NCJ Number
100408
Date Published
1985
Length
153 pages
Annotation
This guide profiles the long-term inmate population, describes existing and potential long-term inmate programs, and provides guidelines for the development of a management data base on long-term inmates.
Abstract
Two survey instruments were sent to every State correctional agency in the Nation as well as to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. One instrument solicited data on the nature and experience of male long-term inmates for 1979-84, and the second instrument focused on female long-term instruments. The guide first profiles the Nation's long-term inmate population, including projections of how these characteristics will change over the next 5 years. Following a discussion of 13 issues impacting the management of long-term prisoners, some 80 recommendations are offered for improving the management of long-term inmates. Promising new programs for long-term inmates and the obstacles to their implementation are considered. An essay by a long-term inmate then presents his perspectives on family-community relationships, housing, rules and regulations, progression through the system, and inmate work programs. Guidelines for the development of a management-oriented data base on long-term inmates address the dearth of useful data on the issue's scope, the characteristics and increase of long-term inmate populations, and program and policy needs. Appendixes contain survey instruments; tabular survey data; and other relevant information, including a State-by-State review of pertinent laws and a comparison of per diem costs for long-term inmates and other inmates. Subject index.