NCJ Number
574
Date Published
1971
Length
256 pages
Annotation
PROCEEDINGS FROM A CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WHICH WAS HELD TO ANALYZE THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL SURVEYS ON THE ROLE OF PRISON INDUSTRIES IN CORRECTIONS.
Abstract
ADMINISTRATORS, WARDENS, AND CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES DIRECTORS FROM SEVEN MIDWESTERN STATES ATTENDED THE FOUR DAY CONFERENCE. THE PAPERS WHICH WERE DELIVERED BY SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCE ARE PROVIDED, AS WELL AS THE TEXTS OF SEVERAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS HELD BY CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS. THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE WAS THREE SURVEYS ON THE FUNCTION OF PRISON INDUSTRIES AS PERCEIVED BY CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE CONSENSUS FROM THE SURVEYS WAS THAT CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES CAN DEVELOP A FAVORABLE INMATE ATTITUDE TOWARDS WORK AND PROVIDE TRAINING IN THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN AND HOLD A JOB AFTER RELEASE. CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND THOSE INVOLVED IN INDUSTRIES PROGRAMS DIFFERED CONSIDERABLY ON SOME POLICY ISSUES, SUCH AS HOW PROFITS SHOULD BE USED, WORK SCHEDULING, WORK RELEASE, AND REHABILITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAMS. A MODEL OF PRISON INDUSTRIES WAS ALSO PROPOSED AT THE CONFERENCE. THIS MODEL DEPICTED THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIES IN THE TOTAL CORRECTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND DESCRIBED IN GREAT DETAIL THE PROCESS OF INMATE ASSIGNMENT TO AND THROUGH THE INDUSTRIES. FOR THE SUMMARY REPORT OF THESE PROCEEDINGS AND SURVEY RESULTS, SEE NCJ-004894.