STATE WORK RELEASE PROGRAMS - REPORT ON AN INNOVATION

• NCJ Number: 2252
• Author(s): E H JOHNSON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, OCTOBER, 1970

Annotation

A STATE SURVEY OF THE STATUS OF WORK RELEASE PROGRAMS WHERE LEGISLATIVELY AUTHORIZED.

Abstract

SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AMONG THOSE STATES WITH STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO INITIATE WORK-RELEASE PROGRAMS FOR ADULT STATE PRISONERS. IN 1968, TWENTY-EIGHT STATES REPORTED HAVING SUCH LEGISLATION AND TWENTY-TWO HAD PROGRAMS IN OPERATION. THE SURVEY REVEALED EVIDENCE OF A TREND TOWARD DECENTRALIZING AUTHORITY OVER THE PROGRAMS. WORK RELEASE PROGRAMS VARY ACCORDING TO DIFFERENCES IN SIZE OF PRISONER POPULATION, QUALITY OF EXISTING RESOURCES, AND PRISON LOCATION IN RELATION TO THE POTENTIAL JOB MARKET FOR WORK RELEASES.