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The Reintegration Academy for Parolees
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Reese, Renford – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The Reintegration Academy was founded in 2009. It was the first program of its kind in the United States to bring a group of parolees to a college campus for an extended period for academic programming. Since its inception, the Reintegration Academy has collaborated with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Division of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Adult Students
Changing Views and Perceptions: The Impact of the Australian Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program on Students
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Martinovic, Marietta; Liddell, Marg; Muldoon, Shane Douglas – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2018
The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program has been delivered at 2 prisons in Victoria, Australia, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and Marngoneet Correctional Centre, since 2015. Selected university (outside) students and prisoners (inside) engage in a collaborative learning environment, studying Comparative Criminal Justice Systems. Students critique…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, College Students
An In-Depth Look at a GED® Program in a U.S. County Jail
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Berridge, Gina; Goebel, Vella – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the beliefs and perceptions of some of the stakeholders directly involved in a GED® program located in a county jail. The researchers investigated the perspectives of the jail's Chief of Programming, GED® supervisor, teachers, and inmates participating in the program. Although gathering data from the…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Unlocking Learning: Chapter 1 in Correctional Facilities. Descriptive Study Findings: National Study of the Chapter 1 Neglected or Delinquent Program.
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Tashjian, Michael D.; And Others – 1991
Part of a 3-year study of the Chapter 1 Neglected or Delinquent (Chapter 1 N or D) Program, which provides compensatory education services to youth in state-operated juvenile and adult correctional facilities, this report presents descriptive findings in the following five areas: (1) characteristics of youth; (2) correctional education; (3)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Correctional Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation