THIS ARTICLE offers a brief overview of a desistanceoriented
approach to supporting community re... more THIS ARTICLE offers a brief overview of a desistanceoriented
approach to supporting community reintegration
in the state of Tasmania, Australia. While community service
is typically discussed in terms of ‘payback’ as a form of
punishment, it can be harnessed in creative ways to support
prisoner reintegration and desistance processes. Compelling
contributions from desistance scholars (see, for example,
McNeill and Weaver, 2010; Schinkel, 2014) advance the
recognition that people with offending histories benefit from
multi-faceted supports over time to change their lives, living
conditions and life chances. Through this lens, the remit of
supporting reintegration extends from a traditional blinkered
focus on securing essential items to aid survival post-release, to
include pursuit of identity change, relationships and resources
which enable sustained desistance and human flourishing. In collaboration with community-based stakeholders,
Tasmania Prison Service offers prisoners opportunities to take
part in a range of community service activities and restorative
‘giving back’ projects. Some of these are undertaken entirely
within prison facilities, and others use the rehabilitative and
reintegrative leave permits for day release.
THIS ARTICLE offers a brief overview of a desistanceoriented
approach to supporting community re... more THIS ARTICLE offers a brief overview of a desistanceoriented
approach to supporting community reintegration
in the state of Tasmania, Australia. While community service
is typically discussed in terms of ‘payback’ as a form of
punishment, it can be harnessed in creative ways to support
prisoner reintegration and desistance processes. Compelling
contributions from desistance scholars (see, for example,
McNeill and Weaver, 2010; Schinkel, 2014) advance the
recognition that people with offending histories benefit from
multi-faceted supports over time to change their lives, living
conditions and life chances. Through this lens, the remit of
supporting reintegration extends from a traditional blinkered
focus on securing essential items to aid survival post-release, to
include pursuit of identity change, relationships and resources
which enable sustained desistance and human flourishing. In collaboration with community-based stakeholders,
Tasmania Prison Service offers prisoners opportunities to take
part in a range of community service activities and restorative
‘giving back’ projects. Some of these are undertaken entirely
within prison facilities, and others use the rehabilitative and
reintegrative leave permits for day release.
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approach to supporting community reintegration
in the state of Tasmania, Australia. While community service
is typically discussed in terms of ‘payback’ as a form of
punishment, it can be harnessed in creative ways to support
prisoner reintegration and desistance processes. Compelling
contributions from desistance scholars (see, for example,
McNeill and Weaver, 2010; Schinkel, 2014) advance the
recognition that people with offending histories benefit from
multi-faceted supports over time to change their lives, living
conditions and life chances. Through this lens, the remit of
supporting reintegration extends from a traditional blinkered
focus on securing essential items to aid survival post-release, to
include pursuit of identity change, relationships and resources
which enable sustained desistance and human flourishing. In collaboration with community-based stakeholders,
Tasmania Prison Service offers prisoners opportunities to take
part in a range of community service activities and restorative
‘giving back’ projects. Some of these are undertaken entirely
within prison facilities, and others use the rehabilitative and
reintegrative leave permits for day release.
approach to supporting community reintegration
in the state of Tasmania, Australia. While community service
is typically discussed in terms of ‘payback’ as a form of
punishment, it can be harnessed in creative ways to support
prisoner reintegration and desistance processes. Compelling
contributions from desistance scholars (see, for example,
McNeill and Weaver, 2010; Schinkel, 2014) advance the
recognition that people with offending histories benefit from
multi-faceted supports over time to change their lives, living
conditions and life chances. Through this lens, the remit of
supporting reintegration extends from a traditional blinkered
focus on securing essential items to aid survival post-release, to
include pursuit of identity change, relationships and resources
which enable sustained desistance and human flourishing. In collaboration with community-based stakeholders,
Tasmania Prison Service offers prisoners opportunities to take
part in a range of community service activities and restorative
‘giving back’ projects. Some of these are undertaken entirely
within prison facilities, and others use the rehabilitative and
reintegrative leave permits for day release.