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Direct linkSatterfield, Michael – Harvard Educational Review, 2017
In this essay, Michael Satterfield recounts his experiences as a student in and outside of prison. His narrative exposes the challenges faced by one person in pursuit of an education, and recounts his early educational experiences as well as his participation in a college-in-prison program. He also describes his journey to a four-year college and…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Educational Experience
Peer reviewedRufo, Robert C.; LoBuglio, Stefan F. – New England Journal of Public Policy, 1994
Describes the Suffolk County (MA) Sheriff's Department's correctional education programs and discusses the new Mandatory Literacy Law which links literacy with parole and other institutional privileges. Suggests that the success of these tightly controlled and highly structured programs may provide important lessons for those responsible for…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Crime Prevention, Educational Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged
Whitesel, Russ; Anderson, Gordon A. – 1990
This staff briefing report was prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Educational Programs in Adult Correctional Institutions. The two-part paper provides background information on Wisconsin's adult correctional system, its residents, and the educational and vocational programs in adult correctional institutions.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, High School Equivalency Programs
Gee, Jeremiah – Journal of Correctional Education, 2006
An action research project was undertaken by a GED instructor at a rural county jail. A survey tool was developed to determine if the perceived needs of the students were being met by the educational and rehabilitative programs currently offered to them. Data from the survey were grouped into four domains: perceived inmate need, attitude toward…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Counties, Correctional Education, Student Motivation
Download full textButtram, Joan L.; Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1977
A follow-up of ex-offenders five to six months after release from prison was conducted to determine the extent to which those who had participated in educational programs prior to release benefitted differentially with respect to employment and social adjustment, as compared with those who had not participated in such programs. Data were gathered…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Attendance, Correctional Education
Mellon, Thomas A. – 1983
A project was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Cambridge/Kentucky Educational Television General Educational Development (GED) Video Series as a tool for providing adult basic education (ABE) instruction to institutionalized drug addicts and alcoholics at Eagleville Hospital in Eagleville, Pennsylvania. After the integration of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Alcoholism, Basic Skills
Cordonnier, Gene – 2002
Cultural factors that influence 14- to 17-year-old boys in southwest Ohio to become involved in the juvenile correctional system include the following: (1) lack of a structured family environment; (2) lack of empathy; (3) self-centeredness; and (4) a misplaced sense of masculinity. Treatment of the whole person in correctional residential…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons
