Tarpaper - 1973
- Name:Tarpaper
- Date:1973
- Institution: Matsqui Institution
- Topics: Aboriginal Prisoners, Community In-Reach, Crime Causation-Correlation, Educational or Vocational Training, Entertainment, Health-Physical, Mental Health, Post-Carceral Issues, Rehabilitative- Reformative Programs, Relationships in Prisons, Sports, Views on Incarceration,
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Release Description:
In this issue sociologist Robert Martinson writes about the failure of correctional treatments stating that they have no effect on the rates of recidivism, and Dr. Joyce Brothers provides a commentary on the value of conjugal visits. Also in this issue are articles discussing the resignation of the inmate committee, the negative health effects of sugar, and the co-ed prisoner pilot project at Fort Worth Federal Correctional Institute. CBC Radio interviews members of the Francophone Club at Matsqui regarding their activities and the controversial pass system.
KEYWORDS: heroin, methadone, recidivism, work release program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), sex, transcendental meditation, multi-level thinking, alcoholism services, pass system
Coded by: Nicole Arbuckle