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1 results foundAuthor: Edgar, Kimmett Title: Time Well Spent: A Practical Guide to Active Citizenship and Volunteering in Prison Summary: There is a huge scope for prisoners to take on responsibility, engage in constructive work, and contribute to the life of the prison community. We describe these roles as active citizenship. Examples include volunteering, peer support, charity work, and prisoner representative duties. We define active citizenship as follows: Prisoners are active citizens when they exercise responsibility by making positive contributions to prison life or the wider community. Main findings -- There are five types of active citizenship roles in prisons: • Peer support schemes, whereby prisoners help and support their fellow-prisoners • Community support schemes involving work with or on behalf of people outside the prison • Restorative justice programmes, whereby prisoners are encouraged to acknowledge the harm they have caused and to make amends • Democratic participation in prison life, for example involving membership of prisoner councils or other forums • Arts and media projects such as prison-based radio-stations or newspapers, or performing arts programmes. This report is based on evidence derived from a survey of prisons and interviews with prisoners and staff involved in active citizenship schemes. It documents the imaginative and effective work that has been pioneered in some prisons. Most prisons, from young offender institutions to high security prisons, provide opportunities for prisoners to be active citizens. Prison staff have demonstrated their expertise in managing risk by developing an array of roles and activities for prisoners that bring out the best in them. Details: London: Prison Reform Trust, 2011. 74p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 3, 2011 at: http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/Portals/0/Documents/Time%20Well%20Spent%20report%20lo.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/Portals/0/Documents/Time%20Well%20Spent%20report%20lo.pdf Shelf Number: 122646 Keywords: Correctional ProgramsInmate Volunteer ProgramsPrisoner RehabilitationPrisoner Volunteer ProgramsPrisons (U.K.) |