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The Angola Prison Seminary

By Michael Hallett

The Angola Prison Seminary

By Michael Hallett

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Corrections officials faced with rising populations and shrinking budgets have increasingly welcomed "faith-based" providers offering services at no cost to help meet the needs of inmates. Drawing from three years of on-site research, this book utilizes survey analysis along with life-history interviews of inmates and staff to explore the history, purpose, and functioning of the Inmate Minister program at Louisiana State Penitentiary (aka "Angola"), America's largest maximum-security prison. This book takes seriously attributions from inmates that faith is helpful for "surviving prison" and explores the implications of religious programming for an American corrections system in crisis, featuring high recidivism, dehumanizing violence, and often draconian punishments.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
266
Release Date:
2018-01-31
Publication Date:
2018-01-03
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0815351739
ISBN13:
9780815351733
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
390 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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