Corrections Compendium articles

Recent articles from Corrections Compendium

Self-reported prevalence of medical conditions within a correctional population.
November 1, 2008... The prevalence of a wide variety of chronic medical conditions within the 2 million-strong U.S. prison population is very high. Approximately 25 percent to 40 percent of all inmates at release have chronic medical conditions requiring continued health care services (McVey, 2001). Considering...

Gender-responsive treatment and the need to examine female inmates' lives in prison and prior to prison.
November 1, 2008... Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the number of people with drug addictions entering the U.S. federal and state prison and local jail systems increased due to "get tough on crime" policies and changes in laws regarding illegal drugs. Women were particularly impacted as "the number of women...

Adult correctional budgets, 2007-2008.(Survey Summary)
November 1, 2008... One year ago, Corrections Compendium conducted a similar survey on correctional budgets, the results of which appeared in the November/ December 2007 issue. Forty-five U.S. correctional systems responded to that survey, as well as three systems in Canada. The U.S. systems reported that their...

Juvenile offenders train abandoned dogs.
November 1, 2008... The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on a dog training program at Hogan Street Juvenile Regional Youth Center in St. Louis. The program, Loosen the Leash, pairs juvenile offenders with rescued dogs for three months, during which the offenders live with and train the dogs, preparing them for...

Rehabilitation programs' success hard to measure.
November 1, 2008... The New York Times discussed the challenges of measuring the effectiveness of drug rehabilitation programs, focusing on how Oregon has tried to hold its programs accountable. The article documents the lack of hard evidence that programs produce, and why that is problematic for state and...