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Without minimizing the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark challenges the mindset of incarceration as a solely one dimensional, deficit event. Instead, this book argues that the prison experience can potentially be one of transformational learning.
List of contents
Part I: Adult Transformative Learning and the Prison Experience
Chapter 1: Prison Writing: A Literary Tradition
Chapter 2: Incarceration: The Disorienting Dilemma toward Transformation
Chapter 3: Transformation: A Brave Act
Chapter 4: Understanding the Role of Race and Gender
Part II: Learning that Transforms the Self
Chapter 5: Sitting with Yourself: Cells of Silence and Solitude
Chapter 6: The Organic Intellectual
Chapter 7: Higher & Continuing Education: Attracting the Best Students
Chapter 8: Exercising Body and Mind: Habits and Flow
Chapter 9: Emotional Intelligence and the Prison Experience
Part III: Learning in Relation to Others
Chapter 10: The Black Family and the Incarceration Experience
Chapter 11: The Prison Experience and Technology
Chapter 12: Non-verbal Communication
Part IV: Learning that Transforms the World
Chapter 13: Giving Back
Chapter 14: Criminal Justice Reform: Everyone's Responsibility
About the author
Joni Schwartz is professor of humanities at the City University of New York - LaGuardia Community College and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Graduate Studies Program.
John R. Chaney is assistant professor and director of Criminal Justice programs for City University of New York -- LaGuardia Community College.
