Michael

There is a program called CRIMINON that addresses basic literacy inmates
and criminal thinking.  They are international in scope and have
programs in the USA and Mexico.  Go to criminon.org for more information
and an organization closest to you.  I've used their curriculum with in
the prison system and seen the positive changes it makes in the criminal
thinking process.  

va

 

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Subject: [FocusOnBasics 284] Re: Supporting out of school study

 

Tom,

 

That was  a valuable observation about access to educational programs
inside prison (where basic needs are met) and outside.  Does anyone know
of any literature on some of these programs, like NYC's Fortune Society,
which address themselves to ex-offenders?  Thanks, Michael

	-------------- Original message from Woods <woodsnh at isp.com>:
-------------- 
	
	
	> Hi Barb, 
	> Our students sometimes return from prison to towns where they
do not 
	> have easy access to our community campuses . In one such case,
I had a 
	> student who needed just two more credits to graduate, but he
was moving 
	> out of state. I provided him with assignments to complete and
return to 
	> me by mail, sort of a correspondence course, I guess. The
outcome was 
	> not what I hoped for. He called me once, but never did any of
the 
	> assignments. 
	> 
	> We have found that our students often do very well in school
when they 
	> are incarcerated, but many forces conspire to make continued
schooling 
	> difficult after they get out. In prison, their basic needs are
met, 
	> meals, health care, warmth, bed, clothing, etc. On their own
back in the 
	> community, they have to work hard to provide these things for 
	> themselves. Other issues such as family, social, job,
transportation and 
	> other responsibilities required of them by their probation
office (e.g. 
	> substance abuse counseling, restitution, etc.) interfere with
their 
	> ability to attend classes and progress stops. We have not yet
found a 
	> good solution for these folks. 
	> 
	> A few of us have been thinking about putting some sort of
online 
	> distance learning program on our school web site, but this is
only in 
	> the dream stage right now. 
	> 
	> Tom Woods 
	> Community High School of Vermont 
	> 
	> Barbara Garner wrote: 
	> 
	> Has anyone's program taken this into account and put into
place supports for 
	> students who want to continue to study on their own when not
actively 
	> participating in a program? 
	> 
	> 
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