RT Article
T1 Through the looking glass: perspectives on an alternative to incarceration by Utah women
JF Contemporary justice review
VO 27
IS 2/3
SP 202
OP 217
A1 Cook, Ashlee
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1913015955
AB This study explores the research question ‘what can we learn from the narratives of formerly incarcerated women who have participated in an alternative model of justice?’ Six women were interviewed from The Other Side Academy (TOSA) in Utah. Narrative inquiry and journaling were used to document what an alternative to incarceration looked like. Each woman gave a detailed narrative about what their lives looked like before entering the program. Themes that emerged were Doing Time and Dead at the Door. Contrary to the belief that incarceration is rehabilitative the stories these women shared revealed a different outcome. This study found that viable alternatives to incarceration exist and for a small group of Utah women I discovered this to be true. Collectively these women’s shared viewpoints of TOSA exhibited what self-transformation looks like when a restorative justice framework is followed.
K1 The Other Side Academy (TOSA)
K1 Resiliency
K1 therapeutic community
K1 Restorative Justice
K1 Personal Narratives
K1 Women and incarceration
DO 10.1080/10282580.2024.2400926