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15-552: The Correctional Education Association is the professional organization for educators who work in adult correctional and juvenile justice facilities internationally. Although based in the United States, where most of its members work, it has made advances in encouraging members from outside the US to become active members from outside the US to become active members of the organization. The CEA provides services to its members including:

30-501: A book based on the results of his 1928 nationwide survey of prison education , which was published in 1931 as The Education of Adult Prisoners: A Survey and a Program Prepared for the National Society of Penal Information . MacCormick dedicated the book to Thomas Mott Osborne. In his book, The Education of Adult Prisoners it lists four goals for prison education: He summarizes his book by stating: "The typical prisoner

45-672: A book entitled The Education of Adult Prisoners: A Survey and a Program ). MacCormick was influenced by Thomas Mott Osborne as evidenced by the dedication of his book. MacCormick was Assistant Director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons , organized in 1930 a standing committee on education within the American Prison Association (now the American Correctional Association). The Standing Committee on Education published its first journal from 1937 to 1940 entitled Correctional Education. In 1945,

60-516: A national office. In 1986 CEA moved its national office to Maryland from Washington, DC, where it remains today. The current address (October 2015) is 12625 Laurel Bowie Road #3430, Laurel, MD 20709. The Acting Executive Director is Morris Dews and the Administrative Assistant is Kiara Wilson. CEA is divided into eight regions encompassing both the United States and Canada. There are two international representative seats open on

75-489: A peer-reviewed international journal, a quarterly newsletter, annual membership and resource directory, an accreditation system for prison, jail, and juvenile school programs, a website and listserves for its special interest groups, and under-graduate and graduate online courses for educators. Austin MacCormick wrote a book based on the results of his 1928 nationwide survey of prison education (later published in 1931 as

90-652: Is a young man or woman who needs education." He devotes a chapter to "Individualization of Education". United States Under Secretary of War The Under Secretary of War was a position created by an act of 16 December 1940 (54 Stat. 1224). At the same time, section 5a of the National Defense Act (1920) was amended to allow the United States Secretary of War to assign his responsibilities for procurement to any of his subordinates. The statute formerly assigned these responsibilities to

105-837: The New York Department of Corrections . In 1939 he was President of the American Correctional Association . MacCormick was special assistant to the Undersecretary of War from 1944 to 1947. From 1951 to 1960 MacCormick was professor of criminology at UC Berkeley in California. When he retired from teaching at Berkeley, MacCormick worked full time as the executive director of the Osborne Association until his death in 1979. In 1971, MacCormick served as co-chairman of

120-589: The U.S. Naval reserve from 1917 to 1921. His senior officer at Portsmouth was Thomas Mott Osborne , a penologist who later employed MacCormick. In 1929 he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Federal Prisons in the Department of Justice . In 1930, the Federal Bureau of Prisons was established and MacCormick was named Assistant Director. From 1934 to 1940 he served as Commissioner of

135-630: The United States Assistant Secretary of War . The Assistant Secretary of War, Robert P. Patterson was nominated and confirmed in the post. The Secretary of War delegated his responsibilities for procurement to the Under Secretary on 28 April 1941. By November 1941 the Office of the Under Secretary of War (OUSW) employed 1,136 people, of whom 257 were military officers and the remainder civilians. The position of

150-846: The Executive Board of the CEA. There is one representative for Canada and one for the Rest of the World. The International Representatives relay the issues and subjects of concern from international members to the Executive Board at regular meetings. There are numerous state and provincial chapters. These regions and state/provincial chapters host annual conferences and training seminars. The International CEA has an annual traveling summer conference and hosts an annual Spring Forum. The annual International conferences offer members an opportunity to exchange ideas with correctional and prison educators from around

165-504: The Goldman Panel, which was charge with conducting an impartial investigation of how Attica Prison inmates were being treated after the retaking of the facility following the uprising at the prison that resulted in a massacre of inmates and hostages by New York state troopers. MacCormick wrote a personal letter to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who had ordered the retaking of the prison by armed force, praising Rockefeller for his handling of

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180-577: The Standing Committee on Education organized the Correctional Education Association (CEA) at the 76th Congress of the American Prison Association. In 1946, CEA was formally recognized with Price Chenault elected as the first President. In 1949, The Journal of Correctional Education was reestablished with Chester D. Owens as editor. In 1981, the CEA hired its first Executive Director, Osa Coffey, and established

195-574: The crisis. The Goldman Panel publicly reported that inmates were being well-treated, when, in fact, rampant abuse of inmates continuing well after the retaking had been reported to the panel by physicians. MacCormick was influential in federal and state prison reform and worked with adult and juvenile prisons throughout the nation to help guide penology into the modern era. He served on committees concerned with alcoholism and drug use and wrote many papers expressing progressive ideas on prison reform, libraries, and juvenile delinquency. MacCormick wrote

210-672: The mission of education for those students in the Adult and Juvenile Criminal Justice Systems. There are over 1300 members of CEA. The most current versions of the CEA Standards are listed below: Austin MacCormick Austin H. MacCormick (April 20, 1893 - 1979) was an American criminologist and prison reformer. In 1916 he received the Masters of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College . He served in

225-473: The world and dialogue about the experience of teaching in a unique pedagogical setting. Each year the Journal of Correctional Education devotes a special issue to a different subject. The June 2007 issue of the Journal was devoted to international issues in correctional education with contributions from other countries including Ireland and Israel. The CEA is the largest professional organization dedicated to

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