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Wiley, Ed III – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1989
Describes the lack of education of Black prison inmates. Discusses relative benefits and costs of educational programs to inmates and citizens. Provides seven examples of successful state-run programs and comments on the future possibilities for laws requiring educational programs for all inmates. (JS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Black Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
Phelps, William R. – 1974
The purpose of this paper is to present one approach to providing vocational rehabilitation for the mentally retarded public offender. The rehabilitation process for prison inmates is described, one southeastern state program is reviewed from an operational point of view, and some traits and characteristics of the mentally retarded public offender…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Individual Characteristics
National Inst. for Advanced Studies, Washington, DC. – 1981
This report, based on a 1979 national survey of drug abuse treatment programs in the prisons of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, presents data on 160 operational programs. Descriptive information on the identification of drug-dependent inmates and the provision of drug abuse treatment by state adult correctional institutions is…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques
Whitesel, Russ; Anderson, Gordon A. – 1990
This staff briefing report was prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Educational Programs in Adult Correctional Institutions. The two-part paper provides background information on Wisconsin's adult correctional system, its residents, and the educational and vocational programs in adult correctional institutions.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, High School Equivalency Programs
Commission on Vocational Education in Correctional Institutions, Trenton, NJ. – 1972
This final report of a commission appointed by the Governor of New Jersey to investigate skill training, job preparation, and education of inmates of the state correctional institutions discusses these areas in relation to the inmate's entry, confinement, and departure. The first section of the report, Classification, points out the need for…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Role, Correctional Education, Correspondence Study
Montana State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Helena. – 1979
The findings and recommendations of a two-day conference on the civil and human rights of inmates of Montana's correctional institutions are contained in this report. The views of private citizens and experts from local, state, and federal organizations are presented in edited form under seven subject headings: existing prison reform legislation,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Correctional Institutions
National Inst. of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1978
This volume presents a study undertaken in Connecticut to identify short-term and long-term strategies for changing prison industries into self-supporting labor systems while simultaneously promoting the rehabilitation of prison inmates. Individual tasks performed as part of the study include a job market survey, an inmate manpower survey, and a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cost Effectiveness
Missouri State Dept. of Corrections and Human Resources, Jefferson City. – 1984
An educational research and demonstration program was implemented in learning centers at five correctional institutions across Missouri. Included in the demonstration project were the following programs: a prescriptive learning system that served 253 students; a program in attitude, basic, and life skills; an ex-offender program that involved 20…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change