NCJ Number
174286
Journal
Corrections Compendium Volume: 23 Issue: 8 Dated: August 1998 Pages: 1-3-21
Date Published
1998
Length
6 pages
Annotation
A comprehensive survey was conducted in March 1998 of all State and Federal correctional web sites in the United States using reference web sites to categorize web site functions.
Abstract
The survey found 39 States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons had correctional web sites. While most web sites contained some mention of community corrections, even correctional departments with considerable community corrections authority tended to include only basic descriptive information about their community corrections operations. Information on web sites was grouped according to the following categories: institutional information, organizational information, planning and support, prison industries, links to other sites, staff assistance, public/legislative relations, inmate information, and victim services. Features offered in the correctional web sites surveyed are listed. 6 endnotes and 1 table