Outside In: Voluntary Sector Involvement within Prisons in England, California, and Uganda

• In Event: The Penal Voluntary Sector: Thematic Panel A

Abstract

Drawing on qualitative research, this paper will examine and compare the impact of volunteers and non-profit organizations working to expand programing and rehabilitative opportunities in three distinct settings. A range of programs will be considered and relevant policies explored. The effect of such programming on incarcerated participants and on community-based volunteers will be addressed. The consequences for prison culture, and for the promotion of desistance, will be assessed. 

Author

• Emma Hughes, California State University, Fresno