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Restorative Justice in a Prison Community
Or Everything I Didn't Learn in Kindergarten I Learned in Prison
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2009
Summary
Americans are frustrated with prisons. They recognize the need for these institutions, but at the same time, they worry about whether the money used to build and maintain them is well spent. Older prisons are dirty, disgusting, and dangerous, but even newer facilities come up lacking in terms of offering inmates opportunities to take responsibility for their crimes, support their loved ones, further their education, learn job skills, and develop positive relationships in healthy, safe, respectful communities. This book provides insight into the philosophy of restorative justice, which aims to develop ways we can manage our prisons differently to achieve more positive outcomes. Using the case study of an honor dorm in a maximum security prison, the book posits that most of the inmates never learned the basic tools for living life productively and responsibly. They never thought much about their victims or how their actions affected others. They never learned how to get along with others, pick up after themselves, or how to be of service to their fellow man. Swanson uses the writings and reflections of inmates participating in a restorative justice program to demonstrate the challenges and transformative possibilities of this alternative approach to rehabilitation.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2679-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3509-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
244
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction: A Blueprint for This Book No access
Chapter 01. Improvement Needed No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter 02. Restorative Justice in Prison Communities No access Pages 21 - 46
Chapter 03. Restorative Justice Goes to W. C. Holman Correctional Facility No access Pages 47 - 76
Chapter 04. Learning to Play with Others No access Pages 77 - 100
Chapter 05. Cleaning up after Yourself No access Pages 101 - 124
Chapter 06. Learning the ABCs No access Pages 125 - 152
Chapter 07. Working with Others No access Pages 153 - 170
Chapter 08. Getting to the Next Grade No access Pages 171 - 194
Chapter 09. How Guardians See It No access Pages 195 - 214
