The study included a review of the ideologies of punishment, correctional education, and Minnesotas and Indianas DOC pre-release handbooks. The methodology implemented was a mixed methods content analysis and the design focused on a sequential explanatory. Quantitative content analysis was implemented with the software NUD.IST. The quantitative constructs discussed and examined were curriculum design and law-abiding citizenship. Curriculum design was supported according to the Functionalist and the Liberal/Enlightenment philosophical education orientations. Law-abiding citizenship was...