ROLE OF CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES - A SUMMARY REPORT

• NCJ Number: 4894
• Author(s): J R Stratton; J P West
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 27 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI 025
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Iowa
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/

Annotation

SURVEY OF PRISON INDUSTRY DIRECTORS, CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM SEVEN MIDWESTERN STATES TO DETERMINE THEIR RECEPTIVITY TO NEW PROGRAMS.

Abstract

THERE WAS A HIGH DEGREE OF CONSENSUS AMONG RESPONDENTS THAT PRISON LABOR PROGRAMS SHOULD ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP FAVORABLE ATTITUDES TOWARD WORK AND SOCIETY IN PRISONERS, AND SHOULD TEACH INMATES VALUABLE JOB SKILLS. INDUSTRY AND NON-INDUSTRY CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL DIFFERED CONSIDERABLY ON SOME POLICY ISSUES, SUCH AS HOW PROFITS SHOULD BE USED, WORK SCHEDULING, AND WORK RELEASE PROGRAMS. A TENTATIVE MODEL, BASED ON THE SURVEY AND VISITS TO FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONS, IS OFFERED FOR DEVELOPING CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES PROGRAMS.