Towson State University (TSU) conducted a public debate series within the Maryland State Penitentiary, that state's maximum security lockup. Following delays due to an escape and subsequent lockdown that preceded the first scheduled debates, the prison program began in 1983 with TSU students debating the right to privacy. The continuing prison…

Because the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners represent what the international community considers minimum standards of respectability and decency in the treatment of prisoners, they are very influential. Unfortunately, they include no underlying rationale, an omission that is a major obstacle to interpretation and…

These remarks by William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under the Reagan Administration, cover the Department's position on providing improved correctional services for adult offenders. Reynolds cites P.L. 96-247, the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, as an important…

The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners do not express the basic principle that would support a serious educational approach to prison administration. The crucial missing rationale is the concept of the inherent dignity of the individual human prisoner. This concept has certain basic educational implications,…

Describes a model of "community-based corrections" whereby inmates are allowed to participate in vocational programs throughout the community. Presents viewpoints by several inmate-participants, correctional officers and a supervisor. (HMV)

Many violent teenagers in England end up in community homes, which the author feels are no better equipped to cope with disturbed children than the conventional school. (GB)

This selective bibliography cites documents produced between 1960 and 1976 and is divided by subject matter into two parts: section 1 contains fifty-six annotations on prison education programs on both the secondary and postsecondary levels, and section 2 contains nineteen annotations on probation. Included are journal articles, monographs,…

This six-week summer program assisted 245 young people; 151 men and 94 women, who were incarcerated at Rikers Island. It was designed to maintain and/or improve their basic reading and mathematics skills. In addition, guidance support services were extended for the six week summer program so that positive attitudes toward academic achievement…

The authors discussed the rationale for counseling and career development as essential aspects of the youthful offender's total program of rehabilitation. (Editor/RK)

Black female prisoners' perceptions of their separation from their children were examined. A 100-item questionnaire, using a Transactional Analytical approach, and eight cards from the Separation-Attachment Apperception Test (SAAT) were administered to female prisoners. Prisoners were residents of a Federal and a State penal institution.…

To determine if a link exists between academic progress and the correctional process in the reformatory classroom, this study considers the effect of bibliotherapy on the academic achievement and the personality of inmates of the Oklahoma State Reformatory enrolled in a biology course for a total of four, 10-week semesters. Becauses classes were…

Our society has long adhered to a double standard of justice, one for male offenders and another for females. This system survived with little controversy mainly due to the small female prison population. But recent events have drawn attention to not only the issue of female criminality, but to the treatment of women while incarcerated. Female…

The 71 workshop participants represented vocational and correctional organizations from 41 States, Washington, D.C., and Canada. This report describes the background and proceedings of the workshop and contains the formal presentation papers. As an introduction, the history and background of the project are presented, and a brief description is…

In recognition of the national problem posed by a spiraling crime rate and the need to reduce the rate of recidivism, the program's primary purpose was to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of providing intensive vocational rehabilitation services to federal offenders at specified states in the correctional process. Out of a random selection…