The Angola Prison Seminary: Effects of Faith-Based Ministry on Identity Transformation, Desistance, and Rehabilitation

by Grant Duwe, Byron R. Johnson, Michael Hallett, et al.

Book Overview

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"),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138124265
• ISBN13: 9781138124264
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"