NCJ Number
147995
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 74 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1994) Pages: 62-72
Date Published
1994
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This article concerns programs and policies that affect the quality of prison life.
Abstract
Today's prison democratization efforts are congruent with management literature that describes employee participation and management initiatives through which organizations try to improve the quality of their products and services. Prison democratization can combine opportunities for staff involvement with enhanced prisoner participation. Inmates can be afforded a greater role in classification and programming decisions and in determining policies that affect the quality of prison life. Such participatory approaches help to normalize prison life and contribute to the resocialization of offenders. Notes, references