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2011
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Anyone worried about the state of education in the United States needs to read this report. A “policy agenda that will financially prioritize investments in education over incarceration, provide equal protection under the law, eliminate sentencing po... Read More
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2011
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The ability of education acquired in prison to increase post-incarceration employment rates and lower recidivism rates is examined. Sections of this article include: abstract; introduction; the impact of correctional education in Missouri; education ... Read More
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2011
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Strategies for dealing with the challenges ex-offenders face with employment and education are explained. Topics covered include: ex-offender population and recidivism; people with convictions face significant employment barriers; people with convict... Read More
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2010
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This report discusses the successful implementation of education-based incarceration (EBI) by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Readers get a very good idea of how EBI works and the opportunities it can give their facilities. Sections of this pub... Read More
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2010
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Designed for use with offender populations, this integrated cognitive behavioral change program represents the integrated synthesis of three cognitive based approaches - cognitive self-change, social skills and problem solving. Its purpose is to chan... Read More
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2010
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The need to deal with the “state of education services for two groups of vulnerable youth, some of whom begin contact in one social service system - child welfare - and come into contact with another youth agency – the juvenile justice system” is exp... Read More
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2009
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This easy-to-follow, well-written guide is “a step-by-step, interactive approach to fundamental skills needed for the ex-offender to obtain and maintain a job” (p xi). Chapters cover: pre-employment assessment—what you know; your plan; how to prepare... Read More
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2009
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Results from a survey of correctional health care professionals, mental health treatment professionals, and correctional education staff concerning current and future employment opportunities are reported. Sections of this document include: introduct... Read More
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2009
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This toolkit is designed to “serve as a roadmap for identifying issues related to the education of delinquent youth during placement and when they are released and reintegrated into their communities” (p. 7). Nine sections are contained in this toolk... Read More
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2009
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This monograph examines the “current state of education during education and reentry and identifie[s] promising programmatic and policy directions” (p. 3). Parts contained in this publication include: introduction—education, reincarceration, and reen... Read More
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2009
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Results from an evaluation of the APYA (Avon Park Youth Academy) Secure Care Program, involving vocational and educational interventions, combined with the SS (STREET Smart) aftercare reentry program are presented. Sections following an executive sum... Read More
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2009
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This report is required reading for any agency seeking to develop effective education and/or substance abuse programming. Sections of this publication include: introduction; current conditions—the prison population is growing despite decrease in crim... Read More
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2009
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“In this article, [the authors] consider the disturbing reluctance of schools to allow delinquent youth to continue their education and the high dropout rates for youth returning from juvenile justice placements” (p.1116). Sections comprising this ar... Read More
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2008
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"This guide will provide an overview of the unique issues people in recovery with criminal records face when seeking jobs or access to higher education" (p. 3). Topics discussed include: what is the law regarding employment discrimination; legal and... Read More
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2008
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The National Blueprint for Reentry, "a comprehensive plan for developing a national policy agenda to improve employment and educational opportunities for people with criminal records" is provided (p. 2). Sections of this report include: executive su... Read More
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2008
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The impact on youth later in their lives of being convicted as adults is explained. Topics discussed in this report include: impact of war on drugs on youth; misguided addiction policies have fueled incarceration; perpetual punishment -- the lasting... Read More
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2004
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This issue includes: Foreword, by Richard Geaither, National Institute
of Corrections Jails Division; You Can Do It: Putting an End to Pharmacy Cost
Increases, by Mike Kalonick, Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, Detention
Bureau; Accredit... Read More
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2002
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A 32-hour training program on how to deliver an offender program which integrates cognitive approaches for changing behavior by restructuring offenders' thinking and teaching pro-social cognitive skills is provided. Participants will be able to: des... Read More
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2001
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Additional sources of information regarding concepts covered in the Thinking for a Change program can be found in this list of 21 items.... Read More
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2001
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A 32-hour training program (consisting of 32 modules) explaining an integrated cognitive behavior change program for offenders is presented. Participants will be able to: describe the theoretical foundations of cognitive behavioral approaches; articu... Read More
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2001
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A problem solving program for offenders is provided. At the core of this curriculum is an integrated, seamless synthesis of cognitive restructuring and cognitive skills interventions. Lesson topics include: active listening; asking a question; givin... Read More
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2001
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El programa, Pensar en un Cambio, tiene como centro, un programa de resolucion de problemas detallada con ambas intervenciones de restructuracion cognitiva y habilidades sociales. El formato del programa se comprende de zz lecciones con una capacidad... Read More
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1996
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Project Re-Enterprise (PRE), administered by the Crime Prevention Institute, enlists the participation of local business leaders in an educational initiative to hone the job-seeking skills of inmates, who interview at mock job fairs. In addition to p... Read More
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1995
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The objectives of this thirty-hour program are to learn and practice problem solving steps, and to discover the correlation between the way we think about situations and the way we respond. Utilizing these problem solving skills outside of the classr... Read More
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1994
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The focus of the Cognitive Interventions Program is to change the criminal behavior of offenders by motivating them to change themselves. Cognitive change is self-change. This program is divided into four phases.
Phase I - Orientation: This phase ... Read More
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1994
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The focus of this meeting was on inmate programs and on the issues of dealing with juveniles remanded to adult jails. Session #1 dealt with effective inmate programs: What principles formulate the foundation for potential success? Session #2 was titl... Read More
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1991
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The correctional educator develops, implements, and coordinates education programs (i.e., academic skills, vocational skills, living/social skills) for students in correctional education settings. Duties and tasks of the correctional educator are lis... Read More
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1990
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A DACUM profile is provided of the duties and tasks of the State Director of Correctional Education. Such duties include: manage education program operations; plan correctional education programs; articulate with other agencies; provide staff develo... Read More
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1990
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A DACUM profile is provided of the duties and tasks of an education director of a correctional facility. Such duties include designing, managing, and promoting correctional education programs through creative leadership that complies with state and f... Read More
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1989
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Technologies currently used in community corrections are identified, examined, and described in terms of their applications, focusing, where possible, on cost/benefits, efficacy in controlling offenders, and impact on staff, offenders, and agency ope... Read More
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1988
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Title of project: Computer Assisted Instruction. This grant allowed for the expansion of CAI in the basic skills area by adding new software and equipment to the existing vocational program.... Read More
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1987
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"This state of the art survey of adult correctional education was undertaken for the purposes of: (1) describing the extent and nature of correctional education programs for adult offenders, the extent of participation by adult offenders in education... Read More
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