KTLA News: "Recreation, education and work opportunities for incarcerated people" (1976)
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The KTLA newsfilm collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound.
Title: “Recreation, education and work opportunities for incarcerated people.” Date: June 3, 1976.
Summary: At the co-ed Federal Correctional Facility at Terminal Island, reporter Stan Chambers provides details about different innovative programs available to the incarcerated people there. These include recreational activities, as well as educational and work programs, some of which allow the incarcerated people to work or attend school off site and return at the end of the day. Segment includes interviews with facility administrators discussing these programs and the challenges and benefits of a co-ed institution. Footage includes shots of a barbecue, the recreation yard and incarcerated people working with tutors or instructors. Some segments containing the reporter's voiceover are audio only; additional footage lacks sound.
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Complete Record: The KTLA newsfilm collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound. Title: “Recreation, education and work opportunities for incarcerated people.” Date: June 3, 1976. Summary: At the co-ed Federal Correctional Facility at Terminal Island, reporter Stan Chambers provides details about different innovative programs available to the incarcerated people there. These include recreational activities, as well as educational and work programs, some of which allow the incarcerated people to work or attend school off site and return at the end of the day. Segment includes interviews with facility administrators discussing these programs and the challenges and benefits of a co-ed institution. Footage includes shots of a barbecue, the recreation yard and incarcerated people working with tutors or instructors. Some segments containing the reporter's voiceover are audio only; additional footage lacks sound. Learn more about this UCLA Film & Television Archive project: ucla.in/1SONCuw © The Regents of the University of California
Transcription
The inmates had a barbecue this weekend. The men and women listened to a concert and cooked hamburgers and hot dogs in the recreation area. The federal correctional facility at Terminal Island has been a co-ed institution for almost a year. The women are in one unit and the men in another. They are together in the recreation yard, in academic classes, and on work assignments. >> Uh has some advantages and some disadvantages. I think one of the main advantages is that it makes for a nor more normal situation in the prison. Disadvantages is that it takes more staff to supervise the activities of the men and the women when they're together. >> There are many educational projects for the inmates. Classes range on all academic levels. There's a strong contact with the outside community. There are several programs for inmates who are nearing the end of their sentences. The work furlow permits some inmates who qualify to take jobs outside the prison and return at the end of the day. >> Uh this is a program we've had since about 1965 nationally in which inmates can go out and work to for various employers in the community uh depending upon their particular skills. Uh in addition to this uh we have a program where they can go to school too. We have them at u the various colleges in the community. We have them at the trade schools. The idea being we cannot possibly duplicate the resources in the institution that we have in Los Angeles. So why not use those that we do have and it's working out quite well. >> Many steps are being taken to keep the morale up and prepare each individual for the day he'll be released. This is Stan Chambers at the Federal Correctional Facility on Terminal Island. >> Okay. Number one, there were a man and a girl in the street. What is wrong with that? >> Singular. So, it should be either you or he is to be called >> told to remain quiet. should be wrong. That's what I thought. >> You should [Music]
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