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Spina, Francesca – Journal of Correctional Education, 2023
Research indicates that meditation-based programs can be rehabilitative for incarcerated populations. Specifically, these programs can help promote positive well-being, reduce recidivism, and help with relapse. This article reviews the effectiveness of existing research on meditation-based programs in correctional populations. The results of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Metacognition, Research Reports
Bird, Kisha; Dawkins, Caitlin; Johnson, Lisa – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2020
Too many young people cycle in and out of prison, jails, and detention centers and face probation and parole conditions that keep them locked out of opportunity. These interactions with the criminal justice system demand the need for both equitable practices and programs that support second chances and large-scale investments in decarceration.…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Access to Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Recidivism
Craft, Trevor; Gonzalez, Nicholas; Kelleher, Kevin; Rose, MIKI; Takor, Ofu – Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2019
College-in-prison programs are run by accredited universities and colleges, and allow participants to earn college degrees intended to facilitate positive real-world outcomes outside of the criminal justice system. Reduced rates of recidivism and increased employment opportunities are among the most cited benefits of providing higher education to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Postsecondary Education, Institutionalized Persons
Jennifer M. Combs – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Career Preparation Capstone (CPC) provides technical college students with the opportunity to experience the culture inside of a correctional facility to gain professional development and exposure to one of the core components of the criminal justice system, the field of corrections. Criminal Justice students will be required to attend…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Experiential Learning, Career and Technical Education, Institutionalized Persons
Rudd, Timothy; Nicoletti, Elisa; Misner, Kristin; Bonsu, Janae – MDRC, 2013
Lack of money has long kept promising preventive programs from expanding. Existing government-funded programs are furthermore subject to budgetary cutbacks or complete loss of funding. Moreover, preventive programs traditionally offer no accountability for success or failure. This leaves government entities in a bind where if they invest their…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Best Practices, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
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van Wormer, Katherine; Persson, Lance Edwards – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
A large percentage of inmates in the U.S. federal prison system have serious drug problems and are in need of treatment before they return to society. Accordingly, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has revamped substance abuse programming consistent with the latest research and expanded treatment services throughout its institutions. This article…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Drug Rehabilitation
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Scott, Diane L.; Crow, Matthew S.; Thompson, Carla J. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
The therapeutic community (TC) is an increasingly utilized intervention model in corrections settings. Rarely do these TCs include faith-based curriculum other than that included in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous programs as does the faith-based TC that serves as the basis for this article. Borrowing from the successful TC model, the…
Descriptors: Program Design, Released Time, Therapeutic Environment, Correctional Rehabilitation
Wiebush, Richard G.; McNulty, Betsie; Le, Thao – 2000
Effective aftercare interventions are the key to preventing recidivism among juvenile offenders. In 1987, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention established a research and demonstration program to develop, assess, and disseminate an intensive aftercare program targeted at these offenders. This program, the Intensive Aftercare…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Institutionalized Persons
Rocheleau, Ann Marie – 1987
This report presents the results of a process evaluation of the first year of the Lancaster Visiting Cottage Program, a program developed by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide overnight visits between children and their incarcerated mothers. Chapter I provides an introduction to the report. Chapter II reviews the literature on…
Descriptors: Children, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Institutionalized Persons
Reinhard, Michelle L. Rinehart – 1991
A practicum was designed to ease the transition of the male inmate back to his family and his role as father. It was a response to the failure of the corrections system to assist inmates placed in the Community Correctional Center in a county of a southern state in participating in beneficial activities and reestablishing positive ties with family…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation