The Federal Bureau of Prisons and Reducing Recidivism -- Making a Difference is No Simple Matter
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Jul. 14, 2009
ANNOTATION: The balance between "punishment and rehabilitation" exercised by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is explained. Topics discussed in the article include: institutional security; validated classification system; an increasing prison population; successful community reentry by the ex-offender; Federal Prison Industries (FBI) (also know as UNICOR); vocational training and education; the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP); Life Connections (LCP) -- residential faith-based program; residential reentry centers (RRCs); and the future.