Going out of prison

Year Published: 1959

Creator: WTTW Chicago Joseph D. Lohman Ben Meeker Alan Sweetow Chalmers Marquis Hans W. Mattick John H. Gagnon

Format: 16mm

Description: In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman states that parole is to many people only “a legal escape route” from the prison to the free community and he indicates that a parole system should be much more than this. The release of one inmate and an interview with a former prisoner illustrate the problems experienced on release. Meeker and Lohman explore current statistics and compare the number of prisoners who “go straight” with those who return to a life of crime. They indicate aspects of a parole system that will aid in the former prisoner’s adjustment to conventional society.

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