For many years, forced labor and prison ministries were the only forms of rehabilitation and assistance to which a prisoner could get. Since then, prisons have opened its doors to non-profits, educational programs and rehabilitation services that are dedicated to helping prisoners to live better and prepare for the challenges of the code format order society. Here are 10 incredibly inspiring prison programs:
Prisoners reading encouragement project: the prisoners reading encouragement project (PREP) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the literacy and education for inmates. This 11-year-old program teaching the public about the educational needs of the prisons, is also seeking to both create scholarship funds for mates in tuition fees and textbooks in prison. PREP collecting new and gently used books, videotape, cassettes for prison libraries and inmates in courses enrolled or to do independent study. This inspiring prison program has donated more than 55,000 books to 23 different prisons in New York, literacy and education eager passengers.
Just detention international: just detention International is a non-profit organization which ends and the resources and support for survivors of prison rape is dedicated to the widespread sexual abuse of male and female prisoners. Since 1980 this organization based in Los Angeles has with policy makers, advocates, corrections leaders and prison rape survivors end this devastating problem, and ensure government accountability for prison rape worked. JDI is also anxious, educate the community about sexual violence in custody and how the system not to protect occupants.
Human kindness Foundation: the human kindness Foundation is a non-profit organization that created the inspiring prison-Ashram project. This program headquartered North Carolina is encouraging prisoners and prison staff recognize their strength and purpose as human beings and help them according to behavior is required. The teachings of the prison Ashram project will be centered, "The simple life, service and personal spiritual practice" believe the founders for inmates is more accessible, the distractions and outside influences. The program promotes also inmates, responsibility for their prison and communities, as well as the focus of their behavior and actions towards others take over.
Fortune society: fortune society is a non-profit social service organization that is committed to that inmates re-enter society after prison and promote alternatives to imprisonment. Fortune society helps arrest or earlier prison inmates by education, drop-in services, employment services, family services, health services, housing assistance, treatment of drug abuse and many other rehabilitative services are their success of prison essential. This program serves nearly 3,000 men and women in three service centers in New York City area.
Prison fellowship: Prison Fellowship is a national, nonprofit organization created by the former Special Counsel to President Nixon, Charles Colson, who was imprisoned for charges in connection with the Watergate. After his seven months in prison, Colson prison started Fellowship help develop prisoners or rebuild a relationship with Christ. Prison Fellowship reaches this goal is transformation Ministry, which enables churches and voluntary, prisoners local to reach former prisoners and their families. This program helps strengthen also prisoners according to bring, their relationship with family members, friends and their community.
Prison s.m.a.r.t.: Prison s.m.a.r.t. is a program sponsored by the International Association for human values, which strives, the life of all prisoners, to improve correctional employees and people working within the criminal justice system through stress management and rehabilitative training. Participants learn to reduce stress, trauma healing and negative emotions to deal with, so that they can a healthier life and give back to society in a positive way. IAHV prison s.m.a.r.t. worked with more than experienced the benefits of increased self-esteem, realistic conflict resolution, violent behavior reduces 350,000 participants of which many have, and balanced sleep pattern.
National Center on institutions and alternative: NCIA is dedicated to actors help all in the criminal justice system, whether these prisoners, former prisoners, correctional workers or family members of prisoners by specialized advocacy, prevention and counseling programs are. NCIA supports its customers that increase adjustment, as well as on opportunities on probation or strategies for the chance of parole inquire make. This inspiring organization also focused on several different areas of the prison reform, as well as youth and adult living problems.
Pathways to hope prison dog project: Pathways to hope's prison dog project allows inmates, often unwanted dogs work in the development of a strong, loving bond with man's best friend. Prisoners learn, how you take care of another is as well as give and receive love. The prison dog project made such a lasting impression on prisoners, that many former convicts have even their own grooming businesses, training centres started and worked with people with disabilities and guide dogs.
The Petey Greene prison assistance program: the Petey Greene prison assistance programme is composed of a group of Princeton students and urbanites that go in the vicinity of New Jersey read prisons to teach and the occupants in their, write, and math skills to support. The voluntary teaching or tutor based on their interests and needs of the occupants. This program for three years and contributed significantly to inmates who improve their skills and be confident in academics.
Insight prison project: the insight prison project is a rehabilitative program for prisoners, which is trying to prevent relapse into crime and improve public safety. Former convicts and professional staff teaching learning tools for positive change their life prisoners, the skills and life and responsible, productive members of society when they are released. Some highlights are: victim impact accountability, rational restructuring, emotional literacy and intelligence, and embodied integration.
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