September 2009 PF Scotland and the Sycamore Tree Project®
In December 2008, a new private prison opened in Scotland, HMP Addiewell. The prison management plans to introduce rehabilitation programmes with defined content and outcomes. PF Scotland’s Sycamore Tree Project® was among the first to be introduced in May 2009. In her report, Terry Paterson, the PF Scotland Director of Operations, explains how the course was well attended with 10 of the 11 men recruited for the programme completing it. The prisoners were recruited through the efforts of both the prison chaplain and prisoners who had gone through the programme in other institutions. One course participant described his experience with, “This course has made me think about nearly every mistake I’ve ever made and how those mistakes affected people. How much I’ve taken from society and how I can start to pay it back by rebuilding my life in the right way. It’s made me see things from many points of view and opened my eyes to a lot more things. It’s made me realise that there is good within me, gave me a lot of self-confidence and made me see what’s important in life.” HMP Addiewell management have also expressed satisfaction with the Sycamore Tree Project® and is exploring further course deliveries with PF Scotland.
Sycamore Tree Project® and ForgivenessRecently, John White, from PF Australia (Western Australia), explained what he has learned about “forgiveness” through facilitating the Sycamore Tree Project® in Acacia prison. Among his comments, John said: “I now believe that the victim's decision to forgive has nothing whatever to do with an offender's remorse. Of course, a genuinely remorseful and repentant offender may be easier to forgive. But there is a danger in this. The repentance may cause the victim to feel obliged to forgive before they are truly able to do so. But forgiveness is really for the one forgiving; to set them free from the power and control of their offender, and to release them from bitterness, anger, fear and the entire constellation of emotion and reaction that was begun at the time of victimisation.”
Read more of John’s comments online at http://www.pfi.org/cjr/sycamore-tree-projectae/where2/australia/forgiveness
The comments were apart of a larger discussion about Justice, Forgiveness, and Victims of Crime available on the Restorative Justice Online Blog at http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/lisa-rea-justice-forgiveness-and-victims-of-crime.
Pray for our brothers and sisters working with the Sycamore Tree Project® in Scotland and Australia.
Sycamore Tree Network is brought to you by Prison Fellowship International's Centre for Justice and Reconciliation.
To submit an article to Sycamore Tree Network or request help with the Sycamore Tree Project®, contact Lynette Parker at: lparker@pfi.org
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Sycamore Tree Project® and ForgivenessRecently, John White, from PF Australia (Western Australia), explained what he has learned about “forgiveness” through facilitating the Sycamore Tree Project® in Acacia prison. Among his comments, John said: “I now believe that the victim's decision to forgive has nothing whatever to do with an offender's remorse. Of course, a genuinely remorseful and repentant offender may be easier to forgive. But there is a danger in this. The repentance may cause the victim to feel obliged to forgive before they are truly able to do so. But forgiveness is really for the one forgiving; to set them free from the power and control of their offender, and to release them from bitterness, anger, fear and the entire constellation of emotion and reaction that was begun at the time of victimisation.”
Read more of John’s comments online at http://www.pfi.org/cjr/sycamore-tree-projectae/where2/australia/forgiveness
The comments were apart of a larger discussion about Justice, Forgiveness, and Victims of Crime available on the Restorative Justice Online Blog at http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/lisa-rea-justice-forgiveness-and-victims-of-crime.
Pray for our brothers and sisters working with the Sycamore Tree Project® in Scotland and Australia.
Sycamore Tree Network is brought to you by Prison Fellowship International's Centre for Justice and Reconciliation.
To submit an article to Sycamore Tree Network or request help with the Sycamore Tree Project®, contact Lynette Parker at: lparker@pfi.org
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Compiled and edited by Lynette Parker and Dan Van Ness
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Em dezembro de 2008, uma nova prisão privada foi aberta, na Escócia, HMP Addiewell. A gestão prisional planos para introduzir programas de reabilitação, com conteúdos definidos e resultados. Sycamore PF na Escócia Tree Project ® foi um dos primeiros a ser introduzido em Maio de 2009. Em seu relatório, Terry Paterson, a PF Escócia Diretor de Operações, explica como o curso foi bem atendido com 10 dos 11 homens recrutados para o programa de preenchimento. Os prisioneiros foram recrutados através dos esforços de ambas capelão da prisão e prisioneiros que tinham ido através do programa em outras instituições. Um participante do curso, descreveu sua experiência com, "Este curso me fez pensar em quase cada erro que eu já fiz e como esses erros as pessoas afetadas. Quanto é que eu tomei da sociedade e como eu posso começar a pagá-lo por reconstruir a minha vida da maneira certa. Isso me fez ver as coisas de muitos pontos de vista e abriu meus olhos para as coisas muito mais. Isso me fez perceber que não é bom dentro de mim, me deu um monte de auto-confiança e me fez ver o que é importante na vida ". HMP gestão Addiewell também manifestaram satisfação com o Sycamore Tree Project ® e está explorando as entregas ainda mais claro com PF Escócia. Sycamore Tree Project ® e ForgivenessRecently, John White, da PF Austrália (Austrália Ocidental), explicou o que aprendeu sobre o "perdão", facilitando a Sycamore Tree Project ® em prisão Acacia. Entre seus comentários, John disse: "Agora acredito que a decisão da vítima a perdoar nada tem a ver com remorso um ofensor. Naturalmente, um criminoso verdadeiramente arrependido e arrependido pode ser mais fácil de perdoar. Mas há um perigo nisso. O arrependimento pode causar a vítima a sentir-se obrigado a perdoar antes que eles são realmente capazes de fazê-lo. Mas o perdão é realmente para perdoar a um, a libertá-los do poder e controle de seu agressor, e para libertá-los de amargura, raiva, medo e toda a constelação de emoção e reação que teve início no momento da vitimização ". Leia mais em linha de comentários de João na http://www.pfi.org/cjr/sycamore-tree-projectae/where2/australia/forgiveness Os comentários foram além de uma maior discussão sobre a justiça, perdão e Vítimas de Crime disponíveis sobre a Justiça Restaurativa Online Blog em http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/lisa-rea-justice-forgiveness-and-victims-of -crime. Ore por nossos irmãos e irmãs a trabalhar com o Sycamore Tree Project ® na Escócia e na Austrália. Sycamore Tree Network é trazido a você pelo Centro Prison Fellowship International para a Justiça e Reconciliação. Para submeter um artigo para Sycamore Tree Network ou pedir ajuda com o Sycamore Tree Project ®, entre em contato Lynette Parker em: lparker@pfi.org Unsubscribe dalexandre@PFI.ORG desta lista Enviar a um amigo Update your profile Compilado e editado por Lynette Parker e Dan Van Ness © 2009 por direitos de Prison Fellowship InternationalAll reservedReprints permitido com aviso
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