Working for justice : a handbook of prison education and activism

Working for justice : a handbook of prison education and activism / by members of The Prison Communication, Activism, Research, and Education Collective (PCARE) ; edited by Stephen John Hartnett, Eleanor Novek, Jennifer K. Wood.

This book contains practical approaches to prison education and advocacy. This collection documents the efforts of the Prison Communication, Activism, Research, and Education collective (PCARE) to put democracy into practice by merging prison education and activism. Through life-changing programs in...

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Corporate Author: Prison Communication, Activism, Research, and Education Collective
Other Authors: Hartnett, Stephen J., Novek, Eleanor, Wood, Jennifer K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Prisoners > Education > United States.
Prisoners > Political activity > United States.
Prisoners > Civil rights > United States.
Corrections > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Corrections
Prisoners > Civil rights
Prisoners > Education
Prisoners > Political activity
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Working for justice in an age of mass incarceration / Stephen John Hartnett, Eleanor Novek, and Jennifer K. Wood
  • Kings, warriors, magicians, and lovers : prison theater and alternative performances of masculinity / Jonathan Shailor
  • Service-learning in prison facilities : interaction as a source of transformation / Shelly Schaefer Hinck, Edward A. Hinck, and Lesley A. Withers
  • Writing your way to freedom : autobiography as inquiry in prison writing workshops / David Coogan
  • "Courtesy incarceration" : exploring family members' experiences of imprisonment / Brittany L. Peterson, Beth M. Cohen, and Rachel A. Smith
  • Serving time by coming home : communicating hope through a reentry court / Jeralyn Faris
  • Life after incarceration : exploring identity in reentry programs for women / Nikki H. Nichols
  • Challenging the media-incarceration complex through media education / Bill Yousman
  • "Prisoners rise, rise, rise!" Hip hop as a Ciceronian approach to prison protest and community care / Craig Lee Engstrom and Derrick L. Williams
  • "A fate worse than death" : reform, abolition, and life without parole in anti-death penalty discourse / Bryan J. McCann
  • "People like us" : a new ethic of prison advocacy in racialized America / Eleanor Novek.

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