Abstract
In many incarceration facilities around the country, inmates are presented with a number of environmental issues that ultimately hinder their ability to accomplish rehabilitation. Some of these issues are indirectly created by the institution, while others come as a result of the inmate subculture. Furthermore, the presence of one or more of these themes often has a direct and increasing effect on many others. The recognition of these occurrences is important, because it is our family and friends who are searching for clarity behind bars.|This final program project centers on an examination of these themes as they are experienced by those who have lived through incarceration firsthand. More specifically, these topics are identified and analyzed as they are recounted by literary autobiographical authors and me. In doing so, I am able to recognize what rehabilitative measures have proven successful in the process. Through an interview conducted by myself, with a local incarceration official, I am able to receive an alternate perspective into the surfacing of such issues. Literary analysis, personal reflection, and interview acknowledgement will become helpful as I later formulate recommendations to implement for the future.