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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
William R Conte |
ISBN: | 0929838041 9780929838045 |
OCLC Number: | 22549258 |
Description: | 192 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Introduction. General reflections ; Why prison reform? -- Preliminary considerations and planning. Some historical background ; Legislative intent ; Staff attitudes ; a basic target ; Preparing for change -- A basic science for corrections -- The Heyns era. The program and approach ; The Washington corrections center for men ; The Heyns legacy -- Some concurrent developments -- The Conte era. A view of Washington prisons in the mid 1960s ; A philosophy of corrections -- Further implementation of reform. Emphasis on the philosophy of administrations ; Problems : identification and solving ; Legislative action and administrative developments ; Training ; the four major reforms, Fall, 1970 -- Reorganization of state government ; Washington corrections versus Attica -- Resistance to reform -- The nature of institutions -- And later -- In conclusion. |
Responsibility: | by William R. Conte. |
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