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Uneasy Locations: Complexities from a High School for Formerly Incarcerated Men and Women

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Meiners, Erica – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2004

The first part of this article situates and describes the conceptualization, implementation and 'success' of a project--an alternative high school for formerly incarcerated men and women--within the flourishing prison industrial complex in the United States, a structure that disproportionately impacts poor people and/or people of colour. The…

Descriptors: Males, Females, Correctional Institutions, High Schools

Health Education in a Women's Prision.

Lechich, Maria Lagudis – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1984

An interdisciplinary health education group program that was introduced into a women's prision offered a series of workshops on various health related topics. Discussion and conclusions from evaluation of the program are presented. (DF)

Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Educational Strategies, Females

Taking the Next Step: An Educational Support Program for Disadvantaged Women.

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South Carolina Univ., Columbia. – 1988

This book is the result of a grant to develop and implement a program designed to enable adult female offenders, parolees, and probationers to enroll in and complete educational programs, develop job search skills, increase their self-esteem, and be placed in jobs. Chapter 1 describes the one year the program operated in South Carolina. It…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions

A Training Program for Pat Frisking Female Inmates for New York City Department of Correction Officers.

Andrews, Brenda M. – 1991

A training program was developed for male correction officers confronted with pat frisking female inmates. The training goal was to have correction officers in women's prisons identify female inmates' contraband and be able to determine alternatives for male correction officers who were confronted with pat frisking female inmates. The Dick and…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Institutions, Females, Instructional Development

Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Report

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Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; MacDonald, John; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007

California counties receiving funds from Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) programs are required to report six outcome measures to the California State Legislature on an annual basis to measure the success of the program. These outcome measures are (1) successful completion of probation, (2) arrests, (3) probation violations, (4)…