Although it is known that many persons under community supervision need and eventually want correctional education programs, little is known about the providers and characteristics of these educational programs. This report provides an overview of initiatives at the national and state levels supporting new approaches to community supervision and…

The State is no longer thought to have performed its full duty to itself, to society, or the criminal when, by imprisonment, it has punished the criminal for his offense. When the prisoner is set free he should be a better citizen, a more desirable and efficient member of society, and a more intelligent man, with a larger amount of self-control…