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Grief, chaplaincy and the non-religious prisoner

Grief, chaplaincy and the non-religious prisoner
Grief, chaplaincy and the non-religious prisoner
This chapter calls for a clearer distinction between religious and pastoral support. Prisoners experience bereavement at a very high rate and there are strong links between unresolved grief and offending, but what little bereavement support is provided tends to be available largely through prison chaplaincies. The experience of some criminal justice professionals is that many inmates feel uncomfortable accessing religious services and do not receive the help they need. It will be argued that multi-faith spaces, which seek to cater to inmates of all faiths and none, may be unable to support all offenders equally, and that the importance of effective pastoral care in the criminal justice system puts pressure on the Prison Service to do more to support those whom the chaplaincy cannot reach. A secular service independent from chaplaincies and their staff would be accessible to all, so that no prisoner feels alienated from vital support.
chaplaincy, bereavement, prison, non-religious, pastoral
188-197
Routledge
Hunt, Katie, Barbara May
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Read, Sue
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Read, Sue
Santatzoglou, Sotirios
Wrigley, Antjony
Hunt, Katie, Barbara May
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Read, Sue
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Santatzoglou, Sotirios
Wrigley, Antjony

Hunt, Katie, Barbara May and Read, Sue (2018) Grief, chaplaincy and the non-religious prisoner. In, Read, Sue, Santatzoglou, Sotirios and Wrigley, Antjony (eds.) Loss, Dying and Bereavement in the Criminal Justice System. (Key Themes in Health and Society) London. Routledge, pp. 188-197.

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This chapter calls for a clearer distinction between religious and pastoral support. Prisoners experience bereavement at a very high rate and there are strong links between unresolved grief and offending, but what little bereavement support is provided tends to be available largely through prison chaplaincies. The experience of some criminal justice professionals is that many inmates feel uncomfortable accessing religious services and do not receive the help they need. It will be argued that multi-faith spaces, which seek to cater to inmates of all faiths and none, may be unable to support all offenders equally, and that the importance of effective pastoral care in the criminal justice system puts pressure on the Prison Service to do more to support those whom the chaplaincy cannot reach. A secular service independent from chaplaincies and their staff would be accessible to all, so that no prisoner feels alienated from vital support.

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Published date: 5 April 2018
Keywords: chaplaincy, bereavement, prison, non-religious, pastoral

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Local EPrints ID: 420251
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420251
PURE UUID: e6efdac1-6ae4-4dac-a47f-f200641c3acd
ORCID for Katie, Barbara May Hunt: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-0838

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Date deposited: 03 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 19:45

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Author: Katie, Barbara May Hunt ORCID iD
Author: Sue Read
Editor: Sue Read
Editor: Sotirios Santatzoglou
Editor: Antjony Wrigley

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