NCJ Number
187511
Date Published
July 2000
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This handbook for volunteers was prepared by the Virginia Department of Correctional Education (DCE) to facilitate the use of volunteers in fighting crime through education.
Abstract
The DCE recognizes the valuable contribution volunteers make in helping inmate students boost not only their classroom skills but also their life skills, self-esteem, and chances for success after incarceration. In addition, the DCE believes the focus of programs should be on preparing young people and adults for success after incarceration. Academic and vocational training therefore represent a means to an end (return to school, pursuit of higher education, and employment on release). The handbook includes a volunteer interest survey form, information on the rights of and benefits available to volunteers and on positive and negative characteristics of inmate students that affect the instructional process, DCE basic rules and regulations for volunteers, and the DCE dress code.