Study subjects included 120 male inmates who were selected for the Horizons Project, a recidivism reduction program recently started in Utah. Inmates chosen for this program could not be sex offenders, intellectually handicapped, or suffering from mental health problems and had to have a parole date with a maximum of 3 years and a minimum of 10 months. The LSI, a rationally derived and highly structured questionnaire, divided motivation into various components and contained a learning typology that included listening, reading, iconic, and direct experience. More than 50 percent of inmates rated iconic learning as less preferred than the other learning methods. No statistical or practical differences were observed between the other three learning modes. Implications of the findings for correctional education teaching styles are discussed. 14 references and 5 tables