Doing Time in the Garden: Life Lessons Through Prison Horticulture

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Hardcover
2006
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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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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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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 175
Publisher: New Village Press
Published: 30 Nov 2006
ISBN 10: 0976605422
ISBN 13: 9780976605423

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It's the first comprehensive guide to creating in-prison and post-release horticultural training programs... Those working in art & corrections or arts & criminal justice may find Jiler's approach useful in their prison work.
- The Community Arts Network

Jiler's humor and heartfelt stories about prison community and clear explanations of what works broaden this book's appeal to all social activists, especially those involved with at-risk populations.
-Michael Levenston, City Farmer News

Jiler's humor and heartfelt stories about prison community and clear explanations of what works broaden this book s appeal to all social activists, especially those involved with at-risk populations.--Michael Levenston City Farmer News (11/03/2011)

James Jiler's book outlines perfect models of meaningful green-collar jobs training. This is restorative economics at its best the surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities.--Van Jones, Founder of Ella Baker Center and Green For All

James Jiler's book outlines perfect models of meaningful green-collar jobs training. This is restorative economics at its best the surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities.

--Van Jones, Founder of Ella Baker Center and Green For All

James Jiler's book outlines perfect models of meaningful green-collar jobs training. This is restorative economics at its best--the surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities.

--Van Jones, Founder of Ella Baker Center and Green For All

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

--Michael Levenston City Farmer News (11/03/2011)
Reviews

It's the first comprehensive guide to creating in-prison and post-release horticultural training programs... Those working in art & corrections or arts & criminal justice may find Jiler's approach useful in their prison work.
-The Community Arts Network

Jiler's humor and heartfelt stories about prison community and clear explanations of what works broaden this book's appeal to all social activists, especially those involved with at-risk populations.
-Michael Levenston, City Farmer News

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Author Bio

James Jiler is former director of the GreenHouse Project, a renowned horticultural job-training program for inmates at New York City's Rikers Island jail system, and former director of community services for the Horticultural Society of New York, which runs the GreenHouse and GreenTeam Programs.