Publication Date
2012
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Approximately 2 million juveniles are arrested each year. Half are sentenced to serve terms of incarceration. Although many scholars have written about teaching in detention facilities, few directly address how prisoners are being taught. This research explores the experiences, teaching philosophy, and practices of correctional educators. To learn what is taking place within these classrooms, I interviewed and observed instructors in 3 male juvenile detention facilities in California over the course of 15 months. Semistructured qualitative interviews looked in depth at their teaching techniques, finding that these teachers adopted a humanistic and liberatory approach to teaching behind the walls of juvenile detention facilities. (Contains 1 table and 5 footnotes.)
Publication Title
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk
Volume
17
Issue
4
First Page
286
Last Page
300
DOI
10.1080/10824669.2012.717034
Publisher Policy
pre-print, post-print
Open Access Status
OA Deposit
Recommended Citation
Flores, Jerry, "Jail Pedagogy: Liberatory Education Inside a California Juvenile Detention Facility" (2012). Social Work & Criminal Justice Publications. 154.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/socialwork_pub/154
