VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN PRISONS - SOME SOCIAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS

• NCJ Number: 7659
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1972) Pages: 19-21
• Author(s): M J MILLER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TRAINING AS IT IS RELATED TO THE PROBABILITY OF INCREASING THE RELEASED INMATE'S LIFE CHANCES FOR STABLE EMPLOYMENT AND REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR INDICATES THAT ON THE JOB TRAINING SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH LABOR NEEDS IN THE FREE SOCIETY. A CURSORY EXAMINATION OF WORK ASSIGNMENTS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPICAL OF MOST PRISONS SEEMS TO SHOW TRAINING IN AREAS OF LOW RATHER THAN HIGH DEMAND. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT WHILE FREEING INMATES FROM THE MUNDANE, MEANINGLESS ROUTINE TASKS NECESSARY FOR INSTITUTIONAL MAINTENANCE WOULD BE INITIALLY EXPENSIVE, THIS WOULD BE OFFSET IN THE LONG RUN BY A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN RECIDIVISM. HE FEELS THAT LABOR DEPARTMENT DATA ON PROJECTED OCCUPATIONAL DEMANDS SHOULD COMPRISE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUATION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS ON A NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL.