For Corrections Education

TCALL Resources

Corrections Connection Email Discussion List (hosted by TCALL)

Corrections Education Resource Listing (On TCALL Library Search page use Broad Search Categories box to find library resources in this subject area, equivalent to the hard-copy bibliography.)

Teaching on the Inside, (Dominique T. Chlup, 2005)

The Pendulum Swings: 65 Years of Corrections Education, (Dominique T. Chlup, 2005)

National Institute for Literacy's LINCS Resources

Correctional Education Special Collection (Web-based resources reviewed and compiled by National LINCS)

"Policy & Legislation" Information Page from National LINCS

For more information from a searchable nationwide adult education & literacy database, go to LINCSearch

Other Web Sites of Interest

Correctional Education Association

Correctional Education Curriculum & Instruction - This page on the website of CPAL (Community Partnerships for Adult Learning) includes How-To's, Research, Journals, and Website links pertaining to Correctional Education Curriculum & Instruction. CPAL is a project of U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

Corrections Education, Focus on Basics, Vol. 7, Issue D, (September 2005)

Discussion Group of Correctional Education Association - Open to anyone who wishes to participate in information exchanges related to correctional education issues.

EdNet Page of Corrections Connection - EdNet is intended to encourage communication among corrections and criminal justice professionals regarding educational programs, procedures and systems, and to inform the industry of new program developments taking place at the federal, state and local levels.

Mother Jones Magazine ran a report on prisons in 2001. They have a nifty website with an "Incarceration Atlas" that has information about every state and the federal prison system, such as comparisons of funding for education and prisons. The data is as of the year 2000, but might still be of considerable interest to those serving prison populations.

Project Metamorphosis - This corrections curriculum integrates basic skills, job skills, and cognitive skills. Free hard copies available to Texas educators from the Clearinghouse Library (800-441-READ).

Three State Recidivism Study - The Correctional Education Association conducted the Three State Recidivism Study in 2001. Data analysis indicates that inmates who participated in education programs while incarcerated showed lower rates of recidivism after three years. Free hard copies available to Texas educators from the Clearinghouse Library (800-441-READ). [PDF document download Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]

Windham School District Texas Prison Education System