Jews in Prison: The Inmate and His Community


 

Publication Date: January 1987

Publisher: Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.)

Author(s): Rabbi Leo Davids

Research Area: Culture and religion; Justice

Keywords: American Jews; Jewish Organizations; Incarceration

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The starting point for effective service to Jewish prisoners is a determination by the organized Jewish community that these people can, once again, be an active and valued part of the ancestral community.