Vocational Education in Correctional Institutions State-of-the-Art Assessment of Progress in Region 4 - Executive Summary

• NCJ Number: 81731
• Author(s): E Rice; R M Etheridge; J R Poe; J H Hughes
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 36 pages
• Contract Number(s): 30076037
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: System Sciences, Inc
• Sale Source: Eric Document Reproduction Service; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Project number 498AR60194 - Final report

Annotation

The project sought to produce a data and knowledge base concerning correctional institutions' vocational education programs to, describe and quantify Health, Education, and Welfare Region 4's correctional vocational education characteristics, and evaluate issues essential to serving the target population.

Abstract

The project also tried to describe the programs' organization, illustrate potentially transferable vocational education practices, and generate recommendations to improve program effectiveness. Data were collected through a literature review, site visit interviews, a survey of 73 institution officials, and a review of 21 exemplary programs. Issues identified were populations served, barriers and needs, funding policy, coordination and cooperation, planning, delivery system's organizational structure, and others. The project found that over 40 percent of the adults and 42 percent of the juveniles were involved in vocational education programs. The most critical barriers were related to lack of a policy, comprehensive programs and appropriate funding, and program isolation. The adult-level personnel need was greatest for vocational teachers. Improved interagency coordination and cooperation was one of three recommendations. Tables, but no references, are supplied. (Author abstract modified)