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National
Literacy Trust
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
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
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An Educational Resource Page for Correctional
Education Teachers & Corrections Staff including classroom
resources and internet directories.
Getting Out And Staying Out
This site chronicles a program that places education and employment at the forefront of reducing recidivism in prisons with proven results.
Educating
Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in Correctional
Settings
Virginia P. Collier and Wayne P. Thomas
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.
The
Challenge of Individualized Instruction in Corrections
John M. McKee; Carl B. Clements
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 author’s own experience in working with adult offenders.
Analysis
of Recidivism Rates for Participants of the Academic/Vocational/Transition
Education Programs
Kim Hull, Stewart Forrester, James
Brown, David Jobe & Charles McCullen
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.
Effectiveness
of Adult Basic Education and Life-Skills Programs in Reducing
Recidivism: A Review and Assessment of the Research
Dawn Cecil, Daniella Drapkin, Doris
MacKenzie & Laura Hickman
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.
Enhancing
Services to Inmates with Learning Disabilities: Systemic Reform
of Prison Literacy Programs
Juliana Taymans Ph.D, Mary Ann Corley
Ph.D
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
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
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.
Ex-offenders:
How One Can Help?
This online newsletter describes a program
which advises released prisoners on employment, benefits, education,
and housing.
Program
Guidelines: Literacy Volunteers in a Correctional Center
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.
Project
Metamorphosis: A Corrections Curriculum Integrating Basic Skills,
Job Skills, and Cognitive Skills
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
"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.
Correctional
Education Facts
This compilation of basic statistics about
inmate literacy levels and outcome results of literacy training
is provided by NIFL.
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