This report presents the results of a National Institute of Justice national survey to determine the number of jail boot camps currently in existence or planned. It also relates some of the difficulties experienced in operating a shock incarceration program within the limited confines of a county or local jail, and provides information on the…

As an aid to therapists who work with inmates with long or life sentences who are mandated to receive treatment, this article attempts to follow an inmate with a life sentence who passed through stages of fear and anger and began to understand that changes were needed if he were ever to have his sentence commuted. (Author/NB)

Surveys literature on groups for persons in correctional institutions. Discusses treatment issues and research findings. Examines purposes for and timing of counseling, understanding offenders' views and objectives, focuses, therapeutic factors, and ethical issues in groups. Reviews group work with sex offenders, driving while intoxicated…

Explores origins of boot camp concept and application of its principles to juvenile delinquents. Offers eight-point critique of concept itself. Concludes with alternative: combination of intermittent incarceration (lasting at least six months and comprised of "no frills" camp for one week, followed by weekends gradually spaced further…

This document, the seventh annual bulletin presenting statistics from the Uniform Parole Reports and the National Probation Reports, indicates the relative use of different types of correctional sanctions in the United States. It notes that during 1987, 2,242,053 adult offenders in the United States were on probation and 362,192 were on parole,…

Libraries may never reduce recidivism or increase resocialization all by themselves, but they certainly introduce the inmate to a more hospitable reality and create a climate conducive to learning. (Author)

An article by Abrams and Siegel, "The Transcendental Meditation Program at Folsom State Prison: A Cross Validation Study" is examined and found wanting in several respects. A second article responds that the findings of the Abrams-Siegel study resulted from the Rosenthal effect, experimental bias, and other effects. (LPG)

Recognizing that the issue of work by prisoners is a major policy concern for correctional administrators, this article outlines the history of prison work programs, the policy implications of such endeavors, and advocates the creation of an opportunity structure for inmates within prison work programs. (Author)

Addresses issues related to the antisocial personality disorder and offers recommendations for appropriate remediation. Includes a behavioral description and counseling implications. (JAC)

Presents an historical overview of prisons and prisoners dating from the 1700s, through the use of actual documents. Provides information on various prisons throughout the country and the evolution of correctional rehabilitation. (BL)

Investigated the dimensionality of the locus of control (LOC) construct in 174 inmates at a state prison for women. Factor analyses showed the presence of one factor, the internal-external dimension. The dimensionality of LOC was unrelated to length of imprisonment. Homogeneity of sex, race, and socioeconomic status influenced results. (JAC)

The need for recreational programs in prisons is discussed, and problems of implementing them are examined. (JD)

Surveyed American prisoner home furloughs covering the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Bureau of Prisons. Found 50 correctional systems had home furlough policies in 1988, compared to 2 systems in 1967, 25 systems in 1971, 44 systems in 1977, and 47 systems in 1979. (Author/ABL)

Explores benefits from vocational education in prisons. Examines barber training program in medium security state prison in the South. Presents program results, along with staff and inmate assessments of program. Concludes that program effects were minimal as result of misperceptions of the program. (Author/NB)

Argues that the medical model and the current cognitive model in corrections are based on a subject-object relationship between keepers and prisoners. Suggests approaches to correctional rehabilitation that facilitate transformations in prisoners' lives by relating to them as subjects rather than as objects. (JOW)