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  • 019013

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  • Published 2003.
  • 28 pages.

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Initial Process and Outcome Evaluation of the InnerChange Freedom Initiatives: The Faith-Based Prison Program in TDCJ

Publication year: 2003 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Results from an evaluation of a faith-based, pre-release program implemented in 1997 are presented. Sections of this report are: program overview; process evaluation; and outcome evaluation. An appendix provides IFI sample and comparison grope recidivism rates. The IFI program is "intensive, relatively expensive at $4,764 estimated cost per IFI participant, and requires an extensive network of volunteer and community resources" (p. iii). Graduates of the program have a recidivism rate of 8% after two years, with the matched comparison group having a rate of 20%.
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