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The Importance of Mindfulness Meditation in Correctional Settings
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Spina, Francesca – Journal of Correctional Education, 2023
Research indicates that meditation-based programs can be rehabilitative for incarcerated populations. Specifically, these programs can help promote positive well-being, reduce recidivism, and help with relapse. This article reviews the effectiveness of existing research on meditation-based programs in correctional populations. The results of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Metacognition, Research Reports
Implementing Pell: Challenges and Successes of Implementing the U.S. Department of Education's Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative
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Cantora, Andrea; Miller, Joshua; White, Kathleen – Journal of Correctional Education, 2020
In August 2015, the U.S. Department of Education announced an experimental program that would allow higher education institutions to offer postsecondary educational programs inside adult prisons. The U.S. Department of Education's Second Chance Pell Grant Experimental Sites Initiative would allow state and federal incarcerated students to apply…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons
Establishing Successful Postsecondary Academic Programs; A Practical Guide
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Borden, Cindy; Richardson, Penny; Meyer, Stephen J. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2012
In the current economic climate it is more crucial than ever to select federal spending projects that are visionary as well as cost-effective. Saving money today may well cost money tomorrow. Such is the case with correctional education postsecondary programming. Selling vocational or trade-training for offenders to the general public is much…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Liberal Arts, Correctional Education, Program Effectiveness
Building a Better Life: Implementing a Career and Technical Education Program for Incarcerated Youth
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DelliCarpini, Margo – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
This article reports on the development and implementation of a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program in a county jail system in New York State. The program is funded through the Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education Act, which reserves a pocket of funds for individuals in county correctional institutions. This program integrated…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Educational Practices, Vocational Education
Correctional Education: Why It Is Only "Promising"
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Lewis, John – Journal of Correctional Education, 2006
Although many correctional education studies have identified various treatment programs as being effective for reducing recidivism, few, if any, of these studies appear to be above reproach when assessing their methodological vigor. This paper highlights the shortcomings in the current post-treatment quasi-experimental design primarily used to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Vocational Education, Quasiexperimental Design
Transitioning Adjudicated Youth Back to Community Schools.
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Maddox, Mary; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1984
The Juvenile Corrections Transition Model is designed to help community schools, and the Division of Juvenile Rehabilitation coordinates planning as students move from schools in juvenile correctional institutions back to community schools. Model strategies in various areas are explained. Field test results and the strategy outline are included.…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Field Tests