Finding a good job after prison or jail is a difficult task as many employers do not hire ex-offenders. Reducing recidivism and empowering ex-offenders to start their own business is a great strategy that is being well received across the [United States]. Entrepreneurship provides a means to create jobs for ex-offenders, empowering them to earn a living wage more than capable of sustaining a family (Clark & Potter-Blair, 2011, p.38).
The Prison Entrepreneurship Program is a program in the state of Texas only in which it recruits its member from 60 facilities across the state (Johnson, Wubbenhorst, & Schroeder, 2013, p. 9). This program is designed so that offenders can reenter society in a well prepared manner, not only for them, but for …show more content…
Recidivism is measured by the accomplishment of finding a high quality job after completion of the “mini MBA” program which produces a lower percentage of ex-offenders returning to prison than that of non participants of the program. Ratio data will be used in the calculation of the percentage and data will be organized in a tabular form.
The operational definition of recidivism is when an ex-offender is incarcerated (has returned to prison). Recidivism is measured as the time interval between two events: time of release and time of recidivism. The time of release is the date released from prison. In the cases in which there is no time of recidivism, this signifies that the offender never returned to prison after the PEP. This report will include a 1-year recidivism rate, 2-year recidivism rate, and 3-year recidivism rate.
Before being accepted into the program, inmates from over 60 facilities must complete an application and initial screening process conducted by the PEP staff. Prisoners are then transferred to the Cleveland Correctional Center where there are 520 beds available for participants of the program. This study will compare 61 graduates of the PEP to a control group of 61 prisoners who were selected for the program but did not
The Prison Entrepreneurship Program is a program in the state of Texas only in which it recruits its member from 60 facilities across the state (Johnson, Wubbenhorst, & Schroeder, 2013, p. 9). This program is designed so that offenders can reenter society in a well prepared manner, not only for them, but for …show more content…
Recidivism is measured by the accomplishment of finding a high quality job after completion of the “mini MBA” program which produces a lower percentage of ex-offenders returning to prison than that of non participants of the program. Ratio data will be used in the calculation of the percentage and data will be organized in a tabular form.
The operational definition of recidivism is when an ex-offender is incarcerated (has returned to prison). Recidivism is measured as the time interval between two events: time of release and time of recidivism. The time of release is the date released from prison. In the cases in which there is no time of recidivism, this signifies that the offender never returned to prison after the PEP. This report will include a 1-year recidivism rate, 2-year recidivism rate, and 3-year recidivism rate.
Before being accepted into the program, inmates from over 60 facilities must complete an application and initial screening process conducted by the PEP staff. Prisoners are then transferred to the Cleveland Correctional Center where there are 520 beds available for participants of the program. This study will compare 61 graduates of the PEP to a control group of 61 prisoners who were selected for the program but did not