PROGRAMS TO RE-EDUCATE, READJUST, AND RESTORE INMATES OF THE COUNTY JAIL

• NCJ Number: 39300
• Author(s): S A MCCANN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-DF-99-0064
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Assoc of Counties (NACo)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES PROGRAMS FOR INMATES OF COUNTY JAILS WHO WILL SPEND SOME TIME THERE OR WHO CONTINUOUSLY REAPPEAR.

Abstract

MODEL COUNTY PROGRAMS ARE DESCRIBED WHICH ADDRESS THE NEED FOR WORK, EDUCATIONAL, AND ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS TO REINTEGRATE LONG TERM INMATES INTO THE COMMUNITY. ONE COMPREHENSIVE INMATE PROGRAM, THE INGHAM COUNTY (MICHIGAN) JAIL INMATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM, IS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED. FIFTEEN PROGRAMS ARE EXAMINED. DATA ON PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS AND ADDRESSES ARE APPENDED. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.