INITIATED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT TO HELP REDUCE THE HIGH RATE OF RECIDIVISM TO ALABAMA'S PRISONS, THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROJECT HAS GRADUATED 173 YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS AS ENTRY-LEVEL TRADESMEN. JOBS WERE SECURED FOR 142 GRADUATES AS THEY BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, SIX GRADUATES WERE RELEASED TO FACE OTHER CHARGES, AND 25 AWAIT…

YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES WERE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAM INVOLVING COURSES IN WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, TECHNICAL WRITING, AND BRICKLAYING. THESE COURSES LASTED 26 OR 52 WEEKS, AND EACH HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 10 STUDENTS. STUDENT EVALUATION AND…

YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES WERE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAM INVOLVING COURSES IN WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, TECHNICAL WRITING, AND BRICKLAYING. COUNSELING AND TRAINING CONTINUED FOR ENROLLEES IN THESE SEVEN COURSES, AND 130 INMATES APPLIED FOR THE SECOND…

DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD THE NUMBER OF INMATES WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REACHED 173. OF THE 114 GRADUATES, 92 WERE PLACED, FOUR RELEASED TO FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES, TWO RELEASED TO AWAIT PLACEMENT, AND 16 RELEASED TO AWAIT PAROLE. INSERVICE STAFF TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED FOR DEVELOPING PROGRAMED…

AFTER RECEIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT THE CENTER, 36 YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS WERE PAROLED AND PLACED ON JOBS. THOSE WORKING IN ALABAMA WERE BEING VISITED IN THEIR HOMES BY THE PLACEMENT OFFICER AND PERSONNEL COUNSELOR TO DETERMINE PAROLEE SUCCESS IN ADJUSTING TO SOCIETY. THE INSTRUCTORS WERE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE SECOND GROUP OF TRAINEES…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE DISSEMINATION PHASE OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS. ACTIVITIES DURING AUGUST INCLUDED DISSEMINATING A BIMONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT, PROVIDING INSERVICE TRAINING FOR STAFF MEMBERS, HOLDING LOCAL DISSEMINATION CONFERENCES, DEVISING A PORTABLE DISPLAY UNIT,…

YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 23 ARE THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT PROGRAM, ESTABLISHED AUGUST 31, 1964. BASIC AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION WAS PROVIDED IN (1) FIVE 26-WEEK COURSES--WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, AND BRICKLAYING, AND (2) TWO 52-WEEK COURSES--RADIO AND…

SEVENTY-EIGHT PAROLEES IN THE CENTER'S DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED VOCATIONAL COURSES AND WERE EMPLOYED. OF 83 INMATES IN TRAINING AT PRESENT, 21 HAD A LOW READING ABILITY WHICH PREVENTED THEIR COMPREHENDING THE SHOP RELATED STUDIES, BUT SPECIALLY DESIGNED MATERIALS OF VARYING LEVELS ARE BEING INTRODUCED INTO COURSES, AND OTHERS…

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…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE DISSEMINATION PHASE OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS. ACTIVITIES FROM SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 30, 1967, INCLUDED MAKING PRESENTATIONS AT NINE CONFERENCES, FILLING 104 REQUESTS FROM 24 STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CANADA, AND ENGLAND FOR PUBLICATIONS,…

THE FIRST GROUP OF 46 INMATES WAS GRADUATED FROM VOCATIONAL COURSES IN WELDING, BRICKLAYING, SERVICE STATION WORK, SMALL APPLIANCE REPAIR, AND BARBERING IN APRIL 1965. TWENTY OF THESE GRADUATES HAD CONFIRMED JOBS, 11 HAD TENTATIVE JOB COMMITMENTS, AND 15 WERE AWAITING PAROLE DATES. THE 118 APPLICANTS FOR THE NEXT SERIES OF COURSES WILL PARTICIPATE…

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…