Tim Robbins' improv classes in Califorinia prisons are yielding impressive results

[Michie]

The Prison Project has massively cut recidivism and reduced behavioral violations for participating inmates.

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Tim Robbins’ improv classes in California prisons are yielding impressive results

 

[bill5]

Impressive!

 

[Fantine]

California seems to be a leader in innovation. They also have a program bringing the enneageam to prisons and one of my friends studied there to bring the program to our state. (She is Episcopalian, so please don't criticize her orthodoxy.)

 

[Michie]

We knew nothing of her being an episcopalian until you brought it up. Why would anyone bother criticizing her orthodoxy? It's not at all what the thread is about.

 

[Fantine]

The enneageam is controversial among Catholics but prisoners are experiencing great benefits. She is now working in a women's prison in our state with this ministry.

 

[bill5]

For drama, of course. Cmon it's the 21st century Michie get with it! It's all about drama........

 

[Michie]

For drama, of course. Cmon it's the 21st century Michie get with it! It's all about drama........

These off topic insertions in threads are becoming quite the habit. Anyway, I knew Tim Robbins was an active liberal but I had never heard of this prison program until now. It is quite impressive.

 

[Michie]

Not what the thread is about. I know it is enjoyable to plants these seeds but I'm not really interested in what your 'friend' is doing with her 'controversial among Catholics enneagram.' We are talking about what Tim Robbins is doing.

The enneageam is controversial among Catholics but prisoners are experiencing great benefits. She is now working in a women's prison in our state with this ministry.

 

[Fantine]

The topic has a "big picture" theme as well.

We are also talking about California's willingness to try innovative ways to rehabilitate prisons--which are a model for the country.

You can look at that story two ways: Tim Robbins starting a successful program in a California prison--

or California, while other states are teaming with for-profit prison companies to warehouse their incarcerated, is trying many different pathways to help change the prisoners' lives.

Enneagram Prison Project | Freeing The Incarcerated from the Prisons of Our Own Making | Susan Olesek Enneagram Facilitator

This is the big picture story--not just Tim Robbins' program, not just the Eneagram prison project, but a state showing leadership in reducing recidivism, and producing model programs which are now being used in other states.

 

[Michie]

No... I read the article again. Just this program.

The topic has a "big picture" theme as well.

We are also talking about California's willingness to try innovative ways to rehabilitate prisons--which are a model for the country.

You can look at that story two ways: Tim Robbins starting a successful program in a California prison--

or California, while other states are teaming with for-profit prison companies to warehouse their incarcerated, is trying many different pathways to help change the prisoners' lives.

Enneagram Prison Project | Freeing The Incarcerated from the Prisons of Our Own Making | Susan Olesek Enneagram Facilitator

This is the big picture story--not just Tim Robbins' program, not just the Eneagram prison project, but a state showing leadership in reducing recidivism, and producing model programs which are now being used in other states.

 

[Fantine]

I respect your right to have a narrow perspective and would appreciate the same courtesy.

Having different perspectives is no reason for personal attacks.

 

[Michie]

I respect your right to have a narrow perspective and would appreciate the same courtesy.

Having different perspectives is no reason for personal attacks.

I have not personally attacked you. You can keep your narrow perspective and start your own thread if you want. I promise I'll have the courtesy not derail it with nonsense.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

California seems to be a leader in innovation. They also have a program bringing the enneageam to prisons and one of my friends studied there to bring the program to our state. (She is Episcopalian, so please don't criticize her orthodoxy.)

No need to criticize. Upon saying Episcopal, it was criticized for us.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

We knew nothing of her being an episcopalian until you brought it up. Why would anyone bother criticizing her orthodoxy? It's not at all what the thread is about.

Ever notice that in every topic, she always "knows someone" who does this or that that is controversial or sinful, but it always produces great things, etc?

I'm beginning to believe Fantine is a genius.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

We are talking about what Tim Robbins is doing.

He was good in Shawshank Redemption.

 

[AvilaSurfer]

Never saw it.

 

[Michie]

He was good in Shawshank Redemption.

That was a great movie but tough to watch.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

“You’re not supposed to show happy or sad or being frightened,” says Bisbano. “It’s a sign of weakness.”
So the drama classes are an outlet for the stress of living in a prison.
How humanistic! Some prisoners may not be rehabilitable (??) but I can see the value of treating people like human beings. Otherwise they live the rest of their lives like animals in prison.
Credit to tim robbins and others for this!

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

That was a great movie but tough to watch.

It was good to see the victory of brains over sadistic physical brutality.
But I agree. Some of those scenes are just so confronting.