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The Status and Praxis of Arts Education and Juvenile Offenders in Correctional Facilities in the United States
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Williams, Rachel Marie-Crane – Journal of Correctional Education, 2008
This article briefly describes the results of a study, funded in 2001 by The National Art Education Foundation, of arts education in juvenile correctional facilities in the United States. It summarizes the results of a national survey, and it presents the Northeastern Training School* and STUDIO 200* as a model for community-based arts…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Art Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons
Rehabilitating Youth through Housing Rehabilitation.
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Sametz, Lynn; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1994
An evaluation of the Student Transition Education and Employment Program found that it reduces recidivism rates for previously incarcerated youth and is cost effective. Program objectives were to deliver a more effective after-care service, enable youth to obtain a high school diploma, and allow participants to give something back to the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cost Effectiveness
Life Skills Project
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Schwartz, Sunny – Journal of Correctional Education, 2005
In this article, the author describes the San Francisco Sheriff's Department (SFSD) Life Skills for Prisoners Program. The program was designed to enhance and expand the Resolve to Stop the Violence Project, which had operated successfully for three years in the San Francisco County Jail as a restorative justice program. The mission of SFSD is to…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, Program Evaluation