Corrections
Relevant
Sites
Correctional
Education Network
http://www.corrections.com/edunetwork/index.html
The Correctional Education Network is designed to be a continuing resource for Academicians, Trainers and other Educators working in the challenging and rewarding field of corrections.
Office of Correctional Education
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/OCE/
The Office of Correctional Education (OCE) provides technical
assistance to States, local schools, and correctional institutions and shares
information on correctional education.
Correctional Education Association
The Correctional Education Association (CEA), founded in 1946, is
a non-profit, professional association serving educators and administrators who
provide services to students in correctional settings.
National Literacy Trust
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/database/prisons.html
A compilation of many resources presented by The National Literacy Trust that deal specifically with literacy and prisoners.
Corrections Learning Network
CLN provides relevant educational life and transition based broadcasts for the confined audience.
Vision Literacy
http://www.visionliteracy.org/about/correction.html
Vision Literacy matches community and peer tutors with inmate learners. Volunteers also help operate minimum-security libraries for men and women at Elmwood Correctional Facility.
Compass 1
http://www.users.voicenet.com/~compass1/
An Educational Resource Page for Correctional Education Teachers & Corrections Staff including classroom resources and internet directories.
Articles
Educating Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in Correctional
Settings
Virginia P. Collier and Wayne P. Thomas
http://www.easternlincs.org/correctional_education/articles/educating-linguist-collier.pdf
When resources are available,
teaching academic subjects, technical skills, microcomputer use, vocational
knowledge, and other important life skills through students' primary language
as well as second language is crucial to students' chances for productive lives
upon release and for avoiding re-incarceration.
Prison
Literacy Programs
Sandra
Kerka
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed383859.html
This Digest sets the context of prison literacy programs, outlines some of the constraints, and describes what factors work.
The Challenge of Individualized Instruction in Corrections
John M. McKee; Carl B. Clements
http://www.easternlincs.org/correctional_education/articles/challenge-individualized-mckee.pdf
In this article, 14 challenges faced by correctional educators in
implementing individualized instruction are investigated. Each challenge is
developed in the context of available knowledge and the authorís own experience
in working with adult offenders.
Kim Hull, Stewart Forrester, James Brown, David Jobe &
Charles McCullen
http://www.easternlincs.org/correctional_education/articles/analysis-recidivism-hull.pdf
This report is an analysis of statistical information on program completers of various academic, vocational, and transitional programs offered by the Virginia Department of Correctional Education to the inmate population within the Virginia Department of Corrections. Findings suggest that completion of an educational program while incarcerated may be positively and directly related to post-release community adjustment.
Dawn Cecil, Daniella Drapkin, Doris MacKenzie & Laura
Hickman
http://www.easternlincs.org/correctional_education/articles/effectiveness-abe-cecil.pdf
Evidence of the effectiveness of adult basic education and life skills training programs for offenders in reducing recidivism was assessed for methological rigor and the direction and size of the effects. Seventeen programs were assessed.
Juliana Taymans Ph.D, Mary Ann Corley Ph.D
http://www.easternlincs.org/correctional_education/articles/enhancing-services-taymans.pdf
This article presents principles of systemic reform that can guide correctional education staff through a process designed to improve educational services for inmates with LD.
How
Literacy Research Can Help Correctional Educators
John
Cummings
http://www.easternlincs.org/correctional_education/articles/literacy-research-comings.pdf
This article first explains how research can help solve the immediate
and long-term problems faced by correctional education policy makers,
administrators, and practitioners. It then describes sources that provide
access to research.
Three
State Recidivism Study
Stephen
Steurer, Linda Smith & Alice Tracy
http://www.ceanational.org/documents/3StateFinal.pdf
The Correctional Education Association conducted the Three State
Recidivism Study for the United States Department of Education Office of
Correctional Education. The study was designed to see if education, independent
of other programs, could have significant impact on the behavior of inmates
after release.
Resources
Ex-offenders:
How One Can Help?
http://www.one.gov.uk/newsletters/issue12.pdf
This online newsletter describes a program which advises released prisoners on employment, benefits, education, and housing.
Program
Guidelines: Literacy Volunteers in a Correctional Center
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/volguide/cover.htm
This training package outlines policies, procedures and guidelines for volunteer program development training and delivery in a correctional setting. It is intended to provide a common framework for trainers and volunteers, with a focus on literacy. It is comprised of a training manual, with appendices, and a volunteer handbook, to provide an addendum to training.
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http://www.doe.state.la.us/slrc/proj_meta/index.html
The curriculum was designed specifically for persons in correctional settings. The skills developed include basic skills, cognitive skills, and job skills.
Read To Succeed: An Inmate To Inmate Literacy Program in Washington State
http://www.easternlincs.org/correctional_education/readtosucceed.pdf
"Read to Succeed" is a literacy program that serves the general inmate population of the Washington State Reformatory. Everything you need to start your own program is included in this article.
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/facts/correctional.html
This compilation of basic statistics about inmate literacy levels and outcome results of literacy training is provided by NIFL.