Volunteers in Prison After-Care

Volunteers in Prison After-Care
Author: Hugh Barr
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2021-11-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000438686

Originally published in 1971, volunteers in the social services were being asked to undertake increasingly demanding and responsible work, particularly in the field of prison after-care. Effective professional leadership and support were therefore essential. Hugh Barr’s report describes a pilot project in London in which he tried to build effective partnership between professionals and volunteers, and between statutory and voluntary agencies. It is a report that was immediately relevant in the field of probation and after-care at the time and had implications in general for the future of the personal social services. Separate chapters discuss recruitment, motivation, preparation, selection and supervision of the volunteers; illustrations of their work are included and an attempt is made to evaluate the results of the project. The book ends with a study of the implications for future projects and of the ever-widening scope for the volunteer, who will use his leisure to match society’s need. ‘This is a man writing about something he has a hand in creating’ (from the Foreword).

Justice that Restores

Justice that Restores
Author: Charles W. Colson
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2001
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780842352451

Something clearly is wrong with the current justice system in which repeat incarceration is high, injustice is rampant, and 25 percent of African-American males can expect to spend time behind bars. Colson's biblical ideas for reform have the potential to turn the system around, keep innocent people out of prison, and give victims some relief.

Prison Ministry

Prison Ministry
Author: Lennie Spitale
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2002
Genre: Church work with prisoners
ISBN: 0805424830

Empowering any pastor, educator, or lay leader in doing effective prison ministry by providing a thorough inside-out view of prison life.

The Voluntary Sector in Prisons

The Voluntary Sector in Prisons
Author: Laura S. Abrams
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2016-05-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137542152

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.

When Prisoners Return

When Prisoners Return
Author: Pat Nolan
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2004-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594676097

Having completed their sentences, what kind of neighbors will these returning inmates be? What has been done to prepare them to live healthy, productive, law-abiding lives? The author demonstrates why we should care and how you and your church can help.

Invisible Punishment

Invisible Punishment
Author: Meda Chesney-Lind
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2011-05-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1595587365

In a series of newly commissioned essays from the leading scholars and advocates in criminal justice, Invisible Punishment explores, for the first time, the far-reaching consequences of our current criminal justice policies. Adopted as part of “get tough on crime” attitudes that prevailed in the 1980s and '90s, a range of strategies, from “three strikes” and “a war on drugs,” to mandatory sentencing and prison privatization, have resulted in the mass incarceration of American citizens, and have had enormous effects not just on wrong-doers, but on their families and the communities they come from. This book looks at the consequences of these policies twenty years later.

Dying Well

Dying Well
Author: Ira Byock
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 1998-03-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 110150028X

From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well. Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone. This is Ira Byock's dream, and he is dedicating his life to making it come true. Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked, telling stories of love and reconciliation in the face of tragedy, pain, medical drama, and conflict. Through the true stories of patients, he shows us that a lot of important emotional work can be accomplished in the final months, weeks, and even days of life. It is a companion for families, showing them how to deal with doctors, how to talk to loved ones—and how to make the end of life as meaningful and enriching as the beginning. Ira Byock is also the author of The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life.

Serving Productive Time

Serving Productive Time
Author: Tom Lagana
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0757397719

From the coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul—a program that develops positive change for inmates and their loved ones With their books Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul, Tom and Laura Lagana have shown readers how to make positive use of their time—whether they are serving others or serving time. In Serving Productive Time they go one step further, using powerful stories, poems, and cartoons created by inmates and others to address the realities of penal existence. They build on these voices of experience with essays and advice that show inmates how to truly make their time count, and give meaning to their lives right now, while making amends for their crimes and working toward release. Inspires inmates to use programs and resources, perform positive deeds, and acquire skills Empowers correctional staff, counselors, families, and volunteers to help inmates who want to make positive changes in their lives

Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration

Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration
Author: U S Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2000
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781574553949

In this timely work, the bishops open a new dialogue on crime and justice in the United States.