NCJ Number
85125
Date Published
1981
Length
97 pages
Annotation
This series of papers on correctional education covers such topics as inmate higher education programs, education for handicapped juveniles, aspects of educational programs that have been successful in changing inmate attitudes and behavior, and unique aspects of the content and teaching methods of correctional education.
Abstract
One paper reports lower recidivism among inmate participants in a community college program when compared to a matched control sample, and another indicates that inmate academic education with a cognitive-developmental approach that meets certain standards has improved the attitudes and behavior of certain offenders. Insight Incorporated, an inmate-administered, privately funded inmate higher education bachelor's program for Minnesota inmates, is portrayed as having cost-effectiveness elements that make it a model for higher education programs in other correctional institutions. A paper on aspects of administering inmate postsecondary programs describes New York State's Unified College Program Guidelines, which consist of standards that must be met by the prison, the sponsoring college, and the inmate-student. Another presentation suggests that social work education for inmates, including field work, facilitates inmates' developing respect for others and for themselves, while other essays report effective programs in literature and remedial reading. The unique role of the correctional educator is identified in another presentation, and essays also consider maximizing educational opportunity through community resources and the implementation of PL 94-142, which mandates individualized education for handicapped persons, in a California juvenile correctional facility. Bibliographic entries accompany a number of the presentations. For individual entries, see NCJ 85126-35.