CORRECTIONAL STUDIES TRAINING PROGRAM OF THE PHILADELPHIA PRISON SYSTEM - FINAL EXTERNAL EVALUATION REPORT

• NCJ Number: 26194
• Author(s): J J MCKENNA
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 99 pages
• Grant Number(s): PH-149-72E/73A
• Sponsoring Agency: Pennsylvania Governor's Justice Cmssn
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EVALUATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL TRAINING WHICH WAS SET UP IN RESPONSE TO THE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY PRISON SYSTEMS' SHIFT TO A TREATMENT-REHABILITATION ORIENTATION.

Abstract

ALL STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT WAS CONSOLIDATED AND CENTRALIZED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL TRAINING. ITS STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTEGRATION, MONITORING AND COORDINATION OF ALL TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORRECTIONAL STUDIES TRAINING PROGRAM. EVALUATION ACTIVITIES CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING: INTERVIEWS WITH ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS, THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL TRAINING AND STAFF OF THE PLANNING AND EVALUATION UNIT; THE MONITORING AND OBSERVING OF THE VARIOUS TRAINING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT; THE PERIODIC TESTING OF THE TRAINEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE VARIOUS TRAINING PROGRAMS; THE MONITORING OF A WORKSHOP ON TEAM BUILDING; AND, THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF WRITTEN MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THE PROJECT. THE EVALUATOR NOTED THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME IT TOOK TO GET THE PROJECT UNDERWAY (SIX MONTHS OF THE EVALUATION PERIOD) AND THE ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS IT TOOK TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS.