Proceedings of the First National Conference on the
Family and Corrections, April 24-27, 1988, Sacramento,
California
© Copyright 1989, Family and Corrections Network
CONFERENCE DIRECTORS
Barbara Bloom: Criminal Justice Consultant, San Anselmo, California; former Executive Director of Centerforce
Jim Mustin: Executive Director, Family and Corrections Network; Staff Development Coordinator, Academy for Staff Development, Virginia Department of Corrections
Bruce Wolford: Director, Training Resource Center, Eastern Kentucky University
CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Ellen Barry: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, San Francisco, California
Renee Campbell: Centerforce, San Quentin, California
Creasie Finney Hairston: Indiana University School of Social Work
Carolyn McCall: Prison MATCH, Oakland, California
Joseph Ossmann: Friends Outside National Organization, Salinas, California
Pauline Sullivan: CURE National Office, Washington, D.C.
Al Wengerd: Menonnite Central Committee, Office of Criminal Justice, Elkhart, Indiana
PROCEEDINGS EDITOR
Creasie Finney Hairston, Ph.D.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
The contributors who, by sharing their thoughts, ideas, program experiences, and research findings, made this resource document possible.
Indiana University School of Social Work for support in the preparation of this publication.
Debbie Smith of Overload Business Services, Altadena, California, for transcribing the four Keynote addresses.
Mary Roberts, Indiana University School of Social Work for typing this manuscript.
Richard Russell of Bridging Blocks, Inc., Concord Massachusetts, for help in editing the manuscript.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
- PART I KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
- Opening Address - Ruth Rushen
Luncheon Address - Sister Elaine Roulet
Luncheon Address, Black Families and Correctional
Policies and Programs: A Dilemma and Challenge - Velma
LaPoint, Ph.D
Closing Address, Where Do We Go From Here? - Joseph D. Ossman
- PART II PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
- New York State Department of Correctional Services
Family Services Programs - Marion L.Borum
Salvation Army Correctional Services Family
Program - Major C. David Howell
The Future of Family and Corrections in North
America: A Special Interest Workshop - Debbie Smith and
Creasie Finney Hairston, Ph.D
- PART III RESEARCH ON THE FAMILY AND CORRECTIONS
- Current Views of Inmate Visiting - Lawrence A.
Bennett, Ph.D
Regulating Parent-Child Communication in
Correctional Settings - Creasie Finney Hairston, Ph.D.
& Peg McCartt Hess, Ph.D
Prison Visitors: A Profile - Virginia V. Neto
Fathers in Prison: A Psychosocial Exploration - C.
S. Lanier, Jr
Effects of an Integrated Visitation/Educational
Program on Development of Parenting Skills for
Incarcerated Female Offenders - Luz S. Bolivar
Women Who Love Criminal Offenders: A Psychosocial
Survey - Rocco D'Angelo, Ph.D. & Glen McCleese
Contributors
FOREWORD
We are pleased to present the Proceedings from the First National Conference on the Family and Corrections, which was held in Sacramento, California in April of 1988. This conference was the culmination of the vision and dedication of many individuals and organizations committed to the support of offender-family relationships. Nearly three hundred people gathered from across the United States and Canada to network and to share a variety of perspectives on program and policy issues related to the family and corrections field.
Highlights of this Conference, including keynote addresses, several summaries of workshops, and pertinent research, provide a blueprint for offenders and their families, and those working in the family and corrections field as well as for policy makers, corrections officials, and concerned citizens. We hope these Proceedings generate continued national and international interest in the family and corrections.
Family and Corrections Network (FCN), the conference sponsor, continues to promote offender-family services through its publications, membership program, and technical assistance activities. FCN is sponsoring a Second North American Conference on the Family and Corrections April 9-12, 1989 in Albany, New York.
We take this opportunity to thank all of the people who made the First National Conference on the Family and Corrections the success that it was. We encourage the continued development of programs and services which serve to strengthen the relationships between offenders and their families.
Jim Mustin and Barbara Bloom, Conference Directors
INTRODUCTION
These Proceedings present papers from the First National Conference on the Family and Corrections. These papers capture the spirit of the Conference and reflect its major focus and objectives. They do not, however, cover the full range of workshops, panels, and papers presented during the four days of events and activities.
Part I presents the keynote addresses offered at the opening and closing sessions and during two luncheon meetings. The addresses were diverse. They included short, insightful, and inspirational messages, scholarly analysis of critical policy and program issues in the family and corrections field, and experienced-based notes for practice. Collectively, they stressed the importance of strong, positive family relationships during imprisonment and challenged the diverse Conference audience to work together to achieve common goals.
Part II presents two program overviews and a summary of one of the special interest workshops. The first article provides an overview of the services which a governmental entity, New York State, provides to prisoners and their families. The second article, in contrast, describes the family services which the Salvation Army, a private agency, provides in Ottawa, Canada. The special interest workshop summary sets a future agenda for family and corrections work.
Six original research papers on the family and corrections are presented in Part III. Three papers focus specifically on prison visiting. Visiting policies and practices, as viewed by visitors and corrections staff and as reflected in policy directives, are analyzed. Two papers address parenting issues. One provides a summary of the evaluation of a program for imprisoned mothers. The second describes the psychosocial problems faced by fathers who are in prison. The final research paper examines the problems faced by women who maintain relationships with men who are in prison.
The Proceedings provide a record of a momentous occasion, the launching of a national effort to bring together individuals, groups, and representatives of organizations concerned about the family and corrections. The combination of keynote addresses, program descriptions, and research studies presented here makes a significant contribution to the development of knowledge in this emerging interest area. It is hoped that this document will serve as an important resource for offenders and their families, program practitioners, scholars, policy makers and others concerned about the viability of the family unit.
Creasie Finney Hairston, Ph.D., Editor
Originally Published by:
Training Resource Center
Department of Correctional Services
Eastern Kentucky University
202 Perkins
Richmond, Kentucky 40475-3127
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