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How to Stop Revolving Prison Doors With Books
By Alice Hu / Harvard Political Review Education reduces crime. This connection seems like common sense, and indeed it has been researched, analyzed, and affirmed countless times. According to a 2007 study by researchers at Columbia University, Princeton University, and the City University of New York, higher education reduces the crime rates of both juveniles
Viewpoint: Prison Spending Hurts Education? Not Exactly.
By Robert Robb The knock on Gov. Doug Ducey’s budget that seems to have gained the most traction is that it shortchanges K-12 education in favor of prisons. Now, an argument can be made that Arizona underfunds K-12 education. In fact, I’ve made it. There’s a reasonable discussion to be had about Arizona’s incarceration rates.
Darnell’s Corner: Daily Thoughts, Opinions, Quotes, Inspirations, Motivations & Observations
Transformation (Part 1) By Brian Darnell Berkley Sr. I want to share a true story. This story is about a guy I once knew better than anyone else. I really don’t know this Young Man any longer, but I do know him as he was way back then, and as I write, vivid memories come
College for Convicts: New Study Proposes $60BN Annual Budget Cut – By Providing Higher Education in Nation’s Prisons
The study, conducted by legal commentator Christopher Zoukis, concludes that offering post-secondary and academic education to prisoners can cut $60 billion from the national budget every year – without scrapping existing programs. Zoukis has compiled his research and findings into College for Convicts: The Case for Higher Education in American Prisons, a game-changing new book
To The Graduation Class of 2015
By Justin Lewis Donohue There are a million clichés that come with graduation. Sayings that have been carried over the years through songs, cards, poems, and speeches. Every year, one or more people will stand before a graduating class and dispense upon them a set of words that, although they are meant to be advice,
How Will a $2 Million Cut Affect Vermont’s Prison Education Program?
By Jane Lindholm, Ric Cengeri & Amanda Shepard In his budget address last month, Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that he plans to cut almost $2 million of funding from the Community High School of Vermont, a program that provides high school classes to those in Vermont’s prison system. There are 17 campuses in Vermont, according
Work Programs Bridging Prisons To the Community
Finding a job and somewhere to live are probably the two most critical factors determining whether a released offender will do well or end up back in prison. In the United States, up to 90% of those who are sent back to prison are unemployed. In the U.K., the one-year recidivism rate for released offenders
Reforms Reduce Overcrowding and Boost Education at India’s Mega-Prison
A short distance from Delhi sits Tihar Jail, one of the largest prisons in the world. The ten sub-jails within the prison complex are home to more than 13,500 inmates. Situated on the plains of northern India, the jail provides few comforts. Inmates bake through the sweltering heat of summer while winters are cold and
Innovative Education Can Help Fight Crime in Latin America
By Gabriel Zinny and Diego Gorgal Latin America is among the most violent regions of the world. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which each year releases its annual report on violence and the drug trade, has the bad news: with just 8 percent of the world’s population, Latin America accounts for over