EX-OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT POLICIES - A SURVEY OF AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL AGENCIES

• NCJ Number: 17835
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1974) Pages: 234-246
• Author(s): R R SMITH; L F WOOD; M A MILAN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 13 pages
• Contract Number(s): 21-01-73-38
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Labor
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF THE 50 STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, INDICATING THE DEGREE OF EX-OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE CORRECTION SYSTEMS.

Abstract

THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT 44 OF THE 52 AGENCIES HAVE DROPPED WHATEVER BLANKET PROHIBITIONS THEY MAY HAVE ON THE HIRING OF EX-OFFENDERS. OF THESE 44 AGENCIES, 38 EMPLOYED A TOTAL OF 280 EX-OFFENDERS AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY. SLIGHTLY MORE THAN HALF THE EX-OFFENDER EMPLOYEES REPORTED ON HELD POSITIONS SUCH AS COUNSELOR, TEACHER, AND CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, WHICH INVOLVED EXTENSIVE INTERACTION WITH THE INMATE POPULATION. THE WORK PERFORMANCE OF THE EX-OFFENDERS WAS ROUTINELY RATED AS EQUAL OR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF NON-OFFENDER COUNTERPARTS, WITH RESPONDENTS GENERALLY ADVOCATING MORE WIDESPREAD EMPLOYMENT OF EX-OFFENDERS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.