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With them, I find it is all about; baring yourself, empowering yourself, finding yourself, knowing yourself, doing yourself mentally, spiritually. So, it is always going to be hard. (Participant, C)
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Participant coding:
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C—Christian
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M—Muslim
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N—No faith group
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R—Rastafari
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The term reasoning here has its roots in the Rastafari practice of open discussion and debate to come to negotiated group decisions and conclusions. In this context, it underlines a transparent and collective rationality at work in the group that belies talk of Black hyper-masculinity in and of itself.
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The men on the programme are variously described as men, participants and offenders. They are all of these things. No one term captures their complexities and capacities.
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Category B prisons are for those who do not require maximum security, but for whom escape still needs to be made very difficult.
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IMB produces an annual report about the day-to-day life in local prison or removal centre and ensures that proper standards of care and decency are maintained.
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The data included was collected from ten men who had completed the programme. Two participants has enrolled on DRSCP, but were removed due to commitment and security concerns.
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Lead researcher, Geraldine Brown.
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Many thanks to the men participating in the DRSCP who generously gave their time to participate in the study. We would also like to thank Elizabeth Bos and Geraldine Brady for their support with the research.
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Brown, G., Grant, P. (2018). Hear Our Voices: We’re More than the Hyper-Masculine Label—Reasonings of Black Men Participating in a Faith-Based Prison Programme. In: Maycock, M., Hunt, K. (eds) New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65654-0_7
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