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Inmate Education in Florida's 19th Century Penal System: A Failure of Good Intentions

NCJ Number
122056
Journal
Journal of Correctional Education Volume: 40 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1989) Pages: 148-150
Author(s)
L H Roberts
Date Published
1989
Length
3 pages
Annotation
Following the end of the Civil War, Florida established its first State prison.
Abstract
The warden, a former Union Army officer, established a correctional education program. Due to a lack of funding and the end of Reconstructionism in 1878, the State prison was closed and its pioneering attempt at correctional education ended only to be restored after the creation of a new Florida State prison system in the early part of the twentieth century. The present-day Florida Department of Corrections is nationally recognized for its inmate education program and its commitment to inmate rehabilitation through education. 12 references. (Author abstract)