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Correctional Facility Hosts Educational Fair

Nov 11, 2014 No Comments

By Samantha Schmieder / Gazette.Net Inmates at Montgomery County Correctional Facility participated in its first-ever educational fair on Wednesday, allowing them to see the many options available once released. Participating vendors included the University of Maryland University College, the Literacy Council of Montgomery County, the Aesthetics Institute of Cosmetology, and many other colleges, GED programs,

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Jail GED Programs Help Educate Inmates on Brighter Future

Nov 7, 2014 No Comments

By Leah Binkovitz / Houston Chronicle Ramiro Eric Avalos just celebrated his 32nd birthday – his third awaiting trial in the Fort Bend County jail. “It’s not depressing like it used to be,” he said. That’s partly because he started taking GED classes under a new program the jail launched this year. The second set

Opinion: Lewis W. Diuguid

Nov 5, 2014 No Comments

By LEWIS W. DIUGUID / McClatchyDC John Quinones said things about education that baby boomers of color depended on for the needed lift out of America’s ghettos and barrios. “It was a lifesaver for me,” said Quinones, ABC News anchor for the show “What Would You Do?” He spoke this month in Kansas City during

U.S. Prison Population Soars as Education Spending Plummets

Nov 4, 2014 No Comments

By Kate Randall / World Socialist Website The prison populations in most US states are at historic highs. Prisons in 36 US states incarcerate three times as many people as they did in 1978. State prison systems account for 87 percent of the total prisoner population, or roughly 1.3 million in 2013 compared to about

Startup’s Education Platform For Curbing Recidivism Launches Pilot In Philly Prison

Nov 3, 2014 No Comments

When we last met Jail Education Solutions earlier this year, the startup was part of FastFWD, a social enterprise accelerator in Philly focused on public safety. Now, it just launched a pilot of its tablet-based wireless education system for inmates in prison and jail. It’s in the 8,500-bed correctional facility in Philadelphia and, according to co-founder

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States Are Prioritizing Prisons Over Education, Budgets Show

Oct 31, 2014 No Comments

By Rebecca Klein / The Huffington Post If state budget trends reflect the country’s policy priorities, then the U.S. currently values prisoners over children, a new report suggests. A report released this week by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that the growth of state spending on prisons in recent years has far

Jail Offering Computer Tablets to Inmates

Oct 30, 2014 No Comments

By Erin Baldassari / Bay City News Inmate education at the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department just got a little more sophisticated. Beginning this week, jail inmates will have the opportunity to access computer tablets as part of the institution’s educational programs, representatives said today. The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, along with its associated charter school,

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Pipeline to Prison: How the Juvenile Justice System Fails Special Education Students

Oct 29, 2014 No Comments

By Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader / The Hechinger Report Toney Jennings was illiterate when he was arrested at age 16. In the six months he spent at the Lowndes County Jail in Eastern Mississippi, he says he played basketball, watched TV, and “basically just stayed to myself.” A special education student, Jennings qualified for extra

How Philadelphia's Prisons Are Embracing Technology

Oct 8, 2014 No Comments

By Aimee Rawlins / 12newsnow.com Tablets and text messages. To the general public, they might seem standard, but for a prison system, they could be revolutionary. At least that’s what Philadelphia hopes. The city recently signed contracts with two startups to help educate inmates while in prison and keep them connected once they’re out. Traditionally,

Prison Bound? Try a Coach to Survive Behind Bars

Oct 3, 2014 No Comments

By Corrections One Staff / CorrectionsOne.com Sentenced to some time behind bars, but don’t think you can hack it? Try a prison coach, a consultant who’s survived behind bars and can teach you to do the same. USA Today reports that Bill Doane, a former New York prison inmate who served 26 years for stabbing

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Correctional Facility Hosts Educational Fair

Jail GED Programs Help Educate Inmates on Brighter Future

Opinion: Lewis W. Diuguid

U.S. Prison Population Soars as Education Spending Plummets

Startup’s Education Platform For Curbing Recidivism Launches Pilot In Philly Prison

States Are Prioritizing Prisons Over Education, Budgets Show

Jail Offering Computer Tablets to Inmates

Pipeline to Prison: How the Juvenile Justice System Fails Special Education Students

How Philadelphia's Prisons Are Embracing Technology

Prison Bound? Try a Coach to Survive Behind Bars

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