Out of bounds - Vol. 10 No. 01

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A non-profit quarterly publication of the thoughts, feelings, and distinct perspectives of prisoners and visitors by the prisoners at William Head Institution in Victoria, B.C. with the aim of providing a different view to the general public. Edited by Patrick W. Rafferty and Steve Foote.

Article topics include: "Out of bounds" back in production after extended hiatus; this issue focuses on "education", especially the mistake that the correctional Service of Canada will be making if it goes ahead and cuts the Simon Fraser University program offered at William Head. HISTORICAL NOTE: From 1973 to 1993 university liberal arts courses were offered to prisoners in several federal correctional institutions in British Columbia, Canada. Delivered first by the University of Victoria (1973-1984) and then by Simon Fraser University (1984-1993), well over a thousand individual prisoners were enrolled in courses taught by university faculty in traditional seminar settings within the prisons. Ranging from maximum to medium security, each of the correctional institutions contained a relatively self-contained "learning centers" or "academic community" behind the prison walls and fences. The university program in British Columbia was based on the premise that education could result in rehabilitative outcomes. This premise stemmed from the conviction that education in the liberal arts, if carried out properly, could trigger processes of individual reclamation, reformation, and in some cases transformation. This conviction was in turn built on a diverse set of theoretical foundations in adult education and psychology, focusing in particular on the role of humanistic study in encouraging cognitive and moral development and the subsequent impact of that development on behaviour. A small research study carried out in 1979 reported very low rates of recidivism for program participants. (Ayers, et al., 1980; Duguid, 1981; Ross, 1980). In 1993 the university program was cancelled by the Correctional Service of Canada as a cost-cutting measure.

In Collection:
Contributor Subject Publisher Language Identifier
  • Call Number: HV8301 O9
Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 21 p. : ill. ; 43 cm.
Alternative title
  • Out of bounds. Vol. 10, issue 1
  • William Head Institution newsletter
  • Out of bounds monthly
  • Out of bounds prison magazine
  • Out of bounds magazine
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 53.99983, -125.0032
  • 60.10867, -113.64258
  • 48.4359, -123.35155
Physical repository Collection
  • Jim Campbell (Julie Thiers) Collection
Provenance
  • Donor: Julie Thiers
Provider Genre Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • February 15, 2011
Technical note
  • 300 dpi jpeg. Digitized by CDW, KM; metadata by GF and KD.
Rights
  • Contact UVic Archives for access to the original, or ask UVic Archives to make a copy (fee for service). Patrons may look at the material through the Anarchism Digital Research Centre, but may not use images unless they contact UVic Archives.
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