Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing and Forgiveness more books like this

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Tom Lagana

The 101 stories in this collection are by and about prisoners, victims, family members, and professionals in law enforcement and corrections. They attest to the power of healing and forgivenesss, and the possibility of turning one's life around. They are meant to inspire and offer consolation in the Chicken Soup spirit.

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Teaching on the Inside: A Survival Handbook for the New Correctional Educator more books like this

by Pauline Geraci

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Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin more books like this

by Judith Tannenbaum

Tannenbaum spent four years teaching poetry to maximum security prison inmates convicted of capital crimes. In this book she details the challenges, rewards and paradoxes of this work. The inmates emerge not as beasts or heroes but as human beings with expressive voices, thoughts and feelings.

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Shakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in a Women's Prison more books like this

by Jean R Trounstine

Troustine relates her experience teaching theater arts to female inmates in this volume in which she explores how theater offers an opportunity for these troubled women to channel their complicated emotional states. In particular, she considers six different women with varied criminal backgrounds and diverse emotional needs.

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Prisons Inside the New America: From Vernooykill Creek to Abu Ghraib more books like this

by David Matlin

This book introduces new material on Abu Graib and the export of the prison system worldwide. It also explores the horrifying corruption of the Texas prison system and how the Bush administration is making it a model of for the U.S. and the world.

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Doing Time in the Garden: Life Lessons Through Prison Horticulture more books like this

by James Jiler

This is the first comprehensive guide to in-prison and post-release horticultural training programs. James Jiler combines an engaging personal account of running a highly successful horticultural vocation program at the largest jail complex in the United States with a practical guide to starting and managing prison and re-entry gardening programs. ...

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Higher Education in Prison: A Contradiction in Terms? more books like this

by Miriam Williford

Collects articles and essays on aspects of continuing higher education in prison. The authors of these items contend that prisoners' education should focus on personal improvement, achieving personal goals, learning and growing, and acquiring credentials and skills for participation in society.

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Effective Teaching in Correctional Settings: Prisons, Jails, Juvenile Centers, and Alternative Schools more books like this

by Robert G Thomas

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The Education of Adult Prisoners: A Survey and a Program more books like this

by Austin H. Maccormick

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The Samaritan Scheme more books like this

by David Christopher

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Imprisoned tongues. more books like this

by Robert Roberts

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The Education of Offenders: A Select Bibliography on Education in Relation to Prisons and Other Institutions for the Custodial Treatment of Offenders more books like this

by D L Howard

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The higher education of prisoners more books like this

by William Forster

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