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The Light Within the Walls: One Social Worker's Fight for Justice in Juvenile Detention

The Light Within the Walls: One Social Worker's Fight for Justice in Juvenile Detention - Paperback

by C. P. Handler
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Availability:In StockContributor:C. P. HandlerPublish date:8/4/2026Pages:334
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Life to Paper PublishingISBN-13:9781990700927ISBN-10:1990700926UPC:9781990700927Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Scientists & Psychologists, Criminal Law, PenologyBook Topic:Juvenile OffendersSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.449Product ID:SCSH6GK2SY
We label them criminals. This book asks us to look again.

In The Light Within the Walls, social worker C.P. Handler takes readers inside juvenile detention, where boys carrying histories of trauma, abandonment, violence, and loss are often reduced to the worst thing they have ever done.

What she finds is not the story she expected.

As she builds trust with youth navigating a system that promises rehabilitation while often operating through punishment, control, and fear, their stories begin to emerge-stories of resilience, loyalty, heartbreak, and hope.

The Light Within the Walls is a powerful memoir about the humanity hidden behind the labels and the profound difference one trusted adult can make.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Life to Paper PublishingISBN-13:9781990700927ISBN-10:1990700926UPC:9781990700927Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Scientists & Psychologists, Criminal Law, PenologyBook Topic:Juvenile OffendersSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.449Product ID:SCSH6GK2SY
Handler, C. P.: - C.P. Handler spent six years providing therapy inside state and county juvenile correctional systems, working with traumatized, often gang-involved youth in one of the most challenging institutional environments in the country.She is the founder of Ocean Counseling and offers therapy across Florida, Michigan, and Ohio. Her clinical work specializes in EMDR, Brainspotting, juvenile justice, and work with parents and teens. C.P. also provides trainings internationally. Her book, The Light Within the Walls, explores the lived experiences of incarcerated youth, the systemic failures that harm them, the obstacles to providing healing in systems built for control, and the long-term relationships she continues to maintain with the young men she served.
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