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Prison: Day 5,876
1. In prison, "Peer Support" refers to a wide range of activities where prisoners assist other prisoners. This is seen in emotional support, mentoring, advising, facilitating self-help, education/vocational training, practical assistance and representation.
1. In prison, "Peer Support" refers to a wide range of activities where prisoners assist other prisoners. This is seen in emotional support, mentoring, advising, facilitating self-help, education/vocational training, practical assistance and representation.
Prison: Day 5,876
2. Norway's Prison System said it best, "People go to court to be punished. They come to prison to become better neighbors." Instead of an attitude of punishment, staff fill the role of life coach, training inmates to be peer advocates and better human beings.
2. Norway's Prison System said it best, "People go to court to be punished. They come to prison to become better neighbors." Instead of an attitude of punishment, staff fill the role of life coach, training inmates to be peer advocates and better human beings.
Prison: Day 5,876
3. Here in the States, we have the opposite of the Norway model. Our model is designed around punishment, oppression, and profit by corporations that bankrupt poor and minority communities. Sadly, these same communities are overrepresented in prison.
3. Here in the States, we have the opposite of the Norway model. Our model is designed around punishment, oppression, and profit by corporations that bankrupt poor and minority communities. Sadly, these same communities are overrepresented in prison.
