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Newbold, Greg; Eskridge, Chris – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1994
Explores prison history/development in New Zealand, focusing on recent implementation of progressive prison operation/management program, He Ara Hou. Notes extremely positive results of program, such as higher administrative efficiency; greatly decreased levels of internal disorder; competent, stable workforce; and human product whose senses of…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Foreign Countries, Prisoners

Haddock, Billy D. – Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, 1990
Discusses various treatment methods for substance abuse counseling in community corrections that have survived tests of empirical scrutiny, clinical experience, and practical financial considerations. Methods are offered by community corrections professionals for developing a basic design for outpatient substance abuse treatment programs.…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques, Program Development
Sacramento County Probation Dept., Sacramento, CA. – 1994
JurisLIT was a literacy training effort operated jointly by the Sacramento County Probation Department, the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Los Rios Community College District, and the Superior and Municipal Courts of Sacramento County from March 1990 to March 1994. The program required selected probationers aged 18-30 to participate in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals