NCJ Number
19763
Date Published
1972
Length
0 pages
Annotation
DESCRIBES NEW DIRECTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF EX-CONVICTS WHO HELP NEW RELEASEES ADJUST TO LIFE OUTSIDE OF PRISON.
Abstract
THE FILM BEGINS BY SHOWING PROBLEMS FACED BY INDIVIDUALS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM PRISON. INCLUDED ARE FINDING JOBS, FINDING A PLACE TO STAY, AND PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS EX-CONVICTS. IT IS THEN DEMONSTRATED HOW THE NEW DIRECTIONS PROGRAM HELPS TO INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN AN EX-CONVICT, HELPS HIM TO OBEY PAROLE RULES TO AVOID REVOCATION, AND PROVIDES COMPANIONSHIP FOR THE EX-CONVICT.