TWO FACTORS IN DEVELOPMENT OF WORK RELEASE - SIZE AND LOCATION OF PRISONS

• NCJ Number: 9722
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1973) Pages: 43-50
• Author(s): E H JOHNSON; K E KOTCH
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Pergamon Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE NUMBER OF PRISON UNITS AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE STATE'S JOB MARKET AND VARIOUS TYPES OF WORK RELEASE HOUSING ARE DISCUSSED.

Abstract

THE HIGHEST WORK-RELEASE PARTICIPATION RATE WAS RECORDED IN 1971 BY THOSE PRISON SYSTEMS WITH MANY UNITS WELL DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE STATE. THE LOWEST RATE WAS THAT OF THE SYSTEMS WITH A LARGE SHARE OF TOTAL INMATES CONCENTRATED IN LARGE PRISONS. THE USE OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY CENTERS IS FOUND TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHEST WORK-RELEASE PARTICIPATION FOR EACH TYPE OF PRISON SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER EXPANSION OF WORK RELEASE PROGRAMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)