Community-Based Treatment and Others, Workshop 5, Summary Report of the Rapporteur (From Report for 1982 and Resource Material Series Number 23, 1983 - See NCJ-94439)

• NCJ Number: 94448
• Author(s): M Itaya
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations

Annotation

Papers presented in this workshop described various community-based correctional programs -- open prisons, probation, and halfway houses -- in India, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Japan.

Abstract

The first presenter traced the origins of open prisons and then analyzed India's Anantapur Prisoners' Agricultural Colony which was inaugurated in 1965. A speaker from Nepal noted that correctional programs received the lowest priority in this developing country and progress was impeded by several factors, including lack of work for prisoners, no separate correctional service, no transportation facilities, and inadequate finances. Papua New Guinea's difficulties in implementing its probation services for adults and juveniles were the subject of the next paper. The author stated that, despite new legislation, probation was not being fully used. The fourth participant discussed problems in Sri Lanka's prison classification system, including overcrowding, large proportions of prisoners held for short periods, and lack of communication between police and corrections. A speaker from Japan explained its halfway house system, Rehabilitation Aid Hostels, that help reintegrate adult and juvenile offenders into society. The final paper outlined Japan's system of volunteer probation officers who work with professional probation officers to supervise and help probationers and parolees. Overall, the workshop discussions emphasized the need for better communication among criminal justice agencies and the importance of increased public involvement in corrections.