2024 ACA Nashville Program Book_154th Congress of Correction

Thursday, Aug. 15 ▼ 2:15–3:30 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

PREA Allegations and Substantiated Incidents, State Prisoner Recidivism and Correctional Populations post-COVID: New Findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Room 204 This workshop will present findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The first will include results about allegations and incidents of sexual victimization in adult correctional facilities. The second will cover the arrest histories of persons admitted to state prisons and the recidivism patterns of females released from prison. The third will include preliminary prison statistics on the counts of all prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities and those sentenced to more than one year under those authorities. Moderator: Emily Buehler , Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, D.C. Speakers: Lindsay Botswick , Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, D.C.; Derek Mueller , Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, D.C.; Shelby Kottke-Weaver , Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, D.C.

Building and Expanding Pathways to Higher Education: Lessons Learned from Inside a Max-Security Prison Room 202-B The benefits of prison education are clear — when incarcerated people complete any higher education, they are 43% less likely to be reincarcerated within three years than those who do not; and those who earn an associate or a bachelor’s degree are 70% or nearly 100% respectively less likely to return to prison within three years. This presentation will explore exemplary practices for implementing college-degree pathways in prisons and what considerations need to be made for programs implemented in max-security units. Staff from Project Rebound who run the Cal Poly Humboldt education program will detail their successes in establishing and sustaining a successful AA-degree pathway in their prison and provide insights into their current implementation of launching a BA-pathway. This grantee is particularly significant because Cal Poly Humboldt is the first prison education program in the U.S. to receive Pell Grant Eligibility since the funding program was federally restored in July 2023, and they are also the first BA program to be taught in person at a max-security facility in California. In 2023, Project Rebound reported that while recidivism

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