In this article, the authors (a faculty member and two former students) describe the trajectory that Portland State University has taken over its history to institutionalize transformative learning opportunities within its comprehensive general education program, University Studies. Following a description of the institutional changes that…

In October 2018, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) administered the 10th Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC). JRFC began in 2000 with data collections occurring every other year. JRFC routinely collects data on how facilities operate and the services they provide. It includes questions on facility ownership…

Background: Many offenders with intellectual disabilities have substance use issues. Offending behaviour may be associated with substance use. Materials and Methods: Prisoners with and without intellectual disabilities were compared in terms of their substance use prior to imprisonment, the influence of substance use on offending, and their…

This article examines how the process of constructing knowledge on impairment has affected the institutional construction of an ethic of disability. Its primary finding is that the process of creating knowledge in a number of historical contexts was influenced by traditions and the biases of philosophers and educators. This process was in order to…

This paper researches the attitudes of the inmates attending the Second Chance School, Domokos prison in Greece, towards the Sciences with the help of the research scale, Attitudes Towards Science (ATS). The research took place from 3rd to 6th February 2014. Thirty eight inmate students, from different countries, aged 21 to 45 who were enrolled in…

This brief focuses on prison education and the role of community colleges in fostering access to postsecondary education for individuals who are incarcerated. The history of American prison education is a study in the central tension between punishment and rehabilitation. Various local and state prisons have provided education programs through…

Research supports the premise that adult language and literacy instruction should build on prior linguistic knowledge and the lived experiences of the students. Despite these widely held tenets, classroom practices often do not reflect these ideals, instead providing learning opportunities that are decontextualized and isolated from the students'…

A wealth of research exists on the implementation of parenting programs within correctional facilities, yet the programs are diverse in structure and outcome measurements. Only a handful of parenting programs have targeted deficiencies in literacy while also creating opportunities for mothers and grandmothers to communicate with their…

Although women are incarcerated at a rate double that of men (Sentencing Project, 2014), their voices remain at the margins of prison research and their stories are most often seen through lenses of criminalization and victimization as a result of racism, classism, and abuse (Belknap, 2007). This study was part of a larger study on the lived…

In this article, Michael Brawn, an incarcerated student, and Erin L. Castro, a nonincarcerated instructor, engage in a dialogue about the politics of using critical pedagogies in prisons, where teaching and learning processes are severely restricted by the constraints of mass incarceration. Situated within the broader politics of postsecondary…

Given the title of Literacy teacher, and expected to teach three 50-min periods a day to youth, ages 12 to 17, who were awaiting trial, the then 23 year old author's classroom was located in the basement of an adjoined building fronting two urban thoroughfares. Toronto's family court building still remains at the front entrance, but the back…

This project was born with the intention of generating and recording the artistic expression of a group of inmates in module 6 of the Albolote (ES) penitentiary center through the creation of collaborative fanzines. A workshop was created, held once a week for 4 months. Through conceptual proposals and aesthetic tools, each participant in the…

We examined pedagogical strategies for facilitating and developing songwriting skills with 17 males incarcerated at a U.S. medium security prison. We also investigated the participants' sense of self-worth, purpose, and social adjustment related to their participation in the songwriters' workshops. The songwriting sessions spanned over two…

The purpose of the study is to evaluate how religious and philosophy education is uplifting the image of prison inmates and curtailing ex-prisoners' recidivism in Enugu State prison yard in Nigeria. The study sample was 190 inmates and 20 facilitators. Results showed among others that religious education raises the image of the prison inmates by…

With the largest incarcerated population in the world, the United States has an urgent but unmet need for a correctional nurse workforce that is prepared with effective, evidence-based (EBP) care-strategies especially focused towards violence and sexual abuse mitigation. Standardized, proactive orientation and education processes within the world…