A Map Through the Maze: A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System
This revealing book offers an in-depth mental and emotional roadmap for surviving the correctional experience. It shows what mental shifts need to take place in order to effectively go beyond the prison walls where a life of purpose, meaning, love, and beauty exists and is well worth living. Designed for inmates, loved ones, and correctional educators, the book focuses on: understanding true freedom; confronting the prison experience; overcoming barriers to growth and self-worth; avoiding deadly traps; accepting responsiiblity and rejecting excuses; maintaining physical and mental health; acquiring education and vocational skills; saying "Goodbye" and "Hello, I'm back"; controlling anger and hate; and avoiding the dangers of trying to "catch up." Includes a special chapter for families who also serve a sentence in silence. It addresses such issues as loss, grief, anger, depression, setting limits, getting help, finding support, maintaining a relationship, helping children, visiting, and homecoming.
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A Map Through the Maze: A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System
This revealing book offers an in-depth mental and emotional roadmap for surviving the correctional experience. It shows what mental shifts need to take place in order to effectively go beyond the prison walls where a life of purpose, meaning, love, and beauty exists and is well worth living. Designed for inmates, loved ones, and correctional educators, the book focuses on: understanding true freedom; confronting the prison experience; overcoming barriers to growth and self-worth; avoiding deadly traps; accepting responsiiblity and rejecting excuses; maintaining physical and mental health; acquiring education and vocational skills; saying "Goodbye" and "Hello, I'm back"; controlling anger and hate; and avoiding the dangers of trying to "catch up." Includes a special chapter for families who also serve a sentence in silence. It addresses such issues as loss, grief, anger, depression, setting limits, getting help, finding support, maintaining a relationship, helping children, visiting, and homecoming.
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A Map Through the Maze: A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System

A Map Through the Maze: A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System

A Map Through the Maze: A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System

A Map Through the Maze: A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System

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This revealing book offers an in-depth mental and emotional roadmap for surviving the correctional experience. It shows what mental shifts need to take place in order to effectively go beyond the prison walls where a life of purpose, meaning, love, and beauty exists and is well worth living. Designed for inmates, loved ones, and correctional educators, the book focuses on: understanding true freedom; confronting the prison experience; overcoming barriers to growth and self-worth; avoiding deadly traps; accepting responsiiblity and rejecting excuses; maintaining physical and mental health; acquiring education and vocational skills; saying "Goodbye" and "Hello, I'm back"; controlling anger and hate; and avoiding the dangers of trying to "catch up." Includes a special chapter for families who also serve a sentence in silence. It addresses such issues as loss, grief, anger, depression, setting limits, getting help, finding support, maintaining a relationship, helping children, visiting, and homecoming.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570233715
Publisher: Impact Publications VA
Publication date: 07/10/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

For more than 48 years, Ned Rollo has been active on both sides of the law – 5 ½ years in state and federal prisons and more than 40 years as a correctional educator and counselor. He has authored several popular books, videos, and training programs for ex-offenders, including 99 Days and a Get Up, Life Without a Crutch, Why Bother?, Now What?, Preparing for Success, and Man, I Need a Job.

Louis W. Adams, D.Min. has worked as a chaplain with the Texas Department of Corrections and has practiced marriage and family therapy. He also has served as director, clinical supervisor, and instructor for the Pastoral Care and Training Center at TCU.

Table of Contents

Introduction

New Realities

1 The Nature of Freedom

2 Beating the System

The Correctional Experience

3 Welcome to the Maze

4 Waking Up in a Cage: Arrest to Conviction

5 Falling Off Into Hell: Life in Prison

6 Rebirth and Beyond: Release to Success

7 Advice for Families of Offenders

Ex-Offender Survival and Re-Entry Resources

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