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NCJ Number: 93199 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Inmate Preferences Towards Jailhouse Educational Activities in Designing an Effective Inmate Educational Enrichment Program (Individualized Study vs GED (General Education Diploma) Programming as a Systems Dynamics Model for Jails)
Author(s): D V Walakafra-Wills
Date Published: 1983
Annotation: The General Educational Development (GED) programs in most State and Federal correctional institutions are neither effective nor useful to jail inmates because of the transient nature of jail populations. The individualized educational systems approach called the Educational Enrichment Program (EEP) seeks to remedy this problem.
Abstract: In a questionnaire survey completed by 362 inmates of the Sacramento County (Calif.) jail in December 1982, a majority ranked the GED/High School progran 18th out of 42 activity selections. Scores for all educational variables -- GED, Bible study, poetry workshop, writing workshop, and reading -- indicated that most inmates, regardless of age, race, and length of time in jail would participate in some type of educational activity. The existing GED programs in correctional institutions are standarized, group participatory, and based on a set format which is not appropriate for the short-term, fluctuating jail setting. In contrast, the EEP, combined with the Positive Indirect Education Approach, is designed to identify an inmate's educational deficiencies and systematically improve each skill at the inmate's own pace of learning. The EEP does not substitute for the GED, but fills a special educational need and will improve an inmate's chances for later participation in a GED program. The EEP includes optional programs such as self-esteem building and job preparedness. Visual aids, behavior modification techniques, and staff praise are important elements. The EEP method tailors training materials to seven skill areas: writing, reading comprehension, spelling, math, speech communications, sentence formulation, and reading. The community can supply technical assistance, materials, and teaching staff for a jail EEP. Diagrams and six references are supplied.
Index Term(s): General Educational Development; Jails; Program evaluation; Remedial education
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice/
Rockville, MD 20849
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
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Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
Page Count: 13
Type: Program/Project Evaluation
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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