The report, Preparing for Life Beyond Prison Walls: The Literacy of Incarcerated Adults Near Release,usesthe 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) data to examine the characteristics of incarcerated adults who were near release as well as the relationship between various characteristics and the English literacy proficiency of this population group. Although the focus of this report is on incarcerated adults near release, several findings were true for both inmates near release and inmates not near release. The report discusses key findings for each subgroup.

Other reports developed using the 2003 NAAL data include: