REFORM OF OUR CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS - A REPORT BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CRIME

• NCJ Number: 11747
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 83 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PRISON TENSION AT ATTICA AND OTHER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, STATE EFFORTS AT REFORM, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FEDERAL ACTION.

Abstract

THE INITIAL CHAPTERS OF THIS REPORT TRACE THE HISTORY OF CORRECTIONS, DISCUSS PRISON RIOTS AT SUCH FACILITIES AS FLORIDA STATE PRISON IN FLORIDA AND ATTICA, NEW YORK, AND EXAMINE PROBLEMS IN CORRECTIONS. THESE PROBELMS CONCERN OVERCROWDING, LIMITED EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, ISOLATED RURAL LOCATIONS, STAFFING DIFFICULTIES AND INADEQUATE PHYSICAL PLANTS. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE FRUSTRATION OF PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE RESTRICTIONS AND CRITICISMS OF EARLY RELEASE PROGRAMS, DRUG ABUSE, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND THE PROBLEMS PRESENTED BY MINORITY INMATES. OTHER SECTIONS DISCUSS FEDERAL FUNDING, AND STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA, AND MINNESOTA. THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER, ON ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS FACILITIES, PROBATION, PAROLE, RESTITUTION, AND PRETRIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. ALSO DISCUSSED IS THE ROLE OF THE COURT IN CORRECTIONAL REFORM. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF NATIONAL COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS ON CORRECTIONS FOR 1967-1973.