FIRST GRADE THROUGH COLLEGE - INFORMATION REPORT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 10463
• Author(s): C H DEZERN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 53 pages
• Corporate Author: South Carolina Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS WHICH CARRY OUT THE DEPARTMENT'S OBJECTIVES OF REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND ENHANCING REINTEGRATION THROUGH ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

Abstract

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH PROVIDES VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND COLLEGE-LEVEL EDUCATION TO THE STATE'S OFFENDERS, IS INCLUDED. PROGRAMS AT THE ADULT AND YOUTH CORRECTIONAL CENTERS ARE EXPLAINED, AS WELL AS THOSE IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES JOINTLY WITH OTHER AGENCIES. APPENDICES CONTAIN THE DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION CHART, SEVEN VOCATIONAL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, AND INFORMATION ON EXTRA-INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING, PRIMARILY FOR FEMALES, OFFERED ON A LESS-THAN-CLASS-GROUP BASIS.