Photograph, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison, PAL System

PAL System in Waupun Prison

PAL System in Waupun Prison

Name/Title

Photograph, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison, PAL System

Description

Photograph, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison, PAL System. Black and white photo from Waupun Correctional Institution Information on back of photo - An animated story of how the alphabet might have been invented, introduces inmates at Wisconsin's Waupun Correctional Institution to letter/sound combinations. This first phase of IBM's Principle of the Alphabet/Literacy System (PAL System) reinforces the lesson that speech made visible is writing. Wisconsin is the first state to implement a literacy program of this kind throughout its prison system.

Acquisition

Accession

2016.0078

Source or Donor

Dahl Residence

Acquisition Method

Donation