PETERSBURG (VA) REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR THE CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND CORRECTIONAL ANNEX -EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 41159
• Author(s): W D WILSON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 13 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-A3187
• Sponsoring Agency: Virginia Division of Justice and Crime Prevention
• Corporate Author: PRC Public Management Services, Inc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PRISONER REHABILITATIVE PROGRAM IN PETERSBURG, VA., IN REACHING ITS GOALS.

Abstract

THE EVALUATION WAS UNDERTAKEN IN FEB. 1977 FOR A PROJECT THAT COST SOME $31,000. THE PAPER STATES THAT THE GRANT HAD JUST BEEN BEGINNING TO DISPLAY PROGRESS TOWARD ATTAINING ITS GOALS. THE PROJECT INVOLVED RECREATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, MEDICAL CARE, AND WORK RELEASE. THE EVALUATORS JUDGED THAT OVERALL PROJECT DIRECTION AND COORDINATION HAD BEEN GOOD IN MOST AREAS. ...BDS