Adjustment Patterns and Programming Needs of Long-Term Inmates

• NCJ Number: 134624
• Author(s): J Gordon; S Wallace
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Prepared for the February 1990 Research Issues forum.

Annotation

This document explores the adjustment patterns and programming needs of current and future long-term Federal inmates.

Abstract

With the changing composition, sentence lengths, and size of the inmate population, it is reasonable to question whether inmates with longer sentences will continue to be seen as a stabilizing influence in the prison. There is a need for the development of "career planning" programs for long-term inmates whose programming needs and concerns may be quite different from those of inmates with shorter sentences. However, a major issue that will need to be resolved is the definition of a long-term inmate. A study is proposed where the impact on both "new law" and "old law" long-termers will be examined by institutional adjustment measures such as disciplinary actions, education program participation, medical services used, and psychological adjustment measures. 12 tables