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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for prisoner rehabilitation programs (u.k.)
1 results foundAuthor: Nugent, Briege Title: Evaluation of the Theatre Nemo Pilot at HMP Addiewell Summary: Theatre NEMO' is Glasgow based charity theatre company that specialises in improving and promoting positive mental health and wellbeing through creative workshops in the community, in psychiatric hospitals and in prisons. This type of project has never been undertaken before and therefore the evaluation has the potential to bring new learning and establish good practice for working with families and widening the scope of throughcare interventions. The Evaluation has involved interviewing all participants and analysing prison officer observations of those taking part both before and after the pilot. Prison and Theatre Nemo Management were interviewed as well as observational notes taken during sessions attended by the researcher. MAIN FINDINGS - Although all participants felt that they already had good interaction, they appreciated the opportunity to do something together as a family and found the action of doing things together bonding, and also more enjoyable than simply going through the motions of a visit. - The prison officers felt that all the families who took part were interacting better and having more fun as a result, they also felt that the prisoners were calmer and happier than usual during the weeks of the course. One woman who has mental health problems said that she felt better able to cope generally during the course. The benefits of the arts to help people with mental health problems has been noted in the feasibility study and also re-emphasised in this current evaluation. The impact of the arts as this study shows goes beyond helping those with identified mental health problems, participants have felt a general improvement in levels of happiness and well being, and this significant impact should not be underestimated. - Prison management described the officers as being sceptical about the pilot, but after witnessing the positive impact on participants they were said to be 'converted' to supporting this initiative fully for the future. - All participants, but particularly the women attending had their levels of self-esteem and confidence recorded improve. - The men said that the sentence they are doing in prison is harder on their family than it is on them and they felt that there should be more in prison to involve families. Equally it was clear from the interviews with all three women that having someone in prison has made their life difficult. For example, the two partners spoke about the loss of income and the reality of bringing up children on their own on a day to day basis, these testimonies further evidence the importance of support services such as Circle and Families Outside. - The women greatly appreciated being connected to support in the community and it noted that although they want help they are often reluctant to ask for it, this shows that possibly services needed to do more to reach out to this population. - Theatre Nemo have provided transport for participants and without this in place they would have struggled to attend. Transport to prisons is an ongoing problem and the main inhibitor identified, for future projects this cost should be factored in. - The support offered by HMP Addiewell has been invaluable; Theatre Nemo and Prison Management have worked well together and established strong communication which has been a key factor in the project's success. Details: Glasgow: Theatre Nemo, 2011. 17p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 20, 2015 at: https://lemosandcrane.co.uk/ Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://lemosandcrane.co.uk/ Shelf Number: 135267 Keywords: Families of InmatesMental HealthPrisoner Rehabilitation Programs (U.K.)Theatre Programs |