COR 324 Educating Behind Bars: Policy Implications, Programs and Issues in Correctional Education
3 hours
This course examines policies, practices, and issues in correctional education programs as a means to rehabilitate offenders (participants) in prisons, jails, and locked wards in hospitals. Educational programing for parolees and probationers will be examined. Students will be introduced to teaching techniques used by correctional educators and reflect on how students learn. The course will also examine policies and their implications for correctional education in the U.S. Students will explore the career of a correctional educator in the context of American corrections.