NCJ Number
34341
Date Published
1976
Length
75 pages
Annotation
FINAL REPORT ON A PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SET UP A CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRY PROGRAM FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
Abstract
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SUB-PROJECTS WERE SET UP AS PART OF THIS STUDY. AMONG THEM WERE THE FEASIBILITY OF A VICTIM RESTITUTION SYSTEM, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A PRIVATE FIRM TAKE OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF AN IN-HOUSE CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRY, AND A LARGE SCALE WORK RELEASE PROGRAM. THE FEASIBILITY OF SETTING UP A PRISON PRINTING OPERATION THAT WOULD BE COMMERCIALLY COMPETITIVE WAS ALSO STUDIED, BUT REJECTED. A FILM WAS PRODUCED, ENTITLE 'VICTIMS', AND WAS DESIGNED TO AID IN GAINING GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR A RESTITUTION PROGRAM, WHICH WAS SEEN AS A MAJOR INCENTIVE FOR ESTABLISHING THE CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES PROGRAM. A PILOT PROJECT INVOLVING INMATES WORKING AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS STARTED TO STUDY THE SITUATION TO SEE IF IT WAS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE. MILWAUKEE, BALTIMORE, CLEVELAND, CHICAGO