A summary of "Prisoner co-ops boost employment, self-esteem and support re-entry into society"

1 Summary 2 Meegan Moriarty's (2016) article, 'Prisoner co-ops boost employment, self-esteem and support re-entry into society,' discusses prisoner cooperatives concerning how they support the welfare of prisoners and society at large. The cooperatives in question are run by prisoners or for prisoners, offering services such as training, transformation, and employment. Moriarty (2016) reveals that there are prisoners' cooperatives in various countries across the world, run by incarcerated people or ex-convicts to try and promote their employment, enhance re-entry into the community, and boost their esteem (Moriarty, 2016). In addition, the cooperatives engage in a wide range of activities to improve employment among prisoners and ex-convicts; these include training and creating job are trained in various skills. The things that surprised me include the management of Cooperativa de Servicios ARIGOS in Guyana, which entirely operates within the prison. The operation of this cooperative requires the full support of the prison management and points out the self-driven efforts of inmates to better their life. I was further amazed by the cooperative's membership which included all prisoners (Moriarty, 2016). The ability of the prisoner cooperative to bring together all inmates for a good initiative without the help of external forces is plausible.