FACILITATING LEISURE DEVELOPMENT OF INMATES IN LOCAL AND COUNTY JAILS

• NCJ Number: 69175
• Author(s): D M COMPTON; C R HORMACHEA
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 68 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78-A4271
• Sponsoring Agency: Virginia Council on Criminal Justice
• Corporate Author: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CORRECTIONAL RECREATION PROJECT

Annotation

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING LEISURE COUNSELING PROGRAMS IN LOCAL JAILS AND OTHER CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ARE PRESENTED.

Abstract

THE MANUAL CONSIDERS WHY RECREATION AND LEISURE PROGRAMMING IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IS NOT MEETING INMATES', NEEDS, NOR PROVING ITS VALUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL WHO EVALUATE PROGRAMS AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES WITHIN PENAL SYSTEMS. RECREATION AND LEISURE ARE DEFINED, AND BARRIERS TO LEISURE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS STRATEGIES FOR REMOVING THEM ARE DELINEATED. LEISURE FACILITATION MODELS ARE REVIEWED; AND LEISURE COUNSELING, INTENDED TO HELP INMATES ESTABLISH A SET OF LEISURE VALUES, IS DISCUSSED. ALSO PRESENTED IS AN OVERVIEW OF LEISURE COUNSELING TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS VALUE CLARIFICATION, RELAXATION THERAPY, CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY, BEHAVIOR THERAPY, AND RATIONAL EMOTIVE THERAPY. INSTRUMENTS FOR LEISURE ASSESSMENT ARE REVIEWED, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTIVE LEISURE ACTIVITY SURVEY, THE LEISURE ACTIVITIES BLANK, THE LEISURE INTEREST INVENTORY, THE MIRENDA LEISURE INTEREST FINDER, THE PIE OF LIFE, AND THE NUELINGER AND BREIT QUESTIONNAIRE. A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM OF LEISURE AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES IS DEVELOPED. THE PROCESS MODEL UTILIZES FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS PROGRAMS TO CONTINUALLY UPGRADE NEW PROGRAM EFFORTS. FINALLY, MODEL PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE SAN QUENTIN DRAMA WORKSHOP AND LEAVENWORTH'S ANNUAL PUBLIC ART SHOWS, ARE DESCRIBED. FOOTNOTES AND OVER 50 REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.