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Hormachea, Carroll – Parks and Recreation, 1981
A needs assessment concluded that trained personnel for correctional recreation were necessary to develop an understanding of the needs of prison inmates. The objectives of correctional recreation are: to assist the inmate in adjusting to institutional living; to develop interests and skills; and to make beneficial use of leisure time. (JN)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Needs Assessment
Crutchfield, Everett; And Others – Parks and Recreation, 1981
The American Correctional Association's Project CULTURE represents the first federally funded program designed to bring arts and leisure programs to inmates in long-term correctional institutions. In addition to Project CULTURE, a national survey on the status of the arts and recreation in correctional institutions was conducted. (JN)
Descriptors: Athletics, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Evaluation Methods
Williams, Larry R. – Parks and Recreation, 1981
The deplorable condition of recreation services for women inmates was examined in a national study. The study had a twofold purpose: to ascertain the status of prison recreation services for women, and to develop a set of recreation guidelines applicable to state correctional institutions for female offenders. (JN)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Females, Leisure Time
Calloway, Jim – Parks and Recreation, 1981
A brief history of correctional recreation from the late 1800s through the time of the Attica riots is presented. Since the prison population is 60 to 70 percent Black, there is an obvious need for greater minority participation in the development of correctional recreation. (JN)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Decision Making, Minority Group Influences
McCall, Gail E., Ed.; And Others – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1981
This series on correctional recreation includes articles on: leisure therapy; treatment teams; rehabilitation; legislation; vocational implications of leisure; and women's correctional recreation services. (CJ)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Females
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. – 1982
The professional responsibilities of administrators of parks and recreational facilities were emphasized in the keynote address to the twenty-seventh annual conference of the Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute. The institute was founded with the objectives of fostering the gathering and dissemination of information with reference to…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Standards, Land Use
Download full textTobin, Nancy – 1979
The New York Office of Parks and Recreation (OPR) is committed to upgrading and expanding its interpretive programs in the state park system with a major goal being to enrich, vitalize, and complement content areas of the school curriculum by providing first-hand observation and experience outside the classroom. The legislative mandate of the OPR…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Facilities, Educational Philosophy, Environmental Education
