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PRISON CRISIS - PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

NCJ Number
40173
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
Unknown
Length
30 pages
Annotation
REPORT FROM CONFERENCE THAT EXAMINED THE FUTURE OF PRISONS, PAROLE, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, AND CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHY.
Abstract
HELD IN OCTOBER 1974 BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION OF THE OHIO COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, THE CONFERENCE DREW SEVERAL PROMINENT SPEAKERS IN THE FIELD. WORKSHOPS WERE HELD ON ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, SENTENCING, PAROLE PROCESS, PRISON CONSTRUCTION, PRISON CONDITIONS, AND PRISONERS' RIGHTS. THE CONFERENCE RESOLVED TO GIVE CHURCH INPUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIVE YEAR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED RECOMMENDATIONS OF PROCEDURAL CHANGES AT THE PRE-CONFINEMENT, CONFINEMENT, AND POST-CONFINEMENT LEVELS....BS