Funding for Inmate Academic and Vocational Programs. Florida Corrections Commission 1999 Annual Report, Section 8.

Institution	Florida State Corrections Commission, Tallahassee.
Titel	Funding for Inmate Academic and Vocational Programs. Florida Corrections Commission 1999 Annual Report, Section 8.
Quelle	(2000), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Education; Adult Basic Education; Adult Education; Correctional Education; Correctional Rehabilitation; Distance Education; Education Work Relationship; Educational Finance; Federal Aid; Juvenile Justice; Literacy Education; Outcomes of Education; Prisoners; Privatization; Program Effectiveness; Special Education; State Programs; Vocational Education; Youth Programs; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Bildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult basic education; Adult training; Fürsorgeerziehung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsfonds; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Prisoner; Gefangener; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Regierungsprogramm; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	The Florida Department of Corrections (DC) offers a variety of academic and vocational programs to a limited number of inmates. Funding is discretionary and provided through state general revenue, nine federal grants, and the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. Profiles of typical Florida inmates indicate almost 75 percent of the inmate population test at a ninth-grade level or below and at or below basic literacy skills. Academic and vocational training for Florida inmates has yielded these positive results: a "return on investment" to taxpayers of $1.66 for every dollar spent; and fewer major discipline reports, higher earnings after release, more employment and staying off public assistance after release, and less recidivation. Educational services are also provided through Florida's five privatized correctional facilities and public education system. For Fiscal Year (FY) 1998-99, the DC served 32,187 inmates in academic, vocational, or special education programs at a cost of $28,407,704. For FY 1999-2000, $34,679,542 were appropriated. Innovative approaches such as distance learning show promise. Recommendations that support the DC's mission of preparing offenders for re-entry and release into society include: expand the use of the Corrections Distance Learning Network and target additional vocational programs toward DC youthful offender institutions. (21 endnotes) (YLB)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.fcc.state.fl.us/fcc/reports/final99/8ed.html.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC