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Photograph, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison, PAL SystemDescription
Photograph, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison, PAL System. Black and white photo from Waupun Correctional Institution
Information on back of photo - State of Wisconsin Photo
Attacking the Problem of Illiteracy, prison inmates at the Waupun Correctional Institution are learning to improve reading skills by using a computer program that helps them identify individual words. Charles Read, a professor at UW-Madison, is evaluating the effectiveness of the program.
Prison inmates at Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wis., work in pairs at the phonemic chart during the second phase of IBM's Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System (PAL System). Inmates are introduced to letter/sound combinations, the building blocks in learning to read and write. Wisconsin installed the literacy program throughout its prison system in an effort to eradicate illiteracy among its inmates, 26 percent of whom read below the sixth-grade level.Acquisition
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2016.0078Source or Donor
Dahl ResidenceAcquisition Method
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