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Corrections

Correctional Education: Assessing the Status of Prison Programs and Information Needs (pdf)
MPR Associates; U.S. Dept. of Education, 2004.
Drawing on existing federal data sources, this report presents indicators on the scale and effectiveness of correctional education programs offered in federal and state prisons. Documenting trends in inmate access to instructional programs, the characteristics of participants and the outcomes of program participants, each indicator is intended to provide readers with an understanding of the status of correctional education programs today and the context in which they are evolving.
Corrections Education
The September 2005 issue of NCSALL's Focus on Basics.
Literacy Behind Prison Walls: Profiles of the Prison Population from the National Adult Literacy Survey (pdf)
National Center for Education Statistics, 1994.
This is one in a series of reports that look at the results of the National Adult Literacy Survey. Provides an in-depth look at the literacy skills of prisoners incarcerated in state and federal prisons.
Link to Executive Summary
The Power of Work: The Center for Employment Opportunities Comprehensive Prisoner Reentry Program (pdf)
Discusses the link between unemployment and recidivism. the four phases of the CEO reentry program; with case studies to illustrate early examples of how CEO’s model is being replicated and adapted.
Link to online summary of the document
Reentry Partnerships: a Guide for States & Faith-Based and Community Organizations (pdf)
For state government officials and representatives of faith-based and community organizations who want to create and sustain collaborative efforts to reduce recidivism and to help people returning to the community from prisons or jails lead productive and law-abiding lives.