A Map Through the Maze: A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System

The definitive guide for helping inmates cope with their day-to-day correctional experience and for those who work with millions of ex-offenders, especially family members and correctional personnel. It offers an in-depth mental and emotional roadmap from felony conviction through five years following release. Stresses how to effectively survive the endless barriers, deadly traps, and hopelessness of incarceration. Includes a special chapter for families who also serve a sentence in silence -- how to deal with loss, grief, anger, depression, getting help, finding support, maintaining a relationship, helping children, visiting, and homecoming.