Correctional institutions are confronted with an increasing population, over-crowding, increasing costs to maintain the population and increasing criticism over their rehabilitation programs. Education and training programs exist in many of the institutions, although there is considerable variance in quality. Communication satellite technology has the potential for helping to establish a correctional system in the United States and for permitting institutions to pool their scarce resources to develop and share in regional or national rehabilitation programs. Satellite technology has the potential for helping institutions to overcome problems in counseling, instructional staffing, education and training curricula, instructional materials, staff training and job placement. The correctional community should jointly explore the specific applications of communication satellites to their problems.
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