Photos from The Center For Church and Prison's post
In Birmingham/ England attending the British Society of Criminology 2018 conference at Birmingham City University. Lot of criminologists and criminal justice reform experts attending from across Europe, Africa and the U.S.. Just heard a presentation by criminologists prof. Ben Crewe (check out his work, very resourceful) speaking on the impacts of prisons and imprisonment. Prisons lead to: spiritual growth, a place of refuge, a place of contemplation and a place of rehabilitation. On the other hand, prison is a place of: separation, constraint, disruption and criminogenic behavior. ... See more