{"title":"Putting Prisoners to Work","authors":"G. Vito","doi":"10.1300/J264V09N03_03","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Recently, the issue of work by prisoners has been discussed as u major policy concern for correctional administrators. This article outlines the history of prison work programs, the policy implications of such endeavors, and advocates the creation of an opportunity structure for inmates within prison work programs.","PeriodicalId":107632,"journal":{"name":"Journal of offender counseling, services & rehabilitation","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of offender counseling, services & rehabilitation","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J264V09N03_03","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Recently, the issue of work by prisoners has been discussed as u major policy concern for correctional administrators. This article outlines the history of prison work programs, the policy implications of such endeavors, and advocates the creation of an opportunity structure for inmates within prison work programs.