NCJ Number
38870
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 14-31
Date Published
1977
Length
18 pages
Annotation
FOCUSES ON THREE SETS OF PROPOSALS WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH STANDARDS FOR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY A 1973 NATIONAL CORRECTIONS TASK FORCE REPORT.
Abstract
COVERED ARE THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT ALTERING EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL POPULATIONS: STANDARDS FOR THE DESIGN OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND STANDARDS FOR INMATES' ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. ALSO PRESENTED IS A PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPING STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISON OF LEGAL SERVICES, MATERIALS, AND PROCEDURES FOR OFFENDERS IN CRIMINAL CASES, CIVIL MATTERS, AND INSTITUTIONAL DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE HEARINGS. THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT COMPLYING WITH THE STANDARDS FOR JAILS WOULD RAISE COSTS PERHAPS 50 PERCENT LARGELY BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES DIFFERENT FROM LARGE INSTITUTIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MOST OF THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES ARE EITHER IN EFFECT IN MOST LARGE INSTITUTIONS OR ARE INEXPENSIVE TO IMPLEMENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PROVIDING COUNSEL TO INMATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...KAP