26-10-2023, 12:48 PM
Interesting idea from Brazil which is opposite to all the bash/bash/bash punitive methods & which seems to be getting good results. Perhaps to some extent, education,books & music could work better in rehabilitation.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluen...-1.6442390
"A publisher in Brazil, called Editora Carambaia, recently mounted the most unusual marketing campaign. They teamed up with a professor who does remarkable work at a local prison by helping the inmates form a book club.
Carambaia then began donating a wide variety of books to the prison. That book club helped the inmates develop their analytical and communication skills. And out of that came a surprising insight: prison inmates read 9 times more books than civilians. So together with the National Justice Council, the Carambaia publishing house created a program called The Prison Reviews.
The publisher did something that had never been done before—they turned prisoners into book critics. Because the inmates were passionate readers, they were encouraged to write book reviews. They were given 30 days to read a book, then submit a review to be evaluated by a committee.
Those reviews turned out to be remarkable and insightful. So much so, that Carambaia turned those reviews into an advertising campaign.
The reviews were used in magazine ads, social networking posts, radio commercials, bookstore posters and even bookmarks and stationary. Videos were also created so the inmates could deliver their reviews on camera, and a mini-documentary was posted on YouTube showing how participating in the project had enriched their lives.
The Prison Reviews program not only helped improve the prisoners' reading and writing skills and provided the Carambaia publishing house with an innovative advertising campaign, it did one more thing. Each well-written review would shave four days off an inmate's sentence. It fuelled the inmates' passion for reading, it gave them dignity, it gave them hope and it showed the outside world that marginalized people have a voice.
As someone said, the Prison Reviews project allowed inmates to re-write their destiny."
https://globalvoices.org/2012/08/08/braz...book-read/
"All four federal prisons are expected to implement the programme, and state prisons may do so as well. But is there really such a redemption through reading?
He adds' It is also positive that in society, while there are people talking about the hardening of penalties, we have a group that approves such a law, taking into account that we need to think that these individuals will be reintegrated into society. Though some people don't want it, one of the goals of the prison system is social reintegration; it is in the principles of the Criminal Sentencing Act. It is not only about punishing, it is also about knowing that this individual will go back into society.
The Brazilian government faces strong criticism from humanitarian groups and NGOs due to human rights violations[b] [/b]in its prison system, which is considered deficient, thus making prisoners endure inhumane conditions.
While making the prisoner a better person seems like an ideal, rehabilitation has been difficult to achieve. The short documentary Barreras [pt], produced by Iemanjá Cinematográfica, is raising money through a crowdfunding platform to produce a long documentary about the importance of taking music and culture to prisons, showcasing the project's accomplishments in Rio de Janeiro's prisons and police stations between 2006 and 2011:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluen...-1.6442390
"A publisher in Brazil, called Editora Carambaia, recently mounted the most unusual marketing campaign. They teamed up with a professor who does remarkable work at a local prison by helping the inmates form a book club.
Carambaia then began donating a wide variety of books to the prison. That book club helped the inmates develop their analytical and communication skills. And out of that came a surprising insight: prison inmates read 9 times more books than civilians. So together with the National Justice Council, the Carambaia publishing house created a program called The Prison Reviews.
The publisher did something that had never been done before—they turned prisoners into book critics. Because the inmates were passionate readers, they were encouraged to write book reviews. They were given 30 days to read a book, then submit a review to be evaluated by a committee.
Those reviews turned out to be remarkable and insightful. So much so, that Carambaia turned those reviews into an advertising campaign.
The reviews were used in magazine ads, social networking posts, radio commercials, bookstore posters and even bookmarks and stationary. Videos were also created so the inmates could deliver their reviews on camera, and a mini-documentary was posted on YouTube showing how participating in the project had enriched their lives.
The Prison Reviews program not only helped improve the prisoners' reading and writing skills and provided the Carambaia publishing house with an innovative advertising campaign, it did one more thing. Each well-written review would shave four days off an inmate's sentence. It fuelled the inmates' passion for reading, it gave them dignity, it gave them hope and it showed the outside world that marginalized people have a voice.
As someone said, the Prison Reviews project allowed inmates to re-write their destiny."
https://globalvoices.org/2012/08/08/braz...book-read/
"All four federal prisons are expected to implement the programme, and state prisons may do so as well. But is there really such a redemption through reading?
University Professor Elionaldo Fernandes Julião, in an interview by the website Observatório da Educação, says the project is a “great achievement”.
He adds' It is also positive that in society, while there are people talking about the hardening of penalties, we have a group that approves such a law, taking into account that we need to think that these individuals will be reintegrated into society. Though some people don't want it, one of the goals of the prison system is social reintegration; it is in the principles of the Criminal Sentencing Act. It is not only about punishing, it is also about knowing that this individual will go back into society.
The Brazilian government faces strong criticism from humanitarian groups and NGOs due to human rights violations[b] [/b]in its prison system, which is considered deficient, thus making prisoners endure inhumane conditions.
While making the prisoner a better person seems like an ideal, rehabilitation has been difficult to achieve. The short documentary Barreras [pt], produced by Iemanjá Cinematográfica, is raising money through a crowdfunding platform to produce a long documentary about the importance of taking music and culture to prisons, showcasing the project's accomplishments in Rio de Janeiro's prisons and police stations between 2006 and 2011:
Quote:This project went touring in prisons, taking the music to the prisoners. The response was so good that led to many other types of projects and relationships that resulted in over 200 film exhibitions for prisoners, 20 shows, 14 libraries and many other actions."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
