Coping with Incarceration
Sentenced: Maintaining Relationships During Incarceration By Lennie Spitale
Communication can be challenging in any relationship. And when one of those people is behind bars, the challenge can seem overwhelming. But it can be done. As a former prisoner, Lennie Spitale writes from firsthand experience, sharing practical ways to protect and build relationships during incarceration. He understands the challenges and explains the ins and outs of prison life to help those who are navigating this world for the first time. The greatest pain of incarceration is separation from your loved one–but with understanding and effort you can nurture your relationship throughout.
Help! My Loved One Is in Prison By Louis N. Jones and Laverne E. Brewster
There are over 2 million American citizens incarcerated in this country. Many of those people have family members or other loved ones on the outside. All of them have been adversely affected by the incarceration of the loved ones to various degrees. And those loved ones can be a tremendous help and resource for the ex-offender when he/she finally gets out of prison. But in many cases, the loved one on the outside has no clue what to do to help their incarcerated loved one. Programs seem to be scarce. Many people who are asked for help turn in the other direction. Oftentimes the person searching for help feels just as lost as the person inside the walls. This manual addresses that experience. This book is for anyone who is affected by the imprisonment, past or present, of a loved one and wants to do something to help.
Family Arrested: How to Survive the Incarceration of a Loved One By Ann Edenfield
Ann details her journey of survival when her husband was arrested and incarcerated in a Federal Prison. She offers helpful suggestions to cope with this difficult situation and to understand the criminal justice system.
Learning To Sing In A Strange Land: When A Loved One Goes To Prison By Wesley Stevens
The author describes the experience of incarceration both from the family’s perspective and that of the inmate. His story of his daughter’s incarceration is deeply personal but also very informative and inspirational.
Arrested: What To Do When Your Loved One’s In Jail By Wes Denham
Arrested is the only guide to supporting family members facing criminal charges. It explains how to make decisions that are in the best interests of the entire family—not just the defendant—and provides checklists of what things to do, and in what order. Form letters called “jail mail” are included to help readers quickly send important information to inmates.
Guide To Right Thinking For Reentry by Andre A. Ward
For many people, being incarcerated and then released from jail or prison is something that often presents challenges. While incarcerated, people cope with the feeling of being away from those they care about and love, reflect on the actions that led them to be incarcerated, and ultimately face the fact that one day they will return to society. Then, upon release, the formerly incarcerated person has to reconnect or connect with family or others; navigate social systems; and become acquainted with a new way of living, all of which requires a new way of thinking.
Life And Success On The Outside by Richard Bovan
There are more people incarcerated in the world today than at any other time in history. Every year millions of prisoners are released back into society after having completed their sentences, with the majority of them returning to prison within just a short time after their release. The Dedicated Ex-Prisoner’s Guide to Life and Success on the Outside is a 10-rule guidebook for the ex-prisoner who is determined to be successful upon release.
Waiting Together-Hope And Healing For Families of Prisoners by Carol Kent
Due to events beyond your control, you find yourself with a loved one in prison. What now? Carol Kent has been there and knows what it’s like to have life flipped upside down. She writes Waiting Together from a heart that understands what it’s like to navigate a new normal, offering hope and healing from a Biblical perspective. This 90-day guide, filled with devotions, prayers, and Scripture, comforts hurting hearts and shows how God can bless families in similar situations.
Surviving The Stress by C. Mahoney
Do you have a loved one in jail or prison, a brother, a father, a son, a friend? This book is for them, something you can send them to keep them busy, to give them something to do, to motivate them to improve themselves while doing their time. This book can put their feet on the right path.
