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60 Prison J. 2 (1980)

handle is hein.journals/prsjrnl60 and id is 1 raw text is: EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH PROJECT Executive Summary In April, 1975, The Pennsylvania Prison Society received a three- year grant from the William Penn Foundation with which to operate a demonstration project in vocational counseling for prisoners and ex- prisoners. A subsequent grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has permitted the Society to complete its evalu- ation of the counseling program and to conduct related research in the area of ex-offender employment. A project report in three volumes was completed in December, 1979. The first volume describes the basic counseling project, its evaluation, and related research findings. The second volume includes four selected case studies illustrative of the kinds of success which were associated with project participation. The final volume is a codebook containing a description of the field instru- ment as well as the distribution of ex-offender responses to selected questions on this and other related surveys of ex-prisoners in Philadel- phia. A description of the project and a summary of findings are included below: Description of Program and Research Design 1) Program participants were drawn from a group of male pris- oners serving sentences at a state correctional institution. There was random assignment of potential clients into treat- ment (n=262) and control groups (n=105). For purposes of analysis, distinction is made between prisoners entering the project in its first full year (first-year sample) and those entering the project in its second year (second-year sample). 2) Vocational counseling was provided by three counselors each having individual caseloads of approximately 35 persons at any one time. Supportive services included the services of a job developer, and an industrial liaison, as well as a lifeskills group counseling program. 3) Participation in the counseling program was voluntary. Counseling began six months prior to a client's release and continued for up to a year following release. Counseling ses- sions were scheduled once a week during the prison phase, frequently immediately after release and less often thereafter. 4) The typical client was a 30-year-old, single, black male serv- ing a three-year felony sentence. He had completed some high school, had an average IQ but tested at between 5th and 8th grade levels in basic verbal and arithmetic skills. Approxi- 2

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