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Direct linkRalph M. Montoya – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this investigation was to identify components that might logically be included in a model transformative correctional education program aimed at making correctional education programming within the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) more effective. Grounded in current theory and research, this investigation relied on a…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Transformative Learning
Weeks Morris, Dela – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A qualitative phenomenological methodology was used to interview formerly incarcerated African American and Hispanic males about their perceptions and lived experiences with correctional education programs. The problem addressed by this study is the challenges that incarcerated individuals face while participating in correctional education…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Males
Shokry Eldaly II – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Scholars and policymakers alike have recognized mass incarceration and criminal recidivism as two of the most profound challenges American society faces. For more than half a century, the United States has been the world's most prominent incarcerator, boasting the highest incarceration rate and the third-highest recidivism rate, with analysts…
Descriptors: Criminals, Correctional Rehabilitation, Correctional Education, Crime
McEady, Betty Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this research was to investigate the transformative learning experiences of formerly incarcerated participants in The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a three-level experiential training program in nonviolent conflict resolution. It explores participants' interpretation of changes in their mindsets about violence and…
Descriptors: Violence, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Learning Experience
Shevack, Sanford – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The State of New Jersey's inmate population totals almost 22,000 men and women. Nearly 53% of released inmates are re-arrested while 31.1% return to prison within 3 years. The stigma of being an ex-convict has multiple effects for former prisoners who seek to fully participate in society, and inmates re-entering society find their convictions can…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Transformative Learning
Woods, Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many inmates arrive in prison with weak educational backgrounds and social skills as well as psychological problems and drug and alcohol addiction. The focus of this phenomenological study was to identify roles of prison educators in helping inmate students overcome their challenges through transformative experiences that motivate the students to…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Institutionalized Persons, Transformative Learning, Data Analysis
