Sunny Schwartz

The book is a mixture of autobiography and an account of her work with prisoners, based on the idea of accountability, respect and making amends. The program is called RSVP Resolve to Stop the Violence. The results have been studied and it is extremely effective cutting down violent rearrests by up to 80%. Both her story and the story of the program and the inmates were extremely emotional for me. And we've got way too many people in our prisons who are only learning more anger, powerlessness and hate. This is the beginning of a way out and I hope that it gets adopted more generally. I definitely recommend it for anyone with an interest in changing prisons.… (más)