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Pages: 100

Cover:  Softcover Laminated
Authors: Louis Jones and Laverne Brewster

Edition Date: 02/01/2000

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A helpful manual for anyone who has a child, parent, spouse or other loved one either currently incarcerated, or newly released.

There are over 2 million American citizens incarcerated in this country.  Many of those people have family members or other loved ones on the outside.  All of them have been adversely affected by the incarcerated of the loved ones to various degrees  And those loved ones can be a tremendous help and resource for the offender when he/she finally gets out of prison.  But in many cases, the loved one on the outside has no clue what to do to help their incarcerated loved one. Programs seem to be scarce.  Many people asked for help turn in the other direction.  Oftentimes the person searching for help finds himself or herself just as lost as the person inside the walls.

This new manual by Conquest Reintegration Ministries addresses that experience.  This publication is for anyone who is affected by the incarceration, either past or present, of a loved one and wants to do something to help.  The manual covers the following topics:
 

• Understanding the criminal mind
• Am I ready to do this?
• Differentiating between the "right" help and the "wrong" help.
• How to find resources
• The return home

About the authors:
Louis Jones is the founder and executive director of Conquest Reintegration Ministries. A native Washingtonian, he has been working with prisoners and ex-offenders since 1989.  He is a member of  the Board of Directors of Mennonite Central Committee, East Coast, and volunteers with the local chapters of Prison Fellowship Ministries and CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants). He attends Christian Conquest Fellowship, an inner-city church located in SE Washington, DC, where he serves as associate pastor.

Laverne Brewster is a member of the Board of Directors of CORM. She is a case manager with several years of experience working with children and families in the DC area, most of whom have family members who are in prison. Mrs. Brewster's knowledge and experience go well beyond the professional arena however, as her husband and several other family members have been to prison.