NCJ Number
9975
Date Published
1972
Length
25 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF METHODS USED IN PROVIDING BONDING ASSISTANCE TO EX-OFFENDERS, UTILIZING A CENTRAL AGENCY, AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON EX-OFFENDERS WHO REQUIRED BOND.
Abstract
THIS PROJECT, STARTED IN AUGUST 1969, IS PART OF THE LARGER FEDERAL BONDING PROGRAM WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS BEEN CONDUCTING SINCE 1966. ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS CURRENT STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF A CENTRAL AGENCY ADMINISTERING THE PROJECT FOR NUMEROUS GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED PRISONER TRAINING PROJECTS. THE EXPERIMENTAL MANPOWER LABORATORY FOR CORRECTIONS (EMLC) AT THE DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN ELMORE, ALABAMA, ACTED AS THE CENTRAL AGENCY AND COLLECTED, ANALYZED, AND REPORTED THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WHICH WERE GATHERED ON THE BONDEES. ONLY MINOR PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED IN THE CENTRAL AGENCY ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY WERE REMEDIED QUICKLY. TWO IMPORTANT FINDINGS FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND ANECDOTAL MATERIAL ARE NOTEWORTHY - (1) THE PROJECT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD ITS GREATEST IMPACT IN ASSISTING JOB-QUALIFIED EX-OFFENDERS TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN THOSE JOBS, AND (2) MANY EX-OFFENDERS WERE PLACED IN JOBS WITHOUT HAVING A BOND NEGOTIATED. IN REPORTS FROM BONDING CERTIFICATION AGENTS TRAINED BY THE EMLC, IT WAS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE PLACING EX-OFFENDERS IN JOBS MERELY BECAUSE THE EMPLOYERS WERE SOLD ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AS SOON AS IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD BOND THEM IF NEEDED.