About The Book

“The power of words inspires the power for change.”
Mary Kay Kurzweg.

The original idea was to teach simple Kinesiology techniques to inmates to help them cope with the stressful demands of incarceration. A major objective was to teach inmates the value of taking responsibility for their actions and to equip them with the confidence and skills to ensure successful rehabilitation and re-integration into society. (Currently, more than 25% are re-arrested within 6 months).

The bureaucratic obstacles encountered were beyond anyone’s imagination but the sheer tenacity and determination of the author overcame one hurdle after the other until the program was up and running.

Over time, specific life skills were identified as lacking in most of the men. After each training session, a paper was written relating to the issues at hand. Slowly this grew into the backbone of a book.
 
Later, carefully selected inmates were taught to facilitate classes for those who could not understand English or would never have volunteered for a course of their own volition. To date, over a 1000 inmates have completed the special workshops run by inmates themselves.

Vision.

Gabby’s vision is for this book to become available to every inmate in South Africa and globally. 

This is perhaps a ‘world first’  approach that will hopefully reduce re-arrest rates, make our society a safer place and save Correctional Services departments a great deal of money.

Sample Extracts.

Click on a link below to view a sample extract from the book in pdf format.

Pages 59 - 64: Understanding and diffusing strong emotion.

Pages 100 - 102: Morals, values and integrity.

Pages 116  - 120: Switching on before a balance.