Education for Inmates in North Carolina
Feb 5, 2012
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For incarcerated men and women throughout North Carolina, the North Carolina Department of Corrections has teamed up with the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill’s Friday Center for Continuing Education to provide tuition-free university courses and education services. What a wonderful opportunity for inmates in North Carolina to receive college degrees!
The Correctional Education Program in North Carolina began in 1974, and since that time hundreds of inmates have earned college degrees, including doctorates, Master of Arts and Master of Sciences. Many of these graduates, when released from prison, have gone on to land and keep professional jobs–helping to keep the recidivism rate very low.