The prison gate may open at the end of a sentence—but the mind does not always walk out so easily.
Incarceration changes more than where a person lives. It can change how a person sleeps, trusts, communicates, handles conflict, responds to authority, connects with family, and understands freedom itself.
Survival behind the walls may require constant awareness, emotional armor, rigid routines, distrust, and the ability to hide vulnerability. Those behaviors may help someone survive prison—but they can become heavy baggage when it is time to come home.
In Prison Changes the Mind, correctional professionals Carey L. Randall and Chris Taylor draw on more than 35 years of combined correctional experience to examine the psychological journey of incarceration from intake through release.
Inside, readers will explore:
• Arrival shock and the loss of control
• Hypervigilance and the nervous system in constant alert
• Identity, anger, grief, guilt, and shame
• Isolation and emotional shutdown
• Family separation and relationships under pressure
• Healthy and destructive coping mechanisms
• Mental-health treatment behind the walls
• The influence of correctional staff and institutional culture
• Why freedom itself can feel overwhelming
• Rebuilding trust after incarceration
• Mental-health challenges during reentry
• A practical plan for the first 90 days after release
Written for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, families, correctional professionals, ministry and reentry teams, criminal-justice students, and anyone seeking to better understand the realities behind prison walls.
Freedom is more than leaving a cell.
It is learning how to feel safe, connected, purposeful, and human again.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The prison gate may open at the end of a sentence-but the mind does not always walk out so easily.Incarceration changes more than where a person lives. It can change how a person sleeps, trusts, communicates, handles conflict, responds to authority, connects with family, and understands freedom itself.Survival behind the walls may require constant awareness, emotional armor, rigid routines, distrust, and the ability to hide vulnerability. Those behaviors may help someone survive prison-but they can become heavy baggage when it is time to come home.In Prison Changes the Mind, correctional professionals Carey L. Randall and Chris Taylor draw on more than 35 years of combined correctional experience to examine the psychological journey of incarceration from intake through release.Inside, readers will explore: - Arrival shock and the loss of control- Hypervigilance and the nervous system in constant alert- Identity, anger, grief, guilt, and shame- Isolation and emotional shutdown- Family separation and relationships under pressure- Healthy and destructive coping mechanisms- Mental-health treatment behind the walls- The influence of correctional staff and institutional culture- Why freedom itself can feel overwhelming- Rebuilding trust after incarceration- Mental-health challenges during reentry- A practical plan for the first 90 days after releaseWritten for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, families, correctional professionals, ministry and reentry teams, criminal-justice students, and anyone seeking to better understand the realities behind prison walls.Freedom is more than leaving a cell.It is learning how to feel safe, connected, purposeful, and human again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798191318387
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The prison gate may open at the end of a sentence-but the mind does not always walk out so easily.Incarceration changes more than where a person lives. It can change how a person sleeps, trusts, communicates, handles conflict, responds to authority, connects with family, and understands freedom itself.Survival behind the walls may require constant awareness, emotional armor, rigid routines, distrust, and the ability to hide vulnerability. Those behaviors may help someone survive prison-but they can become heavy baggage when it is time to come home.In Prison Changes the Mind, correctional professionals Carey L. Randall and Chris Taylor draw on more than 35 years of combined correctional experience to examine the psychological journey of incarceration from intake through release.Inside, readers will explore: - Arrival shock and the loss of control- Hypervigilance and the nervous system in constant alert- Identity, anger, grief, guilt, and shame- Isolation and emotional shutdown- Family separation and relationships under pressure- Healthy and destructive coping mechanisms- Mental-health treatment behind the walls- The influence of correctional staff and institutional culture- Why freedom itself can feel overwhelming- Rebuilding trust after incarceration- Mental-health challenges during reentry- A practical plan for the first 90 days after releaseWritten for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, families, correctional professionals, ministry and reentry teams, criminal-justice students, and anyone seeking to better understand the realities behind prison walls.Freedom is more than leaving a cell.It is learning how to feel safe, connected, purposeful, and human again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798191318387
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