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Evaluation of Kairos Prison Ministry at California State Prison Sacramento: a qualitative case study
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
Oct 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-3989
Abstract
This qualitative case study examined Kairos Prison Ministry to see whether this volunteer, faith-based program has any impact on the men who take part in it at California State Prison Sacramento. The problem stated in this research is as follows: The effectiveness of the Kairos Prison Ministry's faith-based intervention program is not clearly understood in terms of how it impacts the behavior of its program graduates at California State Prison Sacramento in Folsom, California. The research study was conducted as a qualitative case to collect and compare data among the inmates and staff of California State Prison Sacramento, as well as that of the members of the Kairos Advisory Council. The case study method provided the opportunity for triangulation of data from multiple sources of evidence, as this study utilized document collection, field observations and notes, semi-structured interviews, and two focus group interviews. The research methodology resulted in four main findings of the study which are: 1) The participants' troubled backgrounds, 2) The Kairos Program's positive impact on participant inmates, 3) The Kairos Program's visible impact on the people and the prison environment at California State Prison Sacramento, and 4) The Kairos Program provides a degree of structure. Nine recommendations emerged from the study with five of them being directed to Kairos Prison Ministry and four being dedicated to further research. Key among them were the need to maintain the existing Kairos Prison Ministry while expanding it to utilize all of its six components, and for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to make more use of volunteer programs like Kairos in light of declining budgets in California.
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- Title
- Evaluation of Kairos Prison Ministry at California State Prison Sacramento
- Creators
- Philip Timothy Palacio - DU
- Contributors
- W. Edward Bureau (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 3989; 991014632272504721