Abstract
The first decade of the twenty-first century was challenging for corrections in California as prisons were caught in a paradox of using overcrowded facilities designed to punish criminal misdeeds, while at the same time they were charged to rehabilitate inmates in a fashion that reduces future law-breaking. Vocational education courses offered in prison were an attempt to achieve these two goals by offering inmates a chance to rehabilitate as they serve out their prison sentence.
Dr. Dick, Dr. Rich, and Dr. Waters extend special thanks to Ms. Gail Hildebrand and Mr. David Philhour for their assistance in preparing this report.
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This was changed to 3 years by the “Realignment” legislation (AB 109) of 2011. This legislation was signed into law to relieve crowding in the prisons we studied by keeping lower level inmates in county lock-ups for up to 3 years. Previously, the limit was 1 year.
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Dick, A.j., Rich, W., Waters, T. (2016). Report: Vocational Education in California Prisons: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Twelve Courses. In: Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56469-6_5
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