Prisons and the Voluntary Sector

Description

A work edited by three experts and containing contributions by a range of informed commentators to enable all parties to understand what is involved in partnership. With information about the history of voluntary work in prisons – which dates back several hundred years – and how to set about devising a scheme or promoting an idea. It gives practical advice and points to the pitfalls and likely difficulties – and contains in an appendix a directory of existing voluntary work organizations with experience of working in or alongside prisons. With a Foreword by Terry Waite CBE.

Review

‘This book is timely… you will find much of interest’: The Magistrate