NCJ Number
19874
Date Published
1970
Length
254 pages
Annotation
FINAL REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIES PROJECT, ESTABLISHED BY THE CANADIAN CORRECTIONS ASSOCIAITON TO RECOMMEND AN APPROPRIATE INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR THE PENITENTIARY SERVICE.
Abstract
THIS PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER TO DETERMINE HOW INDUSTRIAL DIVISION GOALS AND PROCESSES MIGHT BEST BE INTEGRATED INTO THE OVER-ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE PENITENTIARY SERVICE. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEWED LITERATURE, INTERVIEWED PERSONNEL IN ALL PHASES OF THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM, AND DID FOLLOW-UP STUDIES OF PAROLEES IN THE LABOR MARKET AS WELL AS RECIDIVISTS WHO HAD RETURNED TO PRISON. FOR PURPOSES OF EVALUATION, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE GOAL OF THE PENITENTIARY SERVICE SHOULD BE THE MAXIMATION OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS OF FREEDOM FOR THOSE RELEASED. CONSISTENT WITH THIS GOAL, THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WITH A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE FOR PRISON INDUSTRIES, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INMATES WITH SKILLS WHICH WILL BE OF MAXIMUM BENEFIT UPON RELEASE.