Should Government Go It Alone or with a Partner: A Comparison of Outcomes from a Work Release Program Using Different Policy Tools

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haeil Jung ◽  
Deanna Malatesta ◽  
Robert LaLonde
Keyword(s):  
Policy Tools ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Release Program

Report of the Work-Release Program (Specialized Training to Avoid Recidivism — STAR

1974 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-155
Author(s):  
James D.H. Reefer ◽  
James V. Gagne ◽  
Robert Ewens
Keyword(s):  
Specialized Training ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Release Program

Employers and Employees in the Work-Release Program in North Carolina

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.D. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
The State ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Release Program ◽  
Prisoner Rehabilitation

As part of a larger study of North Carolina's work-release pro gram for prisoner rehabilitation, questionnaires were sent to both work-release employers and employees. Their responses indi cate some of the attitudes and circumstances affecting the work- release program in the state.

Changing the Behavior of Substance Abusers: Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Therapeutic Communities

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amie L. Nielsen ◽  
Frank R. Scarpitti
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Therapeutic Communities ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Criminal Histories ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Release Program ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

In this paper we explicate the treatment process leading to the success of therapeutic communities (TCs) in rehabilitating clients through a case study of CREST, a combined TC and work release program for substance abusers with criminal histories. We develop a comprehensive framework for understanding how and why TCs provide effective treatment to substance-abusing clients. Using data derived from a process analysis of CREST, and substantiated by the literature on TCs, the model considers both structural and programmatic elements and individual level factors. Our framework is unique in that it attempts to show the dynamic processes ongoing among various elements in the setting to produce global changes in clients that are important for living drug free.

Work Release in Washington: Effects on Recidivism and Corrections Costs

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSAN TURNER ◽  
JOAN PETERSILIA
Keyword(s):  
Successful Transition ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Release Program ◽  
Male Prisoners

This article presents results from two studies of Washington State's prison work release program conducted between 1991 and 1994. The first study analyzed a cohort of all male prisoners released from Washington prisons in 1990 (N = 2,452) to describe how work release operates and how successfully inmates perform in the program. The second study compared the recidivism of 218 offenders, approximately half of whom participated in work release and half of whom completed their sentences in prison. Results of the evaluation were mostly positive. Nearly a quarter of all prisoners released made a successful transition to the community through work release. Few work release inmates committed crimes while on work release. Recidivism and correctional costs for work releases and nonwork releases were similar.

Integrating HIV-Prevention Strategies in a Therapeutic Community Work-Release Program for Criminal Offenders

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
LANA D. HARRISON ◽  
CLIFFORD A. BUTZIN ◽  
JAMES A. INCIARDI ◽  
STEVEN S. MARTIN
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Similar Work ◽  
Hiv Prevention Strategies ◽  
Treatment Paradigm ◽  
Program Entry ◽  
Risk Reduction Intervention ◽  
Release Program

The increasing number of drug-involved offenders under the supervision of the criminal justice system offers a unique opportunity for HIV risk-reduction intervention. This article discusses the HIV risk factors of a cohort court-ordered to attend a 6-month work-release drug treatment program. The treatment paradigm is the therapeutic community, and privileges and freedom increase as inmates progress through the program. Inmates are followed up at 6, 18, and 42 months after program entry, and their HIV risk behaviors are again assessed. Analyses show greater changes in risk behaviors in the treatment cohort compared to a cohort completing a similar work-release program without a treatment component.

FINE IN AN INFANT DRUG CASE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. A29-A29
Author(s):  
Student
Keyword(s):  
Drug Application ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Vice President ◽  
District Court ◽  
Retrolental Fibroplasia ◽  
Infant Deaths ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Premature Babies ◽  
Release Program ◽  
New Drug Application

St. Louis, Jan. 21 (AP)—A pharmaceutical company has been fined $115,000 and a former executive sentenced to six months in a work-release program for marketing an unapproved drug linked to the death of 38 premature babies. The sentences were imposed Friday by Judge Clyde Cahill of Federal District Court here, which had jurisdiction in the case because the company, O'Neal, Jones & Feldman Pharmaceuticals, now called O'Neal Inc., is based in the St. Louis suburb of Maryland Heights. O'Neal was the sole distributor of E-Ferol Aqueous Solution, used for treatment of retrolental fibroplasia, a disease that can cause blindness in premature infants exposed to too much oxygen. The product, which was never tested by the Food and Drug Administration, was introduced in 1983 and recalled in 1984, after reports of infant deaths associated with its use. The executive who was sentenced Friday is James B. Madison, a 68-year-old former O'Neal vice president for operations, who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and mislabeling. In addition to the six months in a work-release program, Judge Cahill sentenced him to three years' probation and ordered him to contribute $10,000 to a charity that helps children. O'Neal, which had pleaded guilty to charges including mail fraud and failure to obtain approval of a new drug application, was ordered to pay $125,000 in court costs in addition to the $115,000 fine. The sentences were handed down one day after Judge Cahill imposed a $130,000 fine on the drug's now-defunct manufacturer, Carter-Glogau Laboratories of Glendale, Ariz. Its former president, Ronald M. Carter, and O'Neal's former president, Larry K. Hiland, were sentenced to six months in prison by Judge Cahill, who ordered them to contribute $65,000 each toward research on drug safety. Carter-Glogau, Mr. Carter and Mr. Hiland had all been convicted of conspiracy, marketing and unapproved drug and misbranding the drug. The two companies and their insurers have reached settlements totaling millions of dollars with the families of children treated with the drug.

Psycho-Social Factors as Predictors of Success in a Work-Release Program

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Leonard S. Brahen ◽  
Thomas Capone ◽  
Loretta Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
Predictors Of Success ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Work Factor ◽  
Work Release ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Extreme Groups ◽  
Drug History ◽  
Release Program

This study was undertaken to investigate the predictive value of social and environmental historical factors as a determinant of the rehabilitative potential of an inmate as measured by his success in completing satisfactorily a Narcotic Antagonist Work-Release Program. The N.I.D.A. Psycho-Social Inventory1 taken from forty clients were objectively scored by category. The categories studied were general background (religion, education, etc.), family, work, criminal and drug history. Statistical correlation was sought by category with the subject's objective jail score reflecting success in the jail program. Means of jail scores of extreme groups (fifteen highest and fifteen lowest subjects) were compared with their category scores using the t-test. Only the work factor reached significance at a level of .05. Further analysis of the work factor showed that both of its components (length of employment and proximity to incarceration) were required to achieve significance.

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