Research: Prisoner Reentry
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files. To download a free copy, please visit the Adobe web site. But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
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J. Travis, 2005
Examines the nation’s criminal justice system and identifies the following seven policy challenges to prisoner reentry: public safety, families and children, work, housing, public health, civic identity, and community capacity. Suggests ways the criminal justice system can be reorganized to increase successful reentry.
http://www.urban.org/pubs/AllComeBack/ Current Strategies for Reducing Recidivism
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L. McKean and C. Ransford, Center for Impact Research, 2004
Examines the following approaches cited most frequently by programs and states as effective in reducing recidivism: substance abuse and mental illness treatment, education, and employment services. Also makes a series of recommendations about accountability and rehabilitative services offered during and after incarceration.
Download/view: PDF (398KB) Focus on Basics: Corrections Education
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National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Volume 7, Issue D, 2005
An online newsletter dedicated to the practical application of research. This issue includes articles that examine how correctional education can help prepare inmates for reentry. Topics include instructional and programmatic approaches to correctional education, services for inmates with learning disabilities, the impact of the GED on employment after incarceration, and the history of correctional education.
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=818 From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry
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J. Travis, A. Solomon, and M. Waul, Urban Institute, 2001
Provides background information about the number of adults released from prison each year and describes the challenges adults face in prison and upon release.
Download/view: PDF (341KB) | HTML Learning to Reduce Recidivism: A 50-State Analysis of Postsecondary Correctional Education Policy
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W. Erisman and J. Contardo, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2005
Describes the U.S. prison population, summarizes findings from literature on postsecondary correctional education, and examines data collected from a survey of correctional education administrators about their postsecondary correctional education programs. Also identifies barriers preventing inmates’ access to postsecondary education and makes policy recommendations.
Download/view: PDF (499KB) Locked Up and Locked Out: An Educational Perspective on the U.S. Prison Population
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R. Coley and P. Barton, Educational Testing Service, 2006
Provides a profile of the U.S. prison population, the juvenile and adult correctional systems, and correctional education and reentry programs. Discusses what is known about the effects of correctional education on recidivism and where more data are needed. Also, discusses the effects of incarceration on children and the black male population.
Download/view: PDF (639KB) | HTML The Power of Work: The Center for Employment Opportunities Comprehensive Prisoner Reentry Program
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Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) and Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC), 2006
An in-depth examination of CEO’s reentry program. Reviews the program’s history, approach to recruiting public and private stakeholders, and financial and organizational structure. Provides examples of how the model is being replicated and adapted by other jurisdictions and with other populations.
Download/view: PDF (449KB) | HTML Prison-Based Education and Reentry into the Mainstream Labor Market
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J. Tyler and J. Kling, 2006
Using data from Florida’s correctional system, this report examines the post-release economic effects of participation in and completion of prison-based General Educational Development (GED) programs.
Download/view: PDF (140KB) | HTML State Correctional Education Programs
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State Policy Update
M. Tolbert, National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), 2002
Provides an overview of the different facets of correctional education, summarizes funding sources for correctional education programs, and discusses correctional philosophy and laws that affect correctional education programs. It also looks at the characteristics of the current adult prison population and highlights initiatives in Maryland, Ohio, and Texas.
Download/view: PDF (625KB) | HTML Three State Recidivism Study
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S. Steurer, L. Smith, and A. Tracy, Correctional Education Association, 2001
Analyzes the impact of education on the behavior of inmates after they were released from prison in Maryland, Minnesota, and Ohio. Uses educational participation while incarcerated as the major variable and measures the influence of education on recidivism and employment rates.
Download/view: PDF (553KB) | MS Word(209KB) Time to Reframe Politics and Practices in Correctional Education
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S. LoBuglio, in J. Comings, B. Garner, and C. Smith (Eds.), Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 2, 2001
Discusses pertinent issues in the field of adult correctional education, including the shifting attitudes about the role of prisons in U.S. society, and addresses the dilemma of preparing incarcerated learners for their next steps in life. Also offers some policy suggestions.
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