MATERIALS RELATING TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CENTER'S VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR YOUNG INMATES ARE PRESENTED TO SHOW A DEVELOPMENTAL PICTURE OF THE PROGRAM. OF 650 INMATES, 372 APPLIED FOR TRAINING, 50-60 WERE REFERRED TO ACADEMIC SCHOOL, 120 WERE SERVED, 109 GRADUATED, 50 WERE EMPLOYED, 59 WERE AWAITING PAROLE, AND 120 WERE AWAITING…

INMATES WERE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A PROJECT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND PLACEMENT. OF THE 46 WHO COMPLETED TRAINING IN MAY, 35 WERE PAROLED AND EMPLOYED, AND 11 WERE AWAITING PAROLE CONFIRMATIONS. A SECOND GROUP WERE ENROLLED. TO OVERCOME SOME STUDENT WEAKNESSES, A REMEDIAL NIGHT SCHOOL CLASS WAS INITIATED. THIS PROBLEM COULD BE ELIMINATED BY…

DISSEMINATION OF PROGRAM FINDINGS TO THE CORRECTIONAL FIELD IS A KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE CURRENT PHASE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF INMATES AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER. LEADERS IN CORRECTIONS AND MANPOWER TRAINING WILL MEET IN FOUR CONFERENCES, PLANS FOR WHICH ARE OUTLINED IN THIS REPORT. BECAUSE 23 PERCENT…

INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS EMPHASIZING PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE MOTIVATION THROUGH CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK COMPLEMENT THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING GIVEN EACH INMATE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT THE DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER. A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM FOR ALL TRAINEES SCORING BELOW 7TH GRADE INCLUDES PHONICS…

THE VOCATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, AN EXPERIMENT TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM THROUGH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, IN ITS FIRST 21 MONTHS TRAINED 173 YOUTHS IN SEVEN TRADES AND PLACED 150 GRADUATES IN JOBS. DETAILS OF SELECTION, COUNSELING, TRAINING, PLACEMENT, AND FOLLOW-UP OF INMATES THE USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED…

THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER AIMS TO SHOW THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING LEADING TO EMPLOYMENT, INTENSIVE COUNSELING, BASIC EDUCATION CLASSES, AND A PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP OF RELEASEES CAN DECREASE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM AND EFFECT ENOUGH BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN INMATES TO TURN THEM INTO USEFUL CITIZENS. TRAINING…

IN THE DRAPER MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROJECT, INITIATED TO TRAIN INSTITUTIONALIZED OFFENDERS IN TRADES, 810 INMATES HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR ABILITY, APTITUDE, AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. A PICTURE VOCATIONAL PREFERENCE TEST WAS DEVISED TO OVERCOME THE GROUP'S VERBAL DISABILITY. OF THE 331 INMATES ACCEPTED FOR TRAINING, 231 HAVE GRADUATED,…

LITERACY PROGRAMS REQUIRE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS, ADEQUATE TESTING OF ACHIEVEMENT, AND CAREFUL SELECTION AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS. PUBLISHERS ARE NOW PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS OF REALISTIC MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET, WORDS IN COLOR, AND AUDIO TAPES. IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT AN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM, NORTH…