Liberating Consciousness: A Narrative Reflection of Correctional Educatio

This narrative case study reflects on the implementation and practices of an education program in a County Correctional facility. The study explores the reflective experiences of four of the program's educational contributors that epitomize the various organizational components of the program's operation (educational leadership, correctional practice, academic facilitation, and community supports). Reflections of participant experiences provided insight and accounts of what strategic thought went into the educational program's development and implementation in the correctional institution. Through interviews and curriculum plan analysis, a story emerged that described the lived realities of implementing educational practices out of the collective experiences and perspectives in this correctional institution. Specifically, this study revealed the challenges facing organizational management, leadership, and institutional practices and the relative impacts on the institution and its students. The primary themes that emerged from the reflective experiences of the participants' stories provided a framework for considering an educational correctional policy, based on community enrichment, advocacy, teaching approaches, and philosophies, aimed at educational rehabilitation.