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Direct linkYoung, Morghan Velez; Phillips, Rachel Sophia; Nasir, Na'ilah Suad – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
This paper examines schooling inside a youth prison. We draw on interview and observation data from a study of a youth prison school to understand the practices and tensions of schooling in a juvenile incarceration facility. We describe the processes of schooling in the facility with an eye towards understanding both the conditions of learning and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Youth Opportunities, Rehabilitation Programs
Download full textCoffey, Osa D.; Knoll, John F. – 1998
Suggestions for teaching selected life skills to adult and juvenile offenders are presented in this document. The general purpose of life skills programming is to help persons live more successfully and to function better in their multiple roles as members of a family, community, and workforce. Life skills training is treated as an educational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Correctional Institutions, Daily Living Skills
Brecher, Edward M. – 1978
This survey report presents information on 20 treatment programs in 12 states which are directly concerned with the existing sexual problems and future behavior of correctional inmates, probationers, and parolees. Three additional programs which are no longer in operation, but have considerable historical interest, are also described. The programs…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Community Involvement, Correctional Institutions
Wright, E. Kenneth, Jr. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Programs, Job Training
Headrick, Marcia – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Programs
Rosenfeld, Anne H. – 1975
Mutual Agreement Programming (MAP) is an innovative technique, developed under Department of Labor sponsorship, designed to increase the efficacy and humanity of prisoner rehabilitative programs and the parole review process. It was tried on an experimental demonstration basis in institutions in Wisconsin, California, and Arizona during 1972-73.…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs, Parole Officers
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1967
PROGRESS IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC RELATIONS, THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, COOPERATING AGENCIES, AND RECIDIVISM ARE ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR CASE STUDIES OF PAROLEE GRADUATES FROM THE CENTER'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. OF THE 980 INMATES WHO APPLIED FOR TRAINING DURING 33 MONTHS OF PROJECT OPERATION, 271 COMPLETED TRAINING, AND 74 WERE PRESENTLY…
Descriptors: Case Records, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedWalker, Bailus; Gordon, Theodore – Journal of Environmental Health, 1973
Lists the more significant federal assistance programs relating to penal and correctional reform which may serve as a guide for environmental health specialists who are beginning to assume much broader responsibilities in institutional environmental quality. (JR)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Programs
Fink, Ludwig; And Others – 1969
"Modern Methods of Criminal Rehabilitation" was the subject of a conference held in Chazy, New York. The institution dealt with was the Diagnostic and Treatment Center at Clinton Prison in New York. A movie "A New Way to Prepare for a New Life" presented an overview of the rehabilitation program for multiple offenders. A transcript of the film is…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons
Geizer, Bernard P., Ed. – 1982
This report presents the results of an evaluation of New York State's Division for Youth (DFY) rehabilitation programs, which range from secure facilities to residential homes. The goals of the evaluation were to assess the level of expenditures for facility operation and use, to determine the scope of programs and the extent to which they meet…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Organizational Effectiveness
Ross, J. G.; And Others – 1978
Representing the first nationwide assessment of coeducational correctional institutions, a study was conducted to determine the current state-of-knowledge about corrections, drawing on reviews of the literature, a telephone survey of co-correctional institutions, in-depth site-visits, and iinterviews with practitioners. The data was discussed and…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs
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
Levine, Mark, Comp.; Kravitz, Marjorie, Ed. – 1979
This is a bibliography of documents selected from the data base of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service that provide an overview of comprehensive treatment programs in local jails. The citations follow an explanation of how to obtain the documents and are arranged under the following topics: (1) state of the art, (2) jail management and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Citations (References), Community Programs
ENDWRIGHT, D.K. – 1967
THE PLAN FOR EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN CORRECTIVE INSTITUTIONS IS ORGANIZED INTO FIVE TIMED PHASES TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS. A CHART REPRESENTING THE PROGRAM, AFFILIATED RESEARCH AND AGENCIES DELINEATES PLANNED ACTIVITIES. PHASE ONE (15 WEEKS) WILL SURVEY EXISTING PROGRAMS (VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
