NCJ Number
234064
Journal
Corrections Today Magazine Volume: 72 Issue: 6 Dated: December 2010 Pages: 1-80
Date Published
December 2010
Length
80 pages
Annotation
Seven featured articles address ways to improve reentry preparation and services for released offenders with various characteristics and needs.
Abstract
"Family Engagement + Professional Compassion = Successful Reentry" discusses how correctional staff can facilitate successful reentry by providing a structure for family interaction and education prior to and after release. "Life Beyond the Fence: Education Is the Key to Success for Juveniles Transitioning From Incarceration" profiles a corrections-college partnership in South Carolina through which effective strategies have been developed for teaching nonviolent juvenile offenders who have difficulty learning under traditional teaching methods. "Gender-Specific Programs Help Women 'Break the Cycle' describes a program in Michigan's Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility that has been successful in providing a modified therapeutic community designed to address the needs of substance-abusing and dual diagnosis female offenders. "Missouri Communities: Enhancing Reentry Interventions in Tough Economic Times" describes Missouri's 8-year work on collaboration in offender reentry strategies, which have effectively served offenders even in the worst of economic times. "New Spanish Practice Aims to Break the Cycle Among Mothers and Children" describes Spain's policy of providing "external mother units," which house selected incarcerated mothers and their children in special units outside of the traditional prison, giving children a harmonious environment while simultaneously preparing mothers to reintegrate into the community and care for their children. "Preparing for Reentry With Parent Management Training" describes Oregon's Parenting Inside Out program, which focuses on developing offenders' parenting skills prior to their release. "Computer-Assisted Literacy Education Serves as Intervention for Incarcerated Women" describes Massachusetts' computer-assisted literacy program for incarcerated women that uses a virtual teaching assistant for one-on-one instruction. The section entitled, "News and Views" presents correctional policy and program information, followed by reports by the magazine's various departments.