Abstract
This publication contains the findings from three reports presented to the Annual Conference of Ministers in 1978 and 1979. It explores Australian prison populations, including trends and the national survey of long-term prisoners. It discusses the process of classifying prisoners. It looks at the assessments of long-term prisoners by prison staff and examines the effects of long-term imprisonment. It also discusses special programmes for long-term prisoners.
Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Preface
- Chapter one - Australian prison populations
- Trends in the use of imprisonment
- The long-term prison population
- National survey of long-term prisoners in Australia
- Summary
- Chapter two - The classification process
- Introduction
- Criteria for inclusion
- Classification committees
- Security rating
- Information collected
- Maintaining records
- Information provided to prisoners
- Special cases
- Conclusions
- Chapter three - Prison staff assessments of long-term prisoners
- Problems of inmate management - a survey of officers-in-charge of Australian correctional institutions
- Supervisors' ratings of the behaviour of long-term prisoners
- Summary
- Chapter four - The effects of long-term imprisonment
- Chapter five - The need for special programmes
- Young long-term prisoners
- Treatment programmes for long-term prisoners
- Record keeping - Classification - Career planning
- Employment and education for long-term prisoners
- Distribution of long-term prisoners within the prison system
- Voices from the inside
- Pre-release courses
- Administrative issues
- Special programmes for long-term prisoners in Australia
- Chapter six - Summary and implications
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1 - National survey of long-term prisoners
- Appendix 2 - Questionnaire on problems of inmate management