EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS OF RELEASED PRISONERS - A PRELIMINARY SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF RELEASED FEDERAL PRISONERS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL PROBATION OFFICE, EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

• NCJ Number: 9771
• Author(s): G A POWNALL; C WELLFORD
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 24 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Labor
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

BACKGROUND, METHODOLOGY, AND OBSERVATIONS OF A SURVEY IN PHILADELPHIA OF RELEASED FEDERAL PRISONERS TO STUDY THE RELATION BETWEEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

Abstract

SIXTY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE SURVEY GROUP WERE PAROLEES AND 33 PER CENT WERE MANDATORILY RELEASED. RACIAL, OFFENSE, AND SENTENCE DISTRIBUTIONS ARE DISCUSSED. INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT PROVIDING THE TYPE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING WHICH CAN BEST EQUIP MEN TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT UPON RELEASE. NEGROES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE MANDATORILY RELEASED, BENEFITTING LEAST BY THE INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND THUS DOING POORLY IN OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT. PRISONERS WITH NO PRIOR HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT, PARTICULARLY YOUTHS, BENEFIT THE MOST FROM VOCATIONAL TRAINING, BUT ARE UNSTABLE IN THEIR JOBS IF THE TRAINING HAS BEEN FRAGMENTARY. JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE FROM INSTITUTIONS AND PROBATION SERVICES IS INADEQUATE. PROBLEMS INHERENT IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC ARE DISCUSSED.