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Prison as a Growth Community

A Prison Reform Project in Iran

Chair, Department of Psychology, PO. Box 1161-91775, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran (fax use is preferable: 011-98-51-675-089).

Security and corrections are twin goals of prison systems. Corrections take place when the prison environment is therapeutic. This article reports on a project using integration therapy delivered through intensive psychological services to create such an environment. Integration therapy is based on the theory that the healthy human being is a harmonious integration of various subsystems. This draws on both humanistic psychological theory and the Islamic theory of the Unity of God and, subsequently, of all creation. Efforts were made to provide growth opportunities in the physical, economic, social, cognitive, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the inmates. Humanistically oriented milieu therapy, individual, group, and family therapy were some of the service delivery modes. Higher levels of meaning in life and lower depression levels were among the measurable changes. Immeasurable changes include greater feelings of community, empathy, understanding, and patience in both inmates and staff.

Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 37, No. 1, 92-109 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/00221678970371007


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