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The Voluntary Sector in Prisons: Encouraging Personal and Institutional Change

Background Introduction: The Significance of Voluntary Sector Provision in Correctional Settings Background to This Collection The USA and the UK: Relevant Context for the Study of the Voluntary Sector in Prisons Organization of Volume Prisoners as Volunteers The Nonprofit Sector and Prisons: Interactions, Boundaries, and Opportunities Supporting the Supporters: The Experiences of Volunteers Conclusions References Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Programs in Prisons and Jails: Perspectives from England and the USA Mind the Gap Filling the Gap Preparing for Post-release Lives Overcoming Institutionalization Developing Cultures of Learning and Support Building Bridges Giving Back Variation in Provision Concluding Comments References Prisoners as Volunteers Learning and Practicing Citizenship and Democracy Behind Bars An Unlikely Path to Citizenship: Prison as a (Trans) formative Experience Method Learning Leadership and Citizenship in Prison Prisons as Political Places Practicing Democracy in Prisoner-Led Clubs Formally Recognized Prisoner-Led Clubs at the OSP Presidents’ Meetings With OSP Administration Connections with and Investment in the Outside Community Benefits of Leadership and Citizenship Within Prison Risks of Leadership Within the Prison Setting Encouraging Prisoners’ Citizenship and Leadership Opportunities Implications for the Voluntary Sector Working Within or in Partnership with Prisons References Leading by Example: Ways That Prisoners Give Back to Their Communities The Drive to Give Back Method Programs Initiated or Run by the Men in Prison for Their Peers Hospice Prisoners as Peer Teachers Prisoner-led Classes Fundraising for Prisoners with Special Needs Creative Writing and Book Projects Informal Mentoring of Incoming Prisoners Programs Created or Run by the Men in Prison to Benefit the Outside Community Youth Empowerment Programs and Speaking Panels Partnering with Community Agencies HOME Youth Resource Center: Donations and Encouragement for At-Risk/Homeless Youth Family First Interactions Between Community Members and the Men Inside Inviting the Outside Community Inside Inviting Community Groups, Sports Teams, Debate Teams, and Entertainers into One-Time Meetings Annual Car and Bike Show Implications for the Voluntary Sector Working Within or in Partnership with Prisons References Movements Towards Desistance via Peer-Support Roles in Prison The Rise of Peer-Support in Prisons in the UK The Listener Scheme The Insiders Programme Toe-by-Toe RAPt Mentors Peer-Support and Criminal Desistance Method Setting and Participants Data Collection Analytic Technique Findings Change and Transition New Me Earning Trust Giving Back and Making Meaning Keeping Sane Acquiring a Stake in Conformity Addressing Personal Trauma Through Helping Channelling Summary, Implications, and Trajectory References The Development of a Peer-Based Approach for Promoting Prisoner Health in an English Male Young Offender Institution Young Adults in Prison Peer-Based Approaches for Prison Health Prison Health Trainer Scheme Irish Red Cross Volunteer Inmates Programme The Samaritans’ Listener Scheme Method Design Sample Analysis Findings Taking on a Peer Role Personal Development Personal Health Gains Perform a Civic Duty Gaining Status and Credibility Utilising Peers Access to Information and Support Auxiliary Healthcare Service Challenges to Utilising Peers Peer Motivations Behaviour Change in the TGI Context The Social Environment Prison Commitment to a Bottom-Up Approach Discussion Conclusion References ІІІ The Non-profit Sector and Prison Culture: Interactions, Boundaries, and Opportunities The Involvement of Non-profit Organizations in Prisoner Reentry in the UK: Prisoner Awareness and Engagement Method Procedure Survey Participants Qualitative Interviews Results Engagement Between TSOs and Offenders Engagement with TSOs According to Resettlement Pathway Discussion References Carceral Devolution and the Transformation of Urban America Punishment, Sovereign Power, and the Rise of Rehabilitation From the Prison Yard to the Church Basement: Taking Rehabilitation to the Street From Employment to Employability The Rise of Prisoner Reentry and the Revisioning of Rehabilitation Putting Prisoner Reentry in its Place: Final Thoughts on Carceral Devolution References From Ex-Offender to New Contributor: An Examination of How a Community- Based Reentry Program Addresses Racial Barriers to Employment Literature Review Ex-Offenders, Race, and Employment Reentry and Employment Programs Colorblindness and Justice Significance of the Study Method Sample Data Collection Analysis Results Job Search Strategies “Be in the Game”“Get Out of Your Own Way”“Get Out of the Story of What It Means to be Black”Responses to Job Search Strategies and Racial Messages Discussion Limitations Conclusion References Penal Assemblages: Governing Youth in the Penal Voluntary Sector The Role of the Penal Voluntary Sector in Shaping the Youth Justice System Partners in Crime: Youth Crime Statistics and the Role of the PVS under the YCJA Methodology: Mapping Social Relations Findings: Hybrid Assemblages and the PVS Strategic Accommodation/Acceptance: Risk Discourse Changing Minds (Within Reason)Cognitive Behavioral Approaches in the PVS: The ABCs of Compliance Discussion Conclusion References Supporting the Supporters: The Voices of Volunteers “Volunteers Welcome, That Is, Some Volunteers”: Experiences Teaching College Courses at a Women’s Prison Literature Review Prison Education Post-secondary Prison Education Prison Education Volunteers Structure and Culture Method Study Site Findings “Volunteers Welcome, That Is, Some Volunteers”There’s No Crying in Prison Education “Anytime I Can Get People from the Outside on the Inside, It’s a Good Thing”Discussion Conclusion References Crossing the Color Line into America’s Prisons: Volunteers of Color Reflect on Race and Identity in a College Service Learning Project Method Community Service Learning in College Volunteer Population Data Collection Geographic Context Findings Feeling at Home and the Intimacy of Mass Incarceration Trauma of Going Back Home Understanding Success: Racial Exceptions and Social Mobility Good Kids and Bad Kids: The Role of Exceptions in the Post-Civil Rights Era Developing Racial Identity in a Field of Stereotypes The Complex Contours of the New Jim Crow Color Line Ghetto Authenticity and Black Middle-Class Dilemmas Discussion and Implications References Developing Support and Self-Care Strategies for Volunteers in a Prison Writing Program Literature Review Program Background and Volunteer Perspectives Program Reflection and Interview Analysis Volunteer Perspectives on Working Behind Bars Volunteer Perspectives on Satisfaction with Experience Writing Builds Community Writing Inspires Creative Growth Writing Reveals Human Experience Volunteer Perspectives on Challenges Faced Participating in Human Confinement Managing Difficult Disclosures and Relationships Observing Recidivism Longing for More Communal Reflective Space Understanding the Role of Activism and Privilege Implications for Volunteer Coordinators and Programs Formal Training Opportunities Initial Program Training and Orientation Volunteer Training Manual MidYear Volunteer Development Workshop (Trauma, Art Therapy, Restorative Justice)Informal Training and Outreach Efforts Monthly Volunteer Newsletter Coffee Shop Stops Online Access to Program and Self-Care Materials Developing a Writing-Based Self-Care Plan for Volunteers Assessing Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue with the Professional Quality of Life Scale Creating a Self-Care Plan Writing-Based Self-Care Techniques: The Journal Ladder and Writing to Heal Conclusion References Afterword

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The USA and the UK: Relevant Context for the Study of the Voluntary Sector in Prisons
In 2004, Tewksbury and Dabney, writing in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, identified a substantial need for further research on the role and effectiveness of volunteer programing in prisons and the experiences and perspectives of the volunteers themselves. Over 10 years later, with few...
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Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Programs in Prisons and Jails: Perspectives from England and the USA
Emma Hughes This chapter is about positive programs and interactions that can happen in prisons and jails. So often we hear of the negative aspects such as violence, gangs, fear, wasted time, and mental distress. In no way does this chapter seek to minimize these all too significant realities. Nor does...
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Implications for the Voluntary Sector Working Within or in Partnership with Prisons
It should not be forgotten that criminal justice institutions, whatever else they are, are pain-delivery mechanisms. Moral beings permit others to suffer as little as possible; civic beings treat one another as fellow citizens who all have a rightful place alongside them in the public world. Dysfunctional...
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Implications for the Voluntary Sector Working Within or in Partnership with Prisons
Prisons can often feel like insular worlds with their own culture and dynamics. Terms such as “total institution,” proposed by Erving Goffman, suggest that some institutions, such as prisons are almost hermetically sealed and exercise a powerful, dominating influence...
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The Nonprofit Sector and Prisons: Interactions, Boundaries, and Opportunities
The third section of this volume contends with critical questions surrounding the paid voluntary sector and its interactions with probation, parole, and the rehabilitation of prisoners and ex-offenders as they transition out of correctional facilities. The chapters are united in examining the linking...
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ІІІ The Non-profit Sector and Prison Culture: Interactions, Boundaries, and Opportunities
The Involvement of Non-profit Organizations in Prisoner Reentry in the UK: Prisoner Awareness and Engagement Rosie Meek, Dina Gojkovic, and Alice Mills Introduction Discussions regarding the definition of nonprofit organizations in the UK have developed considerably over the past two decades....
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Penal Assemblages: Governing Youth in the Penal Voluntary Sector
Abigail Tsionne Salole The objective of changing thinking patterns, along with terms such as “pro-social,” “responsibility,” and reducing “criminal thinking” are often linked to evidence-based practice in criminal justice programming. A common objective for these programs is to change the...
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The Role of the Penal Voluntary Sector in Shaping the Youth Justice System
European settlers understood Aboriginal children as the source of and the solution to Canada’s “Indian problem.” Initiatives to institutionalize the governance of Aboriginal children began with missionary education, which “paved the way for subsequent residential schools” (Smandych & McGillivray,...
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In estimating the voluntary sector’s financial contribution to the overall children’s services’ budget we might start with what the general public contribute. Children and young people remain one of the most popular causes. The CAF report, on public donations to charities revealed that in 2017...
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European sport systems and the voluntary sector: non-profit organisations’ race for sport development
Introduction Sport is the largest social and voluntary activity in Europe. Sport and recreation volunteerism are among the largest simple categories of benevolent work: any other form of volunteerism involves fewer volunteers than sport and recreation. Sport plays an important role in bringing...
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