NCJ Number
46041
Date Published
1977
Length
165 pages
Annotation
THIS REVIEW OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE ON PRISON INDUSTRIES WAS CONDUCTED TO SUPPORT THE PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL TASKS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE COURSE OF A SEVEN-STATE STUDY.
Abstract
THIS VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN SECTIONS. THE FIRST DEALS WITH DATA SOURCES TAPPED IN THE COURSE OF THE JOB MARKET SURVEY AND FOCUSES ON EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS AND FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTRAINTS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF EX-OFFENDERS. SECTION II, CONCERNING AVAILABLE LITERATURE ON INMATE MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMS AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF OFFENDERS, INCLUDES FEDERAL, STATE, AND PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES, UNION ATTITUDES, AND PLACEMENT EFFORTS. PRISON INDUSTRY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE THE FOCUS OF THE THIRD SECTION; AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING FEDERAL AND STATE PRISON INDUSTRIES, FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTORY LIMITATIONS, PRODUCT DECISIONS, MARKETING, AND STATE USE IS CONSIDERED. SECTION IV DISCUSSES A SOURCE REVIEW FOR INFORMATION ON REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMS, RECIDIVISM STUDIES, TREATMENT PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, WORK RELEASE, INMATE SELF-CONCEPT AND MOTIVATION, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN. THE FIFTH SECTION DEALS WITH THE ECONOMICS OF PRISON INDUSTRIES, AND INCLUDES A COMPARISON OF PRISON AND PRIVATE INDUSTRIES, THE ECONOMIC APPROACH TO CRIME, AND METHODS FOR COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES. SECTION VI IS CONCERNED SOLELY WITH THE FOLLOWING STATISTICAL SOURCES: GENERAL STATISTICS AVAILABLE FROM FEDERAL AND STATE REPORTS AND POSTRELEASE, RECIDIVISM, AND OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS. THE LAST SECTION UNDERTAKES A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE STATE OF VICTIM RECOURSE, BOTH IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. AN APPENDIX DETAILING THE SOUTH CAROLINA PLAN FOR STATE PRISON INDUSTRIES IS PROVIDED. FOR VOLUME 1, 3-7, SEE NCJ 45627, 46041-46046. (KBL)