Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Anthropology
First Advisor
Margaret Everett
Term of Graduation
Fall 2005
Date of Publication
11-3-2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Anthropology
Department
Anthropology
Language
English
Subjects
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Women prisoners -- Oregon -- Wilsonville, Women prisoners -- Education -- Oregon -- Wilsonville, GED tests
DOI
10.15760/etd.5567
Physical Description
1 online resource (2, ix, 97 pages)
Abstract
Prisons provide us with a place to segregate criminals from the population at large, but the ongoing question is what to do with them once we have incarcerated them? On one side there is the idea that prisons should be used to punish those who have broken the law. On the other is the idea that prisons should help to rehabilitate prisoners so that they may be reintegrated into society upon their release.
The purpose of this study was to examine the role correctional education programs played in the life of female offenders in light of the debate mentioned above. Based on qualitative research, the aim of this study was to listen to the prisoner's voice. What did inmates think about correctional education programs offered? Did they want such programs? Did they feel empowered by them, or did they resist being 'rehabilitated' and feign compliance? How did inmates make sense of their learning experience?
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20711
Recommended Citation
Ellis, Clara Guadalupe, "Female Inmates Perspectives on Incarceration and Correctional Education at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility" (2005). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3683.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5567
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