Doing Time in the Garden: Life Lessons through Prison Horticulture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780976605423)

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.

Author: James Jiler
ISBN-10: 0976605422
ISBN-13: 9780976605423
Publisher: New Village Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 175
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.50h x 7.70w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2006 pg. 146