Doing Time in the Garden: Life Lessons Through Prison Horticulture

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New Village Press, Aug 6, 2006 - Education - 175 pages

Inspiring firsthand account of how in-prison vocational training programs at Riker's Island Jail lead to meaningful post-release employment and reduce recidivism - the Green House and GreenTeam run by James Jiler for the Horticultural Society of New York.

James Jiler combines an engaging personal account of running a highly successful horticultural vocation program at the largest jail complex in the United States with a practical guide to starting and managing prison and re-entry gardening programs.

The Greenhouse Project gives horticultural job-training to male and female inmates at New York City's Rikers Island jail system. After release, ex-offenders can intern with the GreenTeam, which provides landscaping and gardening services to community groups and institutions throughout New York State.

Jiler's humor and heartfelt stories about prison community and clear explanations of what works broaden this book's appeal to all social activists involved with at-risk populations.

 

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Contents

Foreword by Anthony R Smith
7
CHAPTER
33
CHAPTER THREE
51
CHAPTER FOUR
65
CHAPTER FIVE
79
CHAPTER SEVEN
99
CHAPTER EIGHT
129
Growing Roots in the Community
147
Acknowledgements
167
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About the author (2006)

James Jiler is Director of the Greenhouse Project, a renowned horticultural job-training program for inmates at New York City's Rikers Island jail system. He provides instruction in horticulture and greenhouse management integrated with a math, science and English literacy curriculum. Jiler also oversees job placement and after-care services for released inmates while directing the GreenTeam.

Bibliographic information

TitleDoing Time in the Garden: Life Lessons Through Prison Horticulture
AuthorJames Jiler
Editionillustrated
PublisherNew Village Press, 2006
ISBN0976605422, 9780976605423
Length175 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Education / Teaching / General
Science / Life Sciences / Horticulture
Social Science / Criminology
Social Science / Penology
  
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