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After Jail, What? (1958-00-00)
About this film
The special guest this episode is Sanford Bates. Mr. Bates is an internationally-known penologist who was formerly director of the United States Bureau of Prisons. A major portion of the crime problem is a result of what society does about initial and relatively less serious crime, says criminologist Joseph D. Lohman. An interviewed inmate tells that he was less damaged by his prior criminal experience than by his prison experiences. Public sentiment has not kept pace with the progress of penological attitudes, say Lohman and Bates. This is a cause of prison experiences making an inmate more dangerous to the public. They emphasize that a prison must make offenders self-reliant, rather than dependent, and indicate methods by which this can be accomplished. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Directors & creators
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Penology, Prison rehabilitation, Criminal justice system, Ex-convicts, Social stigma, Prisoner reentry, Employment discrimination, Criminology, Correctional institutions, Recidivism, Community relations, Labor market, Social philosophy, Sanford Bates, Joseph D. Lohman, Prison reform, Vocational training, Sociology of crime, Public perception of crime, Post-release challenges, 1950s history, Human rights
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