, Professor of Education and Dean
of Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, USA)
"Criminologists and sociologists who study
punishment and rehabilitation have always tended to assume the centrality of
the state and its penal institutions in their analysis. Despite Durkheim's
enduring influence, the role of civil society in both punishment and reintegration
has often been neglected. This excellent collection of essays begins to remedy
this neglect by examining the role of volunteers, volunteering and non-profit
organizations in these processes. Spanning multiple perspectives and reflecting
on both research and lived experience, this book provides a rich resource both
for deepening academic analyses and for practical projects of penal reform." (Fergus
McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow, UK)
Series
Edition
Language
Place of publication
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 farbige Abbildungen
XIX, 374 p. 3 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-1-137-54214-4 (9781137542144)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-54215-1
Schweitzer Classification
Laura S. Abrams is Professor of Social Welfare
at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA, California, USA. She is the author of
Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the
Life of Unit C
(2013) and
Life After Juvie: Young Men and Women on Desistance, Survival, and
Becoming an Adult
(forthcoming).
Emma Hughes is Associate Professor of
Criminology at California State University, Fresno, USA. She is the author of the
book
Education in Prison: Studying
through Distance Learning
(2012). She has contributed book
chapters on offender rehabilitation to edited volumes and previously lectured
at Birmingham City University, UK.
Michelle Inderbitzin is Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University, USA. She is the lead author of the books
Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective
(2013) and
Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control
(2015).
Rosie Meek is Professor, Chartered
Psychologist, and Head of the Law School at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
She is the author of
Sport in Prison
(2014) and is a Fulbright distinguished scholar, University of
California, San Diego, USA.
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.
