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Prison Journal articles from December 1994
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Prison Journal archives from December 1994
Literacy programming for jail inmates: reflections and recommendations from one program. (Special Issue: Education in Correctional Settings)
December 1, 1994... One of the most clearly understood factors of crime in the United States is that criminal offenders have significantly lower average basic academic skills and educational achievements than does the general public. These deficiencies can...
Functional literacy education for jail inmates: an examination of the Hillsborough County jail education program. (Special Issue: Education in Correctional Settings)
December 1, 1994... Results from a Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report revealed that, between 1983 and 1989, jail populations increased by 76.9% (U.S. Department of Justice, 1991). This increase has had a tremendous impact on jail administration. Many...
A large-scale multidimensional test of the effect of prison education programs on offenders' behavior. (Special Issue: Education in Correctional Settings)
December 1, 1994... Inmate education programs have been a central feature of state correctional systems since the 1930s (Clemmer, 1958). Beginning with "training schools" for delinquents, the provision of academic and vocational education programs has become...
Mandatory versus voluntary prison education and academic achievement. (Special Issue: Education in Correctional Settings)
December 1, 1994... Education for inmates in prisons in the United States, dating back to the days when penance was the prevailing philosophy, has often been a subject of controversy. At the earliest time, prison education was not formalized in the sense it is...
Tea ceremony and tatami mat making: gender differences in access to educational programs in Japanese prisons. (Special Issue: Education in Correctional Settings)
December 1, 1994... AVAILABILITY OF PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAMS
All but the most repressive prison systems give their inmates access to some activities. In some societies, such as Japan, labor participation is mandatory; in others, it is not. Most prison systems,...
