Americans are frustrated with prisons. They recognize the need for
these institutions, but at the same time, they worry about whether
the money used to build and maintain them is well spent. Older
prisons are dirty, disgusting, and dangerous, but even newer
facilities come up lacking in terms of offering inmates
opportunities to take responsibility for their crimes, support
their loved ones, further their education, learn job skills, and
develop positive relationships in healthy, safe, respectful
communities. This book provides insight into the philosophy of
restorative justice, which aims to develop ways we can manage our
prisons differently to achieve more positive outcomes. Using the
case study of an honor dorm in a maximum security prison, the book
posits that most of the inmates never learned the basic tools for
living life productively and responsibly. They never thought much
about their victims or how their actions affected others. They
never learned how to get along with others, pick up after
themselves, or how to be of service to their fellow man. Swanson
uses the writings and reflections of inmates participating in a
restorative justice program to demonstrate the challenges and
transformative possibilities of this alternative approach to
rehabilitation.
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