I’m no bleeding heart, but for low-impact serial offenders, I’m all in favour of intelligent, creative experimentation.Two years ago, when Richmond police followed Chesterfield and Henrico in filing crime reports by a state-mandated incident-based-reporting system, everybody involved expected it would take some time to perfect. Research shows that most people like the idea of rehabilitation, but there will always be those who consider programs like CLTL the product of a bleeding-heart imagination. I hope he will keep in touch with them for the sake of that putative book. This anecdote makes me wonder what effect the teachings and role modelling of Conrad Black has had on his students at Coleman Prison. Sue reports Jane asked her: “What do you think it means that I write poetry late at night?” Sue asked her what she would normally be doing. Jane contacted Sue to let her know she had been clean and out of jail for three years. She had been the “guest” - as Conrad Black might say - of 25 penal institutions. One of her poetry-writing students some years ago, “Jane,” was a heavy alcohol and crack cocaine user who conceded she would probably die on the streets. She has worked with about 400 prisoners over the past six years, and although she has no studies to document her success, she has amassed good anecdotal support for the benefits of her volunteer program. This form of rehabilitation costs $500 a year as against incarceration at $30,000.įor a Canadian example of a similar strategy, Sue Reynolds of Mississauga teaches creative writing to mostly women prisoners in remand in our “superjails” - U.S.-style megaprisons housing 1,200 prisoners. Of the first cohort, only 19% reoffended as compared to 42% of a control group. Of the 597 who completed the course in Brazoria County between 19, only 6% had their probations revoked. books that make one think about justice and civic reciprocity and moral fibre - used as the basis for discussion. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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